One-Third of U.S. Honeybee Colonies Died Last Winter, Threatening Food Supply

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The problem with your train of thought is you're comparing a population of 5-10 million before the Europeans got here, to several hundred million now. Add to the human population the millions of herd animals we keep for food and the loss of the bee population in the US becomes almost dire. Even if we all became vegans overnight, the situation would be untenable. Butterflies can't do the job since their life-span is too short and their numbers are even lower than the bees'. Beetles would just eat the plants they're supposed to pollinate.

well... how did those 10 million do it?... They did it on a smaller scale, but without all the technology and enhancements we use today.

bees don't even know they are catching the pollen with their feet. They are just trying to get the nectar or whatever. We can't simulate this accidental process but we can draw penises on Mars??? Or is it God that set up that intricate process?

I say clone bats and butterflies.. both can pollinate (along with many birds, lizards, and mammals)... and butterflies look nice and don't sting people.. while bats also provide fertilizers.
 

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So y don't we just control our use of pesticides and other toxins? Do we have a death wish.... ??
We need to figure out how to colonize other planets before we kill bees off. I hate bees more than child molesters, racist cac, and fat bytches who think they're sexy... But we can't live without them.

you know us humans don't give a flyin bee about no damn consequences.

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well... how did those 10 million do it?... They did it on a smaller scale, but without all the technology and enhancements we use today.

bees don't even know they are catching the pollen with their feet. They are just trying to get the nectar or whatever. We can't simulate this accidental process but we can draw penises on Mars??? Or is it God that set up that intricate process?

I say clone bats and butterflies.. both can pollinate (along with many birds, lizards, and mammals)... and butterflies look nice and don't sting people.. while bats also provide fertilizers.


I think the bat population has been dying off due to some disease... and they can carry all kinds of diseases..

here we go

Study: Fungus behind bat die-off came from Europe
 

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Blackking said:
well... how did those 10 million do it?

There's a tribe of Native Americans here (Powhatan Renape) that I worked with through the State, and their historians told me they harvested wild edible plants/grasses for the most part. Not an organized farming operation that we're familiar with. Families had small gardens where they raised squash, corn, sunflowers and beans. They didn't rely on agriculture nearly to the extent that we do. It supplemented their diet when hunting/fishing seasons were over.​
 

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I know im no entomologist,

But a worldwide honeybee die off would be devastating..

one study says that honeybees annually pollinate more than $14 billion worth of seeds and crops in the US, mostly fruits, vegetables and nuts.
 

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There's a tribe of Native Americans here (Powhatan Renape) that I worked with through the State, and their historians told me they harvested wild edible plants/grasses for the most part. Not an organized farming operation that we're familiar with. Families had small gardens where they raised squash, corn, sunflowers and beans. They didn't rely on agriculture nearly to the extent that we do. It supplemented their diet when hunting/fishing seasons were over.​

So you're saying we could survive if the bees died.. there just wouldn't be big business and mass food production that simultaneously pollutes the environment?
 
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