The simple reason all the bees are dying off.., page 1

For over a year, the media has been reporting about the dramatic loss of bees in Europe and North America. As many as 50% to 90% of the bee populations have simply vanished, leaving their hives empty and forcing farmers to demand investigations to determine the cause.

At first it was only the honeybees that were decimated -- then the bumblebee populations began to disappear. Bumblebees are responsible for pollinating an estimated 15 percent of all the crops grown in the U.S., worth $3 billion, particularly those raised in greenhouses. Those include tomatoes, peppers and strawberries. The crisis was eventually given a name: Colony Collapse Disorder or CCD.

CCD is a "fake disease!"

But it now appears that a much more basic culprit has killed the bees -- Bayer Corporation. Colony Collapse Disorder is poisoning with a known insect neurotoxin called Clothianidin, a pesticide manufactured by Bayer, which has been clearly linked to massive bee die offs in Germany and France.

Full Article here:
viewzone.com...

[edit on 5-11-2008 by warrenb]

reply to post by warrenb

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According to the sited article,

(08-18) 18:37 PDT -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is refusing to disclose records about a new class of pesticides that could be playing a role in the disappearance of millions of honeybees in the United States, a lawsuit filed Monday charges.

I think most people don't think bees disappearing are a big deal. The more people who are educated on the subject, the harder for the government to hide the cause of the problem.

Definitely starred and flagged....

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decent beat

[edit on 5-11-2008 by warrenb]

The CCD issue has many suspected culprits . Chemicals in the environment to new diseases .

Israeli Acute Paralysis

www.ars.usda.gov...

But to me a telling circumstance is the bee keepers hardest hit are the ones who have a large commercial operation honey and pollination services and in the vicinity of heavy agricultural areas . Most of the small operations or back yard beekeepers havent been hit with CCD like the commercial beekeepers have been hit .

And the practice of corn syrup to feed bees to make up for honey harvested places stress on them . Corn syrup made from GM corn with built in pesticides ? Small and back yard bee keepers avoid chemicals that would harm the bees and many feed bees with sugar water instead of corn syrup . And others do it the natural way by not harvesting to the point of needing to feed the bees . But 1 lbs of pure honey is $6-10 and the same amount of sugar or corn syrup is 75 cents economics .

For me the jury is still out on CCD but I lean to the newer chemicals is the cause .

reply to post by warrenb

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Why haven't we done something by now,this is the problems we have to deal with before it's too late.They need to be brought to court,and not just a fine but prison terms,as well as closing the corrupt companies that have only profit in mind.For too long now big companies have gotten away with this.I suggest writing to congress as well as senate,and continue untill something is done about it.These people will kill us all if not dealt with.

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