Honeybee news

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Great info on Wikipedia as well. This is very disturbing. I hope we can find out what's wrong soon...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_Collapse_Disorder

Thanks for the link, Cajun.

[SentToStud]

This is how the world will end?

I read this about a Gen Eng grass for golf courses that is designed to be impervious to Roundup. So the course maintenance crew can spray Roundup on the greens, etc,... and the grass won't die. That's nice.

Problem is, it pollenates easy and spreads everywhere. And it can't be killed.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/ge/g...tion092304.cfm

[timmgirvan]

I would say that is contributing to the bee dilemna....but I only had troubles with wasps on the golf course...and those dreaded bogey's

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

I would say that is contributing to the bee dilemna....but I only had troubles with wasps on the golf course...and those dreaded bogey's

I got off track there. Sorry. The bee story reminded me of the grass story. Apparently this grass has the potential to overtake crops, etc...

[timmgirvan]

The bad thing is that all of it could be tied in to the bee problem. The possible(probable)unintentional "hybridization" of honeybees is a severe problem, if they don't find an answer.

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

The bad thing is that all of it could be tied in to the bee problem. The possible(probable)unintentional "hybridization" of honeybees is a severe problem, if they don't find an answer.

timm,
You might find this to be of interest. It relates to Canada's bees, but if you read the link, it seems that transgenic crops (bT modified) might be causal.
Honey bees have been hybridized for many years, but not the pollen that they depend on...especially if it has a built in insecticide.
http://commonground.ca/iss/0706191/cg191_bees.shtml

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

timm,
You might find this to be of interest. It relates to Canada's bees, but if you read the link, it seems that transgenic crops (bT modified) might be causal.
Honey bees have been hybridized for many years, but not the pollen that they depend on...especially if it has a built in insecticide.
http://commonground.ca/iss/0706191/cg191_bees.shtml

The scope of the "fix" would be mindboggling. I'm not smart enough to know where to start! Einsteins' theory was quite sobering!