Anonymous
November 2, 2020, 10:01 am
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By an edhat reader
We noticed a number of dead bees on our walk along Carpinteria State beach on Saturday afternoon. Noticed them again on Sunday, but in the water. Is this due to the cold weather? Has anyone else noticed this in SB County or have any insight into the uptick in dead bees?
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Maybe what you are seeing now is drone dieoff due to weather and little food availability, but in general bees are in big trouble. ” So there’s a triangle of factors called the three Ps, and that stands for parasites, pesticides and poor nutrition.” https://www.npr.org/transcripts/825305756
I goofed. I cited NYTimes, when it was NYPost. But here’s a really interesting read, if you’re up for it: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/deadly-virus-turns-honey-bees-trojan-horses
Probably due to a specific party’s obsession with rolling back environmental protection regulations.
Humans have directly caused the extinction of 90% of animal species on earth.
Animals & insects today, are still dying in record numbers ( decimate is only a tenth),
due to human existance, & the number will continue to grow..
Pollution of every model vital to support life, over population & resource depletetion (greed) will continue..as will bee numbers drop in accordance, until there are no creatures left to pollenize needed plants to sustain life.
There is one fix though…vote for-just kidding..
There is no fix.
I have everything you suggested, and still fewer bees are here now. I’ve resorted to pollinating my avocado by hand as there are not enough bees for this. Half the blossoms on my apple tree didn’t turn into fruit, either. Let’s see if the pesticide/agribusiness monopolies can figure out a way out this mess, Ollie.
yes. definitely point to the one crop that can’t use harsh pesticides. you’re tripping.
far from it, the natural flower that cant be treated with pesticides. Bees actually need these types of plants. since we keep destroying their natural alternatives.