Bees?
jd50ae
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We have more flowering clover then I have ever seen here before.
Not a single honey bee to seen.
Anyone else noticed this?
Not a single honey bee to seen.
Anyone else noticed this?
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WaterNerd
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Wow that's weird. Bee's love clover. Here every flow has a bee around it or in it. Hope you get some soon. Have a few co-workers that sell raw honey here at work and will include a piece of the honey comb in the jar. Stuff is amazing. Big difference from the stuff you get in the storeBetter to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt— Abraham Lincoln5 -
silvermouse
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honey bees are just starting to show up here in SE. New England. Bumble bees have been out for a few weeks. Wish they were around three weeks ago when my apricot tree was flowering, have to play bee with a paintbrush to get any fruit set.5 -
Sketch6995
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Bees are getting more and more scarce. Way too many dying from colony collapse disorder. They think its caused by pesticide use. I was worried about my young apple tree getting pollinated
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Usaf06
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I have a co-worker the rents her bees to california during the pollination period for Almond trees I believe. She makes a killing off it. She has several colonies"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
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Martel
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I was at a Sam's club not long ago. They were selling a beekeeper kit. I've thought about it before, but not sure I can invest the money or time. My daughter loves honey. And we use it in my wife's famous chocolate chip cookies. But mostly I just think it would be cool and useful.
But now, you're telling me I can make money by renting the colony. Say what? I might have to rethink this.
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ForMud
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I have a customer who's grandfather is into bees. He was telling me this year he went from 20+ hives down to two this year from die off. Up until now, he would only lose a hive or two during the winter. He's 100% sure it's all the pesticides were using that's causing this.Sketch6995 said:Bees are getting more and more scarce. Way too many dying from colony collapse disorder. They think its caused by pesticide use. I was worried about my young apple tree getting pollinated
We haven't totally destroyed the world yet.....but we sure AF are giving it our best shot.
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Sketch6995
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Thank you malathion......when you spray that crap your supposed to wait till the blossoms lose the flower petals, otherwise you kill the bees......most people dont bother to read the instructions.
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Amos_Umwhat
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A friend of mine has bees. He tells me that one of the big problems is that pink coating you see on seed corn. The coating prevents the seed from rotting in the ground, and then is absorbed by the plant during growth, with small amounts making it into the tassle. This is not enough to kill the bees, but it is enough to confuse them. In their confusion, they cannot find their way back to the hive, and die. He plants clover in his fields, and tries to keep the bees happy close to home.WARNING: The above post may contain thoughts or ideas known to the State of Caliphornia to cause seething rage, confusion, distemper, nausea, perspiration, sphincter release, or cranial implosion to persons who implicitly trust only one news source, or find themselves at either the left or right political extreme. Proceed at your own risk.
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silvermouse
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Don't forget neonicotinoids,every country in the EU has banned them but here the nursery and ag business is putting up strong resistance:
neonicotinoids killing bees - beecharmers.org
Below is a summary of the chemical and brand names of the commonly used neonicotinoids. These are toxic to our honey bees.We are asking growers who are using these materials and who are dependent on honey bees for pollination, not to use these products currently until more research is done .Study strengthens link between neonicotinoids and collapse of ...
Two widely used neonicotinoids—a class of insecticide—appear to significantly harm honey bee colonies over the winter, particularly during colder winters...6
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