Where are the bees?

[Survivalcookie]

4th year in this house and finally I have clover flowers in my yard...I do not believe in spraying grass with chemicals so it can be green and weed free. I don't see any bees...when we were kids we never waled through the heavy areas of clover flowers because we knew we wound get stung. Sad to say the pretty green yards may be causing our food supply to be in jeopardy.

 

[trgore]

you are correct pesticides are to blame.
RUSSIA Suggests that WAR May Be Necessary To Stop MONSANTO | Political Blind Spot

http://www.catholic.org/green/story.php?id=50765

 

[HeadlessRoland]

you are correct pesticides are to blame.
RUSSIA Suggests that WAR May Be Necessary To Stop MONSANTO | Political Blind Spot

I disagree.

I don't think even war would stop Monsanto.

They'd simply switch production back to the Rainbow Agents and start producing sarin instead. By the time it was over, they'd have tripled their profits.

We need honeybees and they truly seem to be going extinct.
Forget the good stuff like honey, how much do you folks really enjoy your apples and fruits?

We're in some serious trouble, just like every other day.

 

[trgore]

sure war will not stop Monsanto only thing to stop them is by people not buying their poison

 

[mrjarrell]

There is NO substitution for bees. If we don't do something soon it will be too late.

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

you are correct pesticides are to blame.
RUSSIA Suggests that WAR May Be Necessary To Stop MONSANTO | Political Blind Spot

WOW ! Interesting article .

 

[trgore]

here is another article. the problem is once the bees are gone we are done!
GMO Agriculture and Chemical Pesticides are Killing the Bees | Global Research

it is believed that Terrence Ingram had found a way for his bees to be resistant to Rounup.
GMO Agriculture and Chemical Pesticides are Killing the Bees | Global Research

 

[ZombiePanda]

you are correct pesticides are to blame.
RUSSIA Suggests that WAR May Be Necessary To Stop MONSANTO | Political Blind Spot

Looks like that Russian-Monsanto War article is bogus.

snopes.com: Russia Warns Obama: Monsanto

Not saying Monsanto doesn't deserve being declared war on. Nor am I disputing that pesticides are killing off more than just pests. Just that I couldn't find a shred of credible evidence backing the alleged Putin comment about war over the Farmer Assurance Provision (aka the Monsanto Protection Act).

FWIW

 

[TheRude1]

I have seen more in Lawrence this year than in the last couple.

Also a lot more lightning bugs this year

With both I know there is a ton of theories but personally I think it has something to do with the mosquito spray ?
I have seen more of both this year and have not seen one sprayer yet?

 

[IndyBeerman]

Folks there has been a huge bee mite problem going on for a number of years that has nothing related to chemicals.

From a friend of mine that is the honey business this little mite right here is a huge problem.

It is also believed that they are causing what I think he called,
Colony Collapse Disorder.

This is where the bee leaves the hive and never returns because
of this mite.

 

[kalboy]

Honeybees are plentiful here by all appearances. The clover in my yard is covered with them .
A friend of mine who raises bees lost many of his to the mites several years back. According to him this is a scourge long known in the beekeeping community.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Honeybees are plentiful here by all appearances. The clover in my yard is covered with them .
A friend of mine who raises bees lost many of his to the mites several years back. According to him this is a scourge long known in the beekeeping community.

Yeah here too. I was working in the yard this past weekend and I was amazed at the number if honey bees on the clover in the yard and in the flowers around the house. It did seem like there were more than I'd seen in the past few years.

 

[Hotdoger]

Folks there has been a huge bee mite problem going on for a number of years that has nothing related to chemicals.

From a friend of mine that is the honey business this little mite right here is a huge problem.

It is also believed that they are causing what I think he called,
Colony Collapse Disorder.

This is where the bee leaves the hive and never returns because
of this mite.

Round Up made the mite a "super mite".

 

[Lucas156]

I don't spray pesticides or fertilizer or chemicals in or around my house. What's with people wanting to spray the weeds and just throw poison on everything you don't like in your house and yard? What you put in your environment is what you will get back out of it. Drives me nuts when my fiances father wants to come spray the weeds even after I told him not to because my dog is in the yard and he eats the grass sometimes. It's a real problem IMO. I'm of the mindset just leave things be.

 

[Survivalcookie]

Pee kills weeds naturally...I hope I see more bees, we are considering some hives , but so far have not done much but research. Someone mention lighting bug...Usually by this time of year you would see tons of them, I have only seen a few. Use to the fields would look like a fairy kingdom.

 

[trgore]

Looks like that Russian-Monsanto War article is bogus.

snopes.com: Russia Warns Obama: Monsanto

Not saying Monsanto doesn't deserve being declared war on. Nor am I disputing that pesticides are killing off more than just pests. Just that I couldn't find a shred of credible evidence backing the alleged Putin comment about war over the Farmer Assurance Provision (aka the Monsanto Protection Act).

FWIW

well it is on the internet "it has to be true" thanks for the link

 

[singlestacksig]

4th year in this house and finally I have clover flowers in my yard...I do not believe in spraying grass with chemicals so it can be green and weed free. I don't see any bees...when we were kids we never waled through the heavy areas of clover flowers because we knew we wound get stung. Sad to say the pretty green yards may be causing our food supply to be in jeopardy.

loss of habitat & diversity in food has a bigger impact than chemicals..
Plant some rosebushes, or blackberrys, let hedges grow till they flower.. you will see lots of types of bees..

 

[Classic]

At the range today, plenty of bees working the clover flowers, we don't use weed killers. Glad to see them.

 

[trgore]

Folks there has been a huge bee mite problem going on for a number of years that has nothing related to chemicals.

From a friend of mine that is the honey business this little mite right here is a huge problem.

It is also believed that they are causing what I think he called,
Colony Collapse Disorder.

This is where the bee leaves the hive and never returns because
of this mite.

according to the USDA they really don't know why
1. mite
2. bacteria
3. pesticides
Colony-Collapse Disorder Is Killing Honeybees, and We Don't Know How to Stop It | TIME.com

 

[printcraft]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4MqTCIDKhU