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Thanks for posting your link.
One small point...the oldest link or article I posted was from April of THIS year...the most recent from August of THIS year.
You are most welcome ~ BTW, I meant what I wrote, thanking you for posting those links. I found them very interesting. It wasn't a challenge, but a comment.
On your "one small point", you are correct. I made a mistake.
In reading the embedded links from your post, there are several from 2007 upon which each attached article draws. In each of those 2007 links, the listed date for discovery of a parasite thought to be involved is 2007. I got 2007 stuck in my brain! Ooops.
Anyway, this sums it up for me: "I do think they will come up with a variety of solutions/alternatives, but it is a very serious long term problem."
Maybe if that's the case then shouldn't we spend some of the "stimulus money" on genetically engineering a honeybee that is resistant to the virus ? Too weird I guess, hopefully the bees will develop resistance before they all go away, I need honey for my tea.
(Why is this thread reminding me of Jerry Seinfeld ?)
The last time someone tried to create a hybrid honeybee, we got "killer bees". Maybe we should lay off on the "playing god" thing until we actually know WTF we are doing...
Well, I'll tell you what ~ you'd never know there's a threat against bees if you were around my house this summer. NEVER had so many bees like this year, and others have said the same thing. No clue why.
I good friend of mine collects and raises wild bees. And collects wild honey. I actually have a few jars in my store. Nothin finer, with a good buttered biscuit.
I good friend of mine collects and raises wild bees. And collects wild honey. I actually have a few jars in my store. Nothin finer, with a good buttered biscuit.
When I have a sore throat I like to have my tea first, then eat a spoonful of honey. It coats the throat better (tea washes too much of it down) and it really seems to soothe it a lot.
I think the Honeybee is making a recovery in the UK because many Brits living in the towns & cities are avid gardeners.
We have an english cottage style garden with a lot of Lavender present, the bees love it.
I think the Honeybee is making a recovery in the UK because many Brits living in the towns & cities are avid gardeners.
We have an english cottage style garden with a lot of Lavender present, the bees love it.
We have several lavendar plants, the boy, the bees were sure swarming around them.
I had bees here in abundance this year. Still have some buzzing around. Still have flowers.
Yes, infact in my neighborhood in Houston people are having quite the problem this year with them taking up residence in the walls, eves, and attics of their homes and are having to seek out the services of beekeepers for removal. On my street alone at least three homes (including mine) have had hives removed which is messy and expensive.
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