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Post by Elliot Kane on Jan 21, 2009 16:28:34 GMT
The govt has pledged money to investigate the mysterious disappearance/dying of large amounts of the UK bee population. Full article is here |
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Post by ss on Jan 22, 2009 0:17:43 GMT
The US has been losing them for years now...it can get serious..
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rhiian
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Post by rhiian on Jan 22, 2009 16:59:30 GMT
no bees = no pollunation = no flowers n trees = no photosynesis = no more oxygen = X( *dead*
not a good look that dead thing.
the cause is probably linked to climate change, or at least will be. It has been rianing a bit more than normal in the summers (wot with the floods of 07 n such) and if it rians the bees tend to stay indoors.
hmm :/
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Post by Hildor on Jan 26, 2009 11:21:45 GMT
Interesting how such small buggers can cause so much trouble with being absent. I hope the cause will be something that can be fought and that the impact will be a bit less troublesome than it appears.
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Post by killerzzz on Jan 26, 2009 23:17:46 GMT
Is it just me or did I hear something about that mentioned at the beginning of The Happening?  I wonder if its some sort of long-term but temporary fluctuation of causes currently unknown; a rebalancing of some sort. Killerzzz |
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Post by Alrik on Jan 27, 2009 20:26:34 GMT
Didn't we have a similar thread about a similar problem in the U.S. already ?
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Post by LaFille on Jan 28, 2009 4:49:32 GMT
Wikipedia has good info on the phenomenon here and here, occurring on both continents. Note that those affected are primarily the domesticated honey bee specie and that there are thousands of bee species. |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Feb 1, 2009 3:56:42 GMT
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