Mystery Illness Killing Bees

KONASDAD · February 05, 2007, 03:42:56 PM

Here is a link to a front page article from the Philadelphia Inquirer today.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/16623837.htm

Its a shame they got the picture wrong.

Understudy · February 05, 2007, 04:01:21 PM

Read more here:
http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php?topic=7595.0

Sincerely,
Brendhan

michelleb · February 05, 2007, 04:11:08 PM

Isn't that a BUMBLEbee in the picture? :roll:

Trot · February 05, 2007, 05:07:04 PM

Yes, it is... :shock:

This show just how much we know about life on the other side of the fence... :'(

Brian D. Bray · February 05, 2007, 07:43:29 PM

Showing a bumble bee in place of a honey bees just illustrates the ignorance most people possess about bees.

The mysterious die off begs the question: How much is chemical treatments for mites to blame?

Understudy · February 05, 2007, 07:59:48 PM

Please read the report in the disease section:
http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php?topic=7630.0

Sincerely,
Brendhan

BEE C · February 07, 2007, 07:09:40 AM

Farming practices. God knows what affect Genetically modified crops have on the poor bees. We are playing (oops I mean letting companies like Monsanto and others), with ecosystems in a major way by allowing genetically engineered crops. I guess we didn't learn from our mistakes of introducing invasive pests like rats, snakes, mosquitos, etc into ecosystems, so now we allow invasive pests into the genes of ecosystems. Not to sound like a raving lunatic on this one, Canada and the United States use more GE crops than most other nations. I'm curious whether countries that don't allow GE crops are experiencing this phenomenon? I doubt it.