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Last Post 11/11/2008 10:41 PM by  ChuckDeaton
Missing Honey Bees
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04/15/2007 12:35 AM
    Any crop adjusters out there. This has been in the news for weeks now. We can hope Albert Einstein did not know what he was talking about.
     
     
    Are mobile phones wiping out our bees?
    Scientists claim radiation from handsets are to blame for mysterious 'colony collapse' of bees
    By Geoffrey Lean and Harriet Shawcross
    Published: 15 April 2007

    They are putting forward the theory that radiation given off by mobile phones and other hi-tech gadgets is a possible answer to one of the more bizarre mysteries ever to happen in the natural world - the abrupt disappearance of the bees that pollinate crops. Late last week, some bee-keepers claimed that the phenomenon - which started in the US, then spread to continental Europe - was beginning to hit Britain as well.

    The implications of the spread are alarming. Most of the world's crops depend on pollination by bees. Albert Einstein once said that if the bees disappeared, "man would have only four years of life left".

    German research has long shown that bees' behaviour changes near power lines.

    Now a limited study at Landau University has found that bees refuse to return to their hives when mobile phones are placed nearby. Dr Jochen Kuhn, who carried it out, said this could provide a "hint" to a possible cause….

    Dr George Carlo, who headed a massive study by the US government and mobile phone industry of hazards from mobiles in the Nineties, said: "I am convinced the possibility is real."….
     
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    04/23/2007 10:24 PM

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/release...190612.htm

     

    Honey Bee Die-off Alarms Beekeepers, Crop Growers And Researchers

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    April 23, 2007

    "During the last three months of 2006, we began to receive reports from commercial beekeepers of an alarming number of honey bee colonies dying in the eastern United States," says Maryann Frazier, apiculture extension associate in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. "Since the beginning of the year, beekeepers from all over the country have been reporting unprecedented losses. "

    This has become a highly significant yet poorly understood problem that threatens the pollination industry and the production of commercial honey in the United States," she says. "Because the number of managed honey bee colonies is less than half of what it was 25 years ago, states such as Pennsylvania can ill afford these heavy losses." 

    "For instance, the state's $45 million apple crop -- the fourth largest in the country -- is completely dependent on insects for pollination, and 90 percent of that pollination comes from honey bees," Frazier says. "So the value of honey bee pollination to apples is about $40 million." 

    A detailed, up-to-date report on Colony Collapse Disorder can be found on the Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium Web site at http://maarec.org.

    Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by Penn State/College Of Agricultural Sciences.

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    05/03/2007 1:19 AM
     
    Myths Abound About U.S. Bee Disappearance
    So Far Nobody Can Explain The Disappearance Of One Quarter Of The Population, But Theories Abound
     
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    07/19/2007 10:37 AM
     
    Asian Parasite Killing Western Bees – Scientist
    SPAIN: July 19, 2007
     
    MADRID - A parasite common in Asian bees has spread to Europe and the Americas and is behind the mass disappearance of honeybees in many countries, says a Spanish scientist who has been studying the phenomenon for years.
     
    The culprit is a microscopic parasite called nosema ceranae said Mariano Higes, who leads a team of researchers at a government-funded apiculture centre in Guadalajara, the province east of Madrid that is the heartland of Spain's honey industry….
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    09/06/2007 9:19 PM

    Here is another theory,

    (CNN) -- A virus found in healthy Australian honey bees may be playing a role in the collapse of honey bee colonies across the United States, researchers reported Thursday.

    http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/scienc...index.html

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    02/17/2008 2:57 PM

     

    I guess the bee story is still getting news and marketing attention. Putting out a half of a million dollars for the sake of ice cream sounds like it may be serious in the minds of some.

    http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/17/new...2008021712

    Disappearing bees threaten ice cream sellers

    Premium maker Haagen-Dazs says vanishing bee colonies in the U.S. could mean fewer flavors and high price 

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    By Parija B. Kavilanz, CNNMoney.com senior writer
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    08/07/2008 10:25 PM
    "Prattling on and on about being an ass with experience doesn't make someone experienced. It just makes you an ass." Rod Buvens, Pilot grunt
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    09/19/2008 10:48 PM
    Mr Deaton, I am looking for a deal on a new camera, don't have one for sale do you?
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    09/19/2008 10:56 PM
    Must be an inside joke, or I have seriously missed something here....
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    09/19/2008 11:42 PM
    Yes, I do. Are you working? Should you find yourself in South Louisiana call me and come on over, I'll put pork in the pressure cooker and make an apple pie. Sweet tea too. On second thought I will give you the camera.
    "Prattling on and on about being an ass with experience doesn't make someone experienced. It just makes you an ass." Rod Buvens, Pilot grunt
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    11/07/2008 4:28 PM
    The bees have gathered in conference in an undisclosed location.  They are planning their attack on humankind.  They are sick and tired of having their honey stolen by us.
    Steve Ebner CPCU AIC AMIM

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    11/07/2008 11:28 PM
    I think they're over on the coast.

    My last jar of honey was kinda salty
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    11/10/2008 8:46 PM
    There not missing............ There at my house in my shop wall.  Help yourself, I've got thousands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    11/10/2008 9:04 PM
    Had one crawling up my pant leg the other day.  Something happened to it before it happened to me. Survival of the fittest, I think they call it.
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    11/11/2008 10:41 PM
    Sher, they populated my garage wall thru a small crack in the siding. My friend, Steve, suggested I take a piece of screen wire and make what is essentially a one way valve. Anyway after some fiddling I got it right, the bees could come out but not go back in and eventually the queen came out and they left. I suppose that the honey and comb are still there, but no bees. I caulked the hole.
    "Prattling on and on about being an ass with experience doesn't make someone experienced. It just makes you an ass." Rod Buvens, Pilot grunt
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