The most informative article evar...on CCD
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Please Lord, not the bees
Wed, 02 May 2007 09:21:26 -0700

By Peter Dearman
Everything you didn't want to know about Colony Collapse Disorder

It sounds like the start of a Kurt Vonnegut novel:

Nobody worried all that much about the loss of a few animal species here and there until one day the bees came to their senses and decided to quit producing an unnaturally large surplus of honey for our benefit. One by one, they went on strike and flew off to parts unknown.

http://www.gnn.tv/articles/3063/Please_Lord_not_the_bees

honey isn't the reason we need bees, it's for pollination.

Pooh bear is already on life support. They have artificial honey dripping into his fluff through an IV.

I think my kids play a part in this. All summer they catch bees and torture them.

There is a quote often attributed to Einstein, that "If all the bees were to vanish off the face of the globe, mankind would only have four years of life left left. No more bees, no more pollination... no more men."

The most informative article evar...on CCD
++++++++++++++++++++++++===

Please Lord, not the bees
Wed, 02 May 2007 09:21:26 -0700

By Peter Dearman
Everything you didn't want to know about Colony Collapse Disorder

It sounds like the start of a Kurt Vonnegut novel:

Nobody worried all that much about the loss of a few animal species here and there until one day the bees came to their senses and decided to quit producing an unnaturally large surplus of honey for our benefit. One by one, they went on strike and flew off to parts unknown.

http://www.gnn.tv/articles/3063/Please_Lord_not_the_bees

This recent Bee colapse phenomena is fascinating and also alarming.
I remember reading a Grocery tabloid,about 2 years ago,with a
really HUGE,gross enlargement of a bug.It looked like The most vile
and monstrous Flea,from Outer space.It was an enlarged photo
of what was a Mutant Mite,that actually had developed from Big
City Smog.It was prevalent in only Big City Metropolis and seemingly
thrived on concentrated areas of High pollution.
The thing was a spittin image from a cheapo Grade B Sci-Fi Horror.
It had a large and heavily crusted body with very nasty pinchers
and eating apparatus.
The article said the Government was fully aware of this new
deadly-lookin litte monster bug,but was kinda keeping it under wraps,
due to overexposed hysteria.
Since I'm a Motorcyclist and travel into the big city,on me scoot,about twice a week,i was kinda creeped out about this new environmental air
mite,invading our space.

The whole Einstein and bees thing is a well known myth.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/einstein/bees.asp

Pooh bear is already on life support. They have artificial honey dripping into his fluff through an IV.
:eek:

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o245/mikezila_bucket/poohpup.jpg

The mites that infest colonies are part of the problem, but only part. There have been problems with colonies when no mites were present. Another piece of the puzzle may be the spread of cell phones.

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/56901.html

There is a quote often attributed to Einstein, that "If all the bees were to vanish off the face of the globe, mankind would only have four years of life left left. No more bees, no more pollination... no more men." Is it really to much to ask the people RTFA before commenting in threads?

RTFA = Read The Fucking Article.

The whole Einstein and bees thing is a well known myth.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/einstein/bees.asp

Snopes notes that it is "undetermined". It may be true.

Snopes notes that it is "undetermined". It may be true.

what does the shrubbery shape mean to you?

what does the shrubbery shape mean to you?

Funny. :)

what does the shrubbery shape mean to you?

I Tink,and this is only a hunch,mind ya,dat instead of ringin that
Big - The Real McCoys - Farm bell,this hears fellar's Mom had
that Hunched Dobie Gillis lookalike aka Rodin's - The Thinker -
done up in Grass,the better to pet and groom.
Maybe super smart Zelda Gilroy,is a pesky neighbor and
Maynard G. Krebs,the goatee paper boy.
I doubt,many eccentric herein had normal lives.
Based on the copyright infringment of their Posts,
Mind ya.