Comments on: earth day 2008: the plight of the honeybee

By: somepinkflowers

somepinkflowers — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:30:46 +0000

i HAD to come back and take ~another~ look at these stellar photos!
they are my favorite.

[[ are you a bee-whisperer or something? ]]

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Oh I wish somepinkflowers! I’m afraid I’m still rather afraid of them

By: Wanderlust Scarlett

Wanderlust Scarlett — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:00:31 +0000

Wow! I didn’t know anything about that! Thank you so much for posting it!
I will bee spreading the word too.

Thanks Honey!

tee hee… sorry… ;o)

Scarlett & Viaggiatore

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Hah, you know I think these sorts of puns are the bee’s knees

By: Geggie

Geggie — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:48:49 +0000

I’m a day late, but check this out.

Bee Colony Collapse Disorder info from Burt’s Bees

I’m so into this. Did you know that 1/3 of the food we eat is because of a bee? Plant more flowers and help bring them back!!

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Yes Geggie! And thanks for the link!

And in case anyone is reading this on April 23 in Italy, tonight there is a special on the endangerment of bees at 9 pm on National Geographic.

By: Irene

Irene — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:25:24 +0000

I’ve read about it in the Greek press, too. Scary, isn’t it? Wonderus, too. One being links to another, one act to the next. It’s good that you’ve brought that up. Quite alot is being said of many endangered species, but to be honnest, the plea of the bess is very dear to my own heart. Have you read that donkeys are becoming extinct, too? The world as we know it changes so fast, I am inclined to believe that some madmen are running it.

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I’m afraid I couldn’t agree more with that last part….

By: Frances

Frances — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:10:08 +0000

You are such a genuine person.
I love checking in at bleeding espresso.
Ciao Bella,
Francesca

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Thank you Francesca; I’m looking forward to checking out your most recent post too

By: softdrink

softdrink — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:42:48 +0000

Wow, I had no idea. Thanks for another great post.

I was just in Savannah, and there were bumblebees everywhere. Ginormous bumblebees. I tried to take a picture, but my flash went off and I swear the bumblebee told me off. After that I gave them lots of space.

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Aren’t bumblebees fun? I just love that fur

By: Homebody at Heart

Homebody at Heart — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:45:25 +0000

Yes, the poor honeybees are suffering from colony collapse disorder. So far, they haven’t been able to determine exactly what the cause is. Possibly mites or viruses… Then, the honeybees whose hives are stolen, come back from pollinating to find their homes gone! They find the dead bees where there hive used to be, that is really sad… It sure seems as if we’re making a mess of this planet sometimes!

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Oh that’s such a sad scene! And yes, definitely a mess. I *finally* got to watch “An Inconvenient Truth” last night. Wow.

By: abbersnail

abbersnail — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:49:08 +0000

I think I accidentally managed to post nothing above. No idea how that happened. Sorry!

Another possible culprit in the disappearance of bees are genetically modified fruits and vegetables. Several plants are now being produced which contain pesticides in the genetic makeup of the plant itself. When an insect eats the leaves of the plant, its insides are liquified. There hasn’t been significant research done to see if the pollen from these plants is lethal to bees, but logic kind of leans that way.

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I don’t see anything strange in the posting Abbersnail–glad you persisted!

*Very* interesting about genetically modified fruits and vegetables. And *very* dangerous stuff

By: Paolo

Paolo — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:25:30 +0000

Che orrore! The “colony collapse” problem is huge over in the U.S., but I had thought it hadn’t crossed the Atlantic.

What is it they say about canaries and coal mines… ?

Paolo’s last blog post..despair

Yeah we’ve managed to create a problem here too

By: michelle @ TNS

michelle @ TNS — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:27:43 +0000

the bee dilemma is getting very little press where i live. my backyard is full of ‘em; i think every bee in a 20 mile radius is currently in my cherry tree.

i was just thinking “what am i going to do for earth day?” and then i thought, “shouldn’t i just be doing those things every day?”

yes, i should.

michelle @ TNS’s last blog post..The Pancakes that Cured Cancer

We all should Michelle. And we need to remind each other often.