The canaries in the coal mines are fine, but...
... all the bees are disappearing without a trace.
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Comments (9)
As someone who has "manually" --with brushes in hand-- pollinated fruit trees in our yard...I keep picturing us all as John Belushi was, dressed up as "killer bees".
That is a LOT of work...hence the term "busy as bees." I don't know that we're up for it.
Posted by Frank Dufay | March 2, 2007 2:31 AM
I've manually pollinated for years. It does get tiresome.
Posted by Jack Bog | March 2, 2007 2:41 AM
Perhaps we could turn to our 12-18 million soon-to-become-legal illegal aliens for this important job. [There is a huge bee's nest in a large cedar tree in my backyard, if that makes anyone feel better]
Posted by John Fairplay | March 2, 2007 7:07 AM
Another government plot to outsource pollination. Just maybe this could eradicate Killer Bees.
Posted by KISS | March 2, 2007 7:50 AM
The varroa mite has been decimating feral and domesticated pollinator bee colonies for two decades. It is estimated that 90% of the feral populations and 50% of the domesticated populations have been killed by this pest. "Pesticides" (including menthol fogs) have been used to kill the mites without harming the bees, saving many colonies. This plague is well known to those of us in agriculture.
Posted by Molly | March 2, 2007 8:39 AM
It's not the mite that's in question here. It's the fact that colonies are disappearing, vanishing without a trace.
Posted by Chris McMullen | March 2, 2007 10:21 AM
Well, then I guess the more logical explanation is they've beamed up to the mother ship. Sheesh.
Posted by Molly | March 2, 2007 12:25 PM
This is another problem we can lay at Al Gore's footstep. I hear that in addition to the big electric bills for his Tennessee mansion, he has his minions scouring the US stealing bees.
Posted by lin qiao | March 3, 2007 10:24 PM
John Fairplay said: [There is a huge bee's nest in a large cedar tree in my backyard, if that makes anyone feel better]
If you can see it this time of year they aren't bees. Likely a hornet's nest. Are you sure it isn't a spruce tree?
Posted by Concord Bridge | March 5, 2007 11:37 PM