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Very high amounts of aluminum contamination has been found in bees, raising the question of whether aluminum-induced cognitive dysfunction is playing a role in the decline of bumblebee populations. Aluminum is Earth's most ubiquitous ecotoxicant and is already known to be responsible for the death of fish in acid lakes, forest decline in acidified and nutrient impoverished catchments, and low crop productivity on acid sulphate soils.
Previous research had suggested that when bees forage for nectar they do not actively avoid nectar which contains aluminium. This prompted the suggestion by Exley and Goulson that bees may be accumulating aluminium within their life cycle. Researchers at University of Sussex collected pupae from colonies of naturally foraging bumblebees and sent them to Keele University where their aluminium content was determined.
The pupae were found to be heavily contaminated with aluminium, with individual contents ranging from between and 13 and nearly 200 ppm. Smaller pupae had significantly higher contents of aluminium.
To put these aluminium contents in some context, a value of 3 ppm would be considered as potentially pathological in human brain tissue. While preliminary, these data have shown the significant accumulation of aluminium in at least one stage of the bumblebee life cycle and suggest the possibility of another stressor contributing to the decline in its numbers.
originally posted by: elementalgrove
a reply to: reldra
I think there is some weight to this, I am sure there are other reasons for Aluminum making its way to the environment, however we are experiencing far too many neurological disorders that appear to be manifesting itself in the honeybee population and I find it more than a tad bit suspicious that Monsanto bought up beelogics... previously I had attributed it to the pesticides, which are also a part of this cocktail of toxins, but now there appears to be another reason!
originally posted by: reldra
originally posted by: elementalgrove
a reply to: reldra
I think there is some weight to this, I am sure there are other reasons for Aluminum making its way to the environment, however we are experiencing far too many neurological disorders that appear to be manifesting itself in the honeybee population and I find it more than a tad bit suspicious that Monsanto bought up beelogics... previously I had attributed it to the pesticides, which are also a part of this cocktail of toxins, but now there appears to be another reason!
Monsanto is such a nefarious corporation, I wouldn't put it past them to try to get a patent on honeybees in total since the honeybees may pollinate crops grown by seed they don't own.
Small-scale, resource-poor farmers in developing countries face daily stresses, including poor soils, drought, and lack of inputs. Ongoing trends such as climate change and population growth will likely exacerbate binding stresses. A new generation of genetically engineered (GE) crop research aims to alleviate these pressures through the improvement of subsistence crops—such as cassava, sorghum, and millet—that incorporate traits such as tolerance to drought, water, and aluminum in soils as well as plants with more efficient nitrogen and phosphorus use. (www.ifpri.org...)
Human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels resulting in ‘acid rain’, intensive agriculture producing acid sulphate soils and the mining of aluminium ores to make aluminium metal and salts have all contributed to the burgeoning biological availability of this non-essential metal
originally posted by: Chadwickus
a reply to: elementalgrove
Ho come you ignore this from the paper?
Human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels resulting in ‘acid rain’, intensive agriculture producing acid sulphate soils and the mining of aluminium ores to make aluminium metal and salts have all contributed to the burgeoning biological availability of this non-essential metal
And instead make up your own explanation blaming chemtrails?
Aluminum was found at almost 100 times reporting limits – an astonishing 4,700μg/L – in Sacramento rain collected May 5th, 2016. Lisa DeFinis writes “This sample was collected on 5/5/16 at approximately 10AM in Sacramento, CA, by the airport. We had just suffered 2 days of extremely heavy spraying and it was raining and hailing at the time. I collected it in a sterile cup that I had purchased for this.”
Aluminum was found at almost 100 times reporting limits – an astonishing 4,700μg/L – in Sacramento rain collected May 5th, 2016.
originally posted by: VinylTyrant
a reply to: elementalgrove
I can't understand why so many people are looking forward to the age of robotics like this. Fake bees? Do you know just how sure a situation the world would have to be in to need fake bees? Wth is wrong with this place? How did we steer so far off the rails?
I thank God I have pollinating bees in my yard. To think this is a "thing"...my how far we've come.
In the film “Transcendent Man,” I talk about bringing back my father, Frederick Kurzweil. I’m writing a book now called The Singularity Is Nearer, and I’m talking about this concept of a replicant, where we bring back someone who has passed away. It’ll go through several different stages. First, we’ll create an avatar based on emails, text messages, letters, video, audio and memories of the person. Let’s say in 2025, it’ll be somewhat realistic but not really the same. But some people do actually have an interest in bringing back an unrealistic replicant of someone they loved
originally posted by: network dude
a reply to: elementalgrove
dying bee population is a very serious thing. it needs to be given the right amount of attention. Lumping in with chemtrails is not the way to do that. First off, Geo-engineering that you speak of, is not something that would look like contrails, it's proposed height to be sprayed is above the area planes usually fly, and above the area for contrail formation. So if they were spraying something, you wouldn't see it.
Is this registering at all? It seems anytime I try to explain this to a believer, there is no discussion, other than I must be a paid shill. These are facts about this subject that matter a great deal when you being up trails. Why, because if they really are spraying, then looking at contrails doesn't tell you anything. If you want to push this agenda, that's great, but please, get some real factual education on the subject so a real discussion can be had.