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EPA Finally Admits What's Killing Honey Bees

newtboy says...

It's insane that this was one of the original suspects in Colony Collapse Disorder, and only now, 10+ years into the decimation of bees (and many other insects) can the EPA admit it's a problem....yet they won't likely make ANY changes until the end of the year, ensuring another year of CCD for the bee industry as well as all other native insects that are effected.

Always a week late and $99 short seems to be the motto of our species these days. More and more I tend to think we aren't worth saving and that the collapse of the eco system is a strong, scorched earth type of chemo therapy the biosphere needs to remove the cancer that is man. It's delicious irony that we'll do it to ourselves, but unforgiveable that we'll also probably take 99% of life with us.
Where's a plague when we need one?

Flow Hive - Honey directly on tap from your beehive

RFlagg says...

@newtboy, I wonder about foulbrood in this sort of hive. Are you then out the full thing or can it be disenfected since it's plastic? Hive maintenance would still be a thing , people still need to pull the frames on occasion. It won't stop mites. Nosema and other fungai will probably be a bigger issue with this design. Foulbrood and other problems will still be around, as will colony collapse disorder.

Also where are the brood kept since splitting the frame like this seems like it'd kill the brood (okay that one is answered in the KS page and you still have a brood box that you have to supply on your own).

How well does it actually work? Is this all just clever editing and done at peak honey flow season? How well does it work in the fall? Why is Bush shown talking about it, but he himself doesn't mention it on his site? Sure he's selling his own hives and the like, but I'd think if he gave them an actual try I'd think he'd say something, competition or not. It looks

I worry that too many inexperienced people who don't research or care, will try this and perhaps make many bee pests and diseases worse as they won't research things out properly. They'll just buy this and think that's nearly all there is too beekeeping and infect other hives due to their sloppy methods.

High Fructose Corn Syrup is perfectly healthy

vaire2ube says...

"Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health '...have re-created the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder in several honeybee hives simply by giving them small doses of a popular pesticide, imidacloprid.' This follows recently-reported studies also linked the disorder to neonicotinoid pesticides. What is really interesting is the link to when the disorder started appearing, 2006. 'That mechanism? High-fructose corn syrup. Many bee-keepers have turned to high-fructose corn syrup to feed their bees, which the researchers say did not imperil bees until U.S. corn began to be sprayed with imidacloprid in 2004-2005. A year later was the first outbreak of Colony Collapse Disorder.'"

http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/04/07/167230/colony-collapse-disorder-linked-to-pesticide-high-fructose-corn-syrup

So I guess it wasn't exactly in anyones best interest to have this substance, except for the bottom line. Clear example of greed trumping sanity. We are all in danger when stuff like this is allowed to happen, but we fight the turrrists!

High Fructose Corn Syrup

vaire2ube says...

"Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health '...have re-created the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder in several honeybee hives simply by giving them small doses of a popular pesticide, imidacloprid.' This follows recently-reported studies also linked the disorder to neonicotinoid pesticides. What is really interesting is the link to when the disorder started appearing, 2006. 'That mechanism? High-fructose corn syrup. Many bee-keepers have turned to high-fructose corn syrup to feed their bees, which the researchers say did not imperil bees until U.S. corn began to be sprayed with imidacloprid in 2004-2005. A year later was the first outbreak of Colony Collapse Disorder.'"

http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/04/07/167230/colony-collapse-disorder-linked-to-pesticide-high-fructose-corn-syrup

High-Fructose Corn Syrup Commercial?! FTW!

vaire2ube says...

"Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health '...have re-created the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder in several honeybee hives simply by giving them small doses of a popular pesticide, imidacloprid.' This follows recently-reported studies also linked the disorder to neonicotinoid pesticides. What is really interesting is the link to when the disorder started appearing, 2006. 'That mechanism? High-fructose corn syrup. Many bee-keepers have turned to high-fructose corn syrup to feed their bees, which the researchers say did not imperil bees until U.S. corn began to be sprayed with imidacloprid in 2004-2005. A year later was the first outbreak of Colony Collapse Disorder.'"

http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/04/07/167230/colony-collapse-disorder-linked-to-pesticide-high-fructose-corn-syrup

So not only did we kill ourselves slowly, but managed to potentially catastrophically disrupt the entire food chain... because HFCS is a cheap thickener.

Fucking hell... watch people continue to remain ignorant.

60 Minutes: Sugar Shown Toxic, Causes Cancer, Heart Disease

vaire2ube says...

"Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health '...have re-created the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder in several honeybee hives simply by giving them small doses of a popular pesticide, imidacloprid.' This follows recently-reported studies also linked the disorder to neonicotinoid pesticides. What is really interesting is the link to when the disorder started appearing, 2006. 'That mechanism? High-fructose corn syrup. Many bee-keepers have turned to high-fructose corn syrup to feed their bees, which the researchers say did not imperil bees until U.S. corn began to be sprayed with imidacloprid in 2004-2005. A year later was the first outbreak of Colony Collapse Disorder.'"

http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/04/07/167230/colony-collapse-disorder-linked-to-pesticide-high-fructose-corn-syrup

Always trust the manufacturers; They wouldnt ever do anything to hurt you consumers or your planet. Obey.

Dissapearing Bees (Worldaffairs Talk Post)

Flower pollination endangered as bee populations decrease

finch451 says...

Colony Collapse Disorder scares me. They talk about bees just up and disappearing. Makes me think there's an alien conspiracy going on...

Seriously though, I wish we did understand more about CCD, it's gotten pretty serious in the past few years, and if all the bees die off... we're screwed as far as food goes.

That is, unless we could utilise some super weed pollinates/spreads easily and can be turned into food.

So yeah, we're screwed.

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

Eating Meat = Climate Change

60 Minutes on the missing bees

qruel says...

wow, this video was facinating. great post! here is one more theory to add to the list.

• July 11, 2007 - EPA failed to consider the "high" toxicity to bees by contact (not dietary) exposure to the insecticide INDOXACARB

http://www.fluorideaction.org/pesticides/indoxacarb-page.htm

when it approved approximately 130 new food tolerances.
(See EPA's Fact sheet on Indoxacarb for toxicity to bees, pp 14-15).
http://www.fluorideaction.org/pesticides/Indoxacarb.EPA.Oct.2000.pdf

Indoxacarb is a potent neurotoxiicant. On July 23, FAN asked EPA for its reasons why it didn't consider indoxacarb's effects on bees. Also, a 2005 study reported that indoxacarb was harmful to the Asian lady beetle, which is considered a beneficial insect in agriculture.


• May 28, 2007 - Neonicotinoids, such as fluorinated fipronil, a suspect in honeybee colony collapse disorder.

http://www.fluoridealert.org/pesticides/fipronil.bees.may%2028.2007.html


• Catastrophic Bee Colongy Collapse may not be affecting organic hives. Researchers are struggling to find the causes of this mysterious collapse. A crucial element of this story, missing from reports in the mainstream media, is the fact that organic beekeepers across North America are not experiencing devastating colony collapses...
SEE: "Organic Bees Are Thriving While Pesticide Intensive Conventional Bee Hive Colonies Are Collapsing."
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_5194.cfm

Note from FAN: The media reports that intensive tests are underway to find the source of the honeybee "colony collapse disorder." Theories for this devastating collapse range from the use of pesticides to cell phones. If it were a neurotoxic pesticide (disrupting the neurons that enable bees to find home) it would have to be in wide-spread use across the country. Some have mentioned the rise in cell phone towers and cell phone use: radiation from mobile phones may interfere with the bees' navigation systems.

Colony Collapse Disorder - Why are the bees disapearing?

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