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2017-07-20 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

How capitalism averted the bee-pocalypse

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Posted by DarthVader 2017-07-20 00:07|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Just having extra bees to truck 1000's of miles to pollinate monocultures doesn't really solve the problem. Still get weakened hives.

Posted by Classer 2017-07-20 00:45|| 2017-07-20 00:45|| Front Page Top

#2 If they would let the bees keep more of their honey instead of feeding them sugar water or corn syrup water over the winter, the bees wouldn't be nearly as weakened and succeptible to various stressors. And if they didn't truck the bees quite so far, they would be less stressed.

For most crops, the native American bees are perfectly capable of handling pollination -- and all the farmers need do is provide suitable nesting sites upwind from the fields or orchards so they'll be out of range of sprayed pesticides. Orchard mason bee houses are easily and cheaply made, or can be ordered from a variety of sources. They do not, however, produce either honey or wax, and they are competition for the professional beekeepers with their trucks full of hives.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-07-20 08:25|| 2017-07-20 08:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Don't Bee a killer!
Apply to help rebuild the pollinators.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-07-20 13:47|| 2017-07-20 13:47|| Front Page Top

#4 And quit putting the damned bee boxes next to the interstate. Traveling up and down I-5, I must have killed hundreds of the critters. And that's just one vehicle.

Posted by JHH 2017-07-20 17:58|| 2017-07-20 17:58|| Front Page Top

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