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So, friends of mine who farm have insisted on organic/non-GMO farming for years. In my heart, I always knew they were right, now it appears that the scientific evidence is moving in their favor after all.
Oh, and their bees are thriving.
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New suspects: From the LA Times
Experts may have found what's bugging the bees
A fungus that hit hives in Europe and Asia may be partly to blame for wiping out colonies across the U.S.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-s...-headlines
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Well if the bees are disappearing, where are they going? There must be someplace nearby that has seen an unusual increase in bee population.
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They're dying, Craig.
april
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I too wondered about the GMO crops being a problem with the bees, but I believe Europe/Britan have banned all GMO crops, so it wouldn't explain their die off.
We have orange orchards in our county many hundreds of acres, only about 20 acres around us immediately, we had the usual number of bees polinating the orange blossoms. We live in the sticks of Northern California 86 miles north east of Sacramento. Bee polination is not necessary for the oranges to produce fruit, but the bees are very necessary for the almond orchards to produce almonds.
In the spring the oranges bloom early April for 2 and a half weeks and each morning when I sit on the deck with the paper and a coffee, I can hear them stocking up on pollen for their food source. they are tireless workers and are busy until sundown. It smells so beautiful when the oranges are in bloom.
So of course this spring I said a prayer of gratitude for the bees each morning. I hope this is brought to a conclusion very soon as it is very precarious for us. An article I read said that 3 our of 5 bites of food we eat require polination. The article also did mention the mites but they aren't believed to be the culprit. This article also said the colonys in Hawaii haven't experienced the die off, however it is currently illegal to transport bees between islands until the mite problem has diminished.
Wish I knew where I read all of this because I could give you all the link. Did you know Australia ships bees to the USA to polinate our crops? Yes in containers! It is a high dollar business, and we import bees at a great expense to polinate our crops. The dollar figure was astronomical and didn't stick in my mind it was so mind boggling.
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quote:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...190612.htm
I am so sorry this is happening now... I wanted to retire and do some travelng... and live in my house in Hawaii. But now it looks like I will be building a survival compound in Montana. Producing your own food will be the number one issue.
I would think living in Hawaii would be much better off then living on the mainland...
Don't have to worry about water problems that is if your on catchment. Don't have to worry about heating... Plants grow year around.
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Both rense.com and Hawaii's very own, stellar, whatreallyhappened.com sites have posted enlightening articles from the world press concerning this.
GM materials (including the stuff that causes the host to create pesticides within their own bodies) have been shown to bond with the bacteria in the guts of exposed bees, according to some of these articles.
Aloha,
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quote:
They're dying, Craig.
april
Where are the bodies?
Maybe they are just on vacation!
Aloha
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