This cannot be good
It must be Obama's fault...The abundance of four common species of bumblebee in the US has dropped by 96% in just the past few decades, according to the most comprehensive national census of the insects. Scientists said the alarming decline, which could have devastating implications for the pollination of both wild and farmed plants, was likely to be a result of disease and low genetic diversity in bee populations.
Bumblebees are important pollinators of wild plants and agricultural crops around the world including tomatoes and berries thanks to their large body size, long tongues, and high-frequency buzzing, which helps release pollen from flowers...
the insects, along with other crucial pollinators such as moths and hoverflies, have been in serious decline around the world since the last few decades of the 20th century. It is unclear why, but scientists think it is from a combination of new diseases, changing habitats around cities, and increasing use of pesticides.
Rising Hegemon
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As Einstein may or may not have famously observed, once the bees go, we've got four years. What are the odds that we'll actually do anything about it? Who wants to lay money on whether or not our "solution" will involve robot bees with tiny, genetically-modified pollen bombs?
humans are a mix of smart + stupid. who cares if we accidently extinct ourselves. we can teach bedbugs to be pollinators. right?
a small 'bee' was the only thing around the self planted chinese lantern in the back yard.
and we let dandylions be. early spring food for bees.
pansypoo
Why the bees get all the glory is
beyond me
Think of thousands of birds falling from the sky
And dead fish floating to the surface
And all my peers going alone to their graves.
Such is life. Mysterious, inexplicable, ruled over by the most powerful man on earth, John Boner.
vox
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