07-01-2008, 01:52 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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I for one welcome our new Bee overlords.
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Improving weather conditions in northwestern New Brunswick is making the recovery of 12 million bees that spilled onto the Trans-Canada Highway after an accident on Monday morning more difficult.
Until the late afternoon, light rain in the area had kept most of the honeybees calm as bee experts worked to slowly move 330 crates of the insects onto a new truck after the vehicle they were in overturned.
But as the weather lifted in the afternoon, the bees began to swarm and sting the workers more, police said.
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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswi...e.html?ref=rss
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07-01-2008, 01:57 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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I effin hate bee's!
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07-01-2008, 02:05 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Calgary
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Bees are more important than traffic in this case. As bees are obviously an important part of the ecosystem and because they are dwindling for no apparent reason they must be preserved.
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07-01-2008, 02:33 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Vancouver
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I heard that 2/3 of what we eat is pollinated by bees. Not sure if that's true or not, but if it's even remotely true, then we certainly need bees around.
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2...ee_decline.htm
80% of fruits and Vegetables require pollination from bees. That's a staggering number.
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07-01-2008, 02:47 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Spartanville
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Originally Posted by doozwimp
Bees are more important than traffic in this case. As bees are obviously an important part of the ecosystem and because they are dwindling for no apparent reason they must be preserved.
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The funny thing is a while back I was looking for some way of getting rid of white grubs in my lawn.
Go to the store, look at the various products and they all say "may kill bees in significant numbers".
Why aren't these things banned?
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07-01-2008, 02:53 PM
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#6
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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I never said we should exterminate them ala the bears and magpies but I still hate em!
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07-01-2008, 03:00 PM
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy Self-Banned
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I'd of called this thread "Oh, the beemanity". But that's just the way I roll.
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07-01-2008, 03:43 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Calgary
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07-02-2008, 08:18 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by worth
I heard that 2/3 of what we eat is pollinated by bees. Not sure if that's true or not, but if it's even remotely true, then we certainly need bees around.
Edit:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2...ee_decline.htm
80% of fruits and Vegetables require pollination from bees. That's a staggering number.
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That's only 10% of what I eat. If cows required bees I'd be screwed.
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07-02-2008, 12:24 PM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Byrns
That's only 10% of what I eat. If cows required bees I'd be screwed.
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Well cows may eat something that needs to be pollinated by bees. I'm a city slicker, so I don't really know what cows eat.
I watched a show about bees disappearing (NOVA I think) and it was pretty worrisome. The gist is that they don't know why the bees are dying and that we need bees for a large majority of our food. Anyone else see it? I am having troubling finding the show online.
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07-02-2008, 12:28 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Quote:
Originally Posted by worth
I heard that 2/3 of what we eat is pollinated by bees. Not sure if that's true or not, but if it's even remotely true, then we certainly need bees around.
Edit:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2...ee_decline.htm
80% of fruits and Vegetables require pollination from bees. That's a staggering number.
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I wouldn't say 80%. Not sure how they got that number. Many other insects fill the role of pollinator, including beetles, spiders, flies, etc. And wind also pollinates. And of course, some plants self-pollinate.
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07-02-2008, 12:29 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: not lurking
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Originally Posted by Byrns
That's only 10% of what I eat. If cows required bees I'd be screwed.
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You're screwed. Alfalfa is a key foraging crop, used for silage and greenfeed, especially in drought-heavy areas (such as the upper midwestern US); it's also bee-pollinated. Remove alfalfa from the list of crops grown in north america, and you signficantly reduce the amount of land that's useful for livestock production, and thus increase beef prices drastically.
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07-02-2008, 12:33 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Why would alfalfa need to be pollinated in order for cows to eat it?
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07-02-2008, 12:49 PM
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Dances with Wolves
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Section 304
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shazam
I wouldn't say 80%. Not sure how they got that number. Many other insects fill the role of pollinator, including beetles, spiders, flies, etc. And wind also pollinates. And of course, some plants self-pollinate.
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Tell that to the Chinese folks in the TV special mentioned above. The bees all died so to pollinate their fruit trees they had to do it themselves with (and I **** you not) feathers on a long stick. Make no mistake about it, without bees we're F'd ... F'd up the A.
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07-02-2008, 12:55 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: not lurking
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Originally Posted by Shazam
Why would alfalfa need to be pollinated in order for cows to eat it?
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Umm, so that it reproduces so that there are future generations of alfalfa. No pollination means no seeds.
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07-02-2008, 01:03 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I heard that 60% of the time, this is correct everytime.
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