earthfiles.com — "This is certainly the worst die-off that I?ve seen in my experience workingwith honey bees. It may be the worst die-off that has ever occurred with honey beessince they?ve been introduced into the United States since the 1620s." - Maryann Frazier, Honey Bee Specialist, Penn State
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Closed AccountFeb 25, 2007Submitter
If you don't bother them, bees generally aren't interested in bothering you. Their activities are focused on gathering nectar, pollinating flowers, and looking after their hive. Actually, I think you are likelier to be stung by other types of insects, including wasps, hornets, and ants, depending upon where you live.
compactionFeb 25, 2007
Last year I noticed there was an odd absence of bees but I thought it might be a local thing or the weather. Now when I see an idiot spraying his lawn with pesticides I'm going to complain to the By-Law Police. The soil in a golf green is considered toxic waste if it were to run through usual waste disposal regulation criteria.
ldkronosFeb 25, 2007
Are they really wasps? What I've seen an increase of are yellowjackets. I often see people mistake yellowjacks for bees or wasps.
smokinjuanFeb 25, 2007
Hives just turn up empty? Mite infestation doesn't seem likely?Bursts of magnetic fields induce jumps of misdirection in bees by a mechanism of magnetic resonance:<a class="user" href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/v6406173767q7445/">http://www.springerlink.com/content/v6406173767q7445/</a><a class="user" href="http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/MichelleFinnegan.shtml">http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/MichelleFinnegan.shtml</a>Hose an area with 250Hz em waves and the workers will lose their way back to the hive eventually starving to death.Now, where are the bursts coming from?240Hz is a subharmonic of our 60Hz electric grid. Increased electric consumption also raises em fields. Has electric consumption raised the 3rd harmonic to the bee's navigational tolerance threshold?More nefarious sources include Russian plots to destroy American crops and mind control devices operating in the 250Hz range to induce anger in humans and instability in society. But you'll make your own mind up about that won't you ;)<a class="user" href="http://hiddenmysteries.net/geeklog/article.php?story=20070215122737862&mode=print">http://hiddenmysteries.net/geeklog/article.php?story=20070215122737862&mode=print</a>
lastholdoutFeb 25, 2007
First the frogs, now the honey bee's. Are we all just canaries in a coal mine? Stop breeding humans for a while.
Closed AccountFeb 25, 2007Submitter
@ldkronos,That's true up to a point, but bees aren't fed in a small, confined area like some other animals. They need to fly out to gather honey and pollen from fresh flowers. This means that the whole territory around the hive where the bees fly out to get food must be kept free of sources of disease, and until we can identify those, that isn't easy to do.
zeraFeb 27, 2007
Actually, more humans are the most sure fire way to find a solution. We need more scientists, more minds to solve the problems we have.
cheeseheadMar 4, 2007
I suspect chem trails from Nato and Us planes.
josefgrafJun 8, 2008
Hi,A note to let you know about this article, a current issue being addressed by the Earth Vision project - "Why the Bees Are Dying"Using spiritual ecology to bring environmentalism to the next level, the EV project has several current newsworthy items.To access them, visit:Current Environmental Issues (on the Earth Vision site)Thanks for your attention,Josef GrafEarth Vision + Insight21answers for the 21st Century www.evsite.net + www.insight21.net