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List of Foods We Will Lose if We Don’t Save the Bees | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1037638  Canada08/07/2013 08:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It’s time to take a hard look at what we would be missing without bee pollination. Quoting: H0NEYBEE In just the last ten years, over 40% of the bee colonies in the US have suffered Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Bees either become so disoriented they can’t find their way back to their hives and die away from home, or fly back poison-drunk and die at the foot of their queen. There are many arguments as to what is causing CCD, but the most logical and likely culprit is the increased usage of pesticides by the likes of Monsanto and others. A study by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has labeled one pesticide, called clothianidin, as completely unacceptable for use, and banned it from use entirely. Meanwhile, the U.S. uses the same pesticide on more than a third of its crops – nearly 143 million acres. Two more pesticides linked to bee death are imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam. These are also used extensively in the US, while elsewhere, they have been taken out of circulation. Recently, the FDA also seized Terrence Ingram’s bees, a naturalist who had been studying bees for over 30 years, and had a colony that was resistant to Monsanto’s Round Up. Ingram’s prized hives, along with their queens, were destroyed by the FDA, and Ingram was given no warning that his bees would be demolished. List of Crop Plants Pollinated by Bees While we don’t need bees to pollinate every single crop, here is just a brief list of some of the foods we would lose if all our bees continue to perish: Apples Mangos Rambutan Kiwi Fruit Plums Peaches Nectarines Guava Rose Hips Pomegranites Pears Black and Red Currants Alfalfa Okra Strawberries Onions Cashews Cactus Prickly Pear Apricots Allspice Avocados Passion Fruit Lima Beans Kidney Beans Adzuki Beans Green Beans Orchid Plants Custard Apples Cherries Celery Coffee Walnut Cotton Lychee Flax Acerola – used in Vitamin C supplements Macadamia Nuts Sunflower Oil Goa beans Lemons Buckwheat Figs Fennel Limes Quince Carrots Persimmons Palm Oil Loquat Durian Cucumber Hazelnut Cantaloupe Tangelos Coriander Caraway Chestnut Watermelon Star Apples Coconut Tangerines Boysenberries Starfruit Brazil Nuts Beets Mustard Seed Rapeseed Broccoli Cauliflower Cabbage Brussels Sprouts Bok Choy (Chinese Cabbage) Turnips Congo Beans Sword beans Chili peppers, red peppers, bell peppers, green peppers Papaya Safflower Sesame Eggplant Raspberries Elderberries Blackberries Clover Tamarind Cocoa Black Eyed Peas Vanilla Cranberries Tomatoes Grapes If one of your favorites is on this list, you should consider becoming a bee activist. [link to www.realnews24.com] [link to naturalsociety.com] BEE APOCALYPSE NOW Scientists discover what’s killing the bees and it’s worse than you thought [link to qz.com] Illinois illegally seizes bees resistant to Roundup; kills remaining queens [link to foodfreedomgroup.com] Largest Honeybee Loss Ever Recorded In The United Kingdom [link to www.collective-evolution.com] Save the Bees - Save the World I cannot read writing in red. please next time just use yellow. lol! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 44700656  Belgium08/07/2013 08:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 44459970 Canada08/07/2013 08:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | it's not crops we will lose, it's our lives. “If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.” ― Albert Einstein Quoting: JustThink Why do you believe every word a man who only wrote a theory says? Here's a theory for you "Natural disasters are only caused by man's interference in nature". Now believe all the other bullshit I say from now on wow, jealous much? you're no Einstein, but Einstein is. look up what year it was that he figured out things that you still don't understand to this day. keep flinging poo ya dumb jealous monkey. really, or does the truth hurt? lol |
F-BVFA
 User ID: 22188579  France08/07/2013 08:48 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I am definitely concerned about the bees. If we lose the bees we will lose our lives. It's just as simple as that. Save the bees!  (though it seems that most humans don't freaking care) I came. I saw. I Concorde. For once you have tasted Concorde you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. "I would say today we can integrate all religions and races EXCEPT ISLAM." Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Y ew |
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| H0NEYBEE
(OP) User ID: 44736071 United States08/07/2013 08:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It’s time to take a hard look at what we would be missing without bee pollination. Quoting: H0NEYBEE In just the last ten years, over 40% of the bee colonies in the US have suffered Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Bees either become so disoriented they can’t find their way back to their hives and die away from home, or fly back poison-drunk and die at the foot of their queen. There are many arguments as to what is causing CCD, but the most logical and likely culprit is the increased usage of pesticides by the likes of Monsanto and others. A study by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has labeled one pesticide, called clothianidin, as completely unacceptable for use, and banned it from use entirely. Meanwhile, the U.S. uses the same pesticide on more than a third of its crops – nearly 143 million acres. Two more pesticides linked to bee death are imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam. These are also used extensively in the US, while elsewhere, they have been taken out of circulation. Recently, the FDA also seized Terrence Ingram’s bees, a naturalist who had been studying bees for over 30 years, and had a colony that was resistant to Monsanto’s Round Up. Ingram’s prized hives, along with their queens, were destroyed by the FDA, and Ingram was given no warning that his bees would be demolished. List of Crop Plants Pollinated by Bees While we don’t need bees to pollinate every single crop, here is just a brief list of some of the foods we would lose if all our bees continue to perish: Apples Mangos Rambutan Kiwi Fruit Plums Peaches Nectarines Guava Rose Hips Pomegranites Pears Black and Red Currants Alfalfa Okra Strawberries Onions Cashews Cactus Prickly Pear Apricots Allspice Avocados Passion Fruit Lima Beans Kidney Beans Adzuki Beans Green Beans Orchid Plants Custard Apples Cherries Celery Coffee Walnut Cotton Lychee Flax Acerola – used in Vitamin C supplements Macadamia Nuts Sunflower Oil Goa beans Lemons Buckwheat Figs Fennel Limes Quince Carrots Persimmons Palm Oil Loquat Durian Cucumber Hazelnut Cantaloupe Tangelos Coriander Caraway Chestnut Watermelon Star Apples Coconut Tangerines Boysenberries Starfruit Brazil Nuts Beets Mustard Seed Rapeseed Broccoli Cauliflower Cabbage Brussels Sprouts Bok Choy (Chinese Cabbage) Turnips Congo Beans Sword beans Chili peppers, red peppers, bell peppers, green peppers Papaya Safflower Sesame Eggplant Raspberries Elderberries Blackberries Clover Tamarind Cocoa Black Eyed Peas Vanilla Cranberries Tomatoes Grapes If one of your favorites is on this list, you should consider becoming a bee activist. [link to www.realnews24.com] [link to naturalsociety.com] BEE APOCALYPSE NOW Scientists discover what’s killing the bees and it’s worse than you thought [link to qz.com] Illinois illegally seizes bees resistant to Roundup; kills remaining queens [link to foodfreedomgroup.com] Largest Honeybee Loss Ever Recorded In The United Kingdom [link to www.collective-evolution.com] Save the Bees - Save the World I cannot read writing in red. please next time just use yellow. lol! I'm sorry, do you need me to change the color? Yellow? I can't even see that color when it's on here...lol  "I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples." Mother Teresa America-We represent 5% of the world, yet we represent 25% of the incarcerated world. We are no longer the "land of the free" we are now the "largest prison nation in the world." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Martin Luther King,Jr. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 21347982 United States08/07/2013 08:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| H0NEYBEE
(OP) User ID: 44736071 United States08/07/2013 08:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Say I owned a greenhouse, and down the road wanted to grow many of these listed that we're going to soon lose. Just out of curiosity, how hard would it be to raise a small colony of honey bees from within? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 21347982 [link to www.motherearthnews.com] [link to www.sustainlife.org] [link to www.organicgardening.com] [link to www.hvmag.com] "I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples." Mother Teresa America-We represent 5% of the world, yet we represent 25% of the incarcerated world. We are no longer the "land of the free" we are now the "largest prison nation in the world." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Martin Luther King,Jr. |
| katballoo
User ID: 41820127 Canada08/07/2013 09:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: H0NEYBEE Bees are dying all over the world from many different reasons. Largest Honeybee Loss Ever Recorded In The United Kingdom [link to www.collective-evolution.com] BEE APOCALYPSE NOW Scientists discover what’s killing the bees and it’s worse than you thought [link to qz.com] This is reality. from your link The British Beekeepers Association It was the worst summer ever. I had my own bees starving to death in the summer. It is nothing to do with pesticides; bad weather is enough of an explanation. It’s not healthy for bees to be trapped in their hives during the summer. Some queen bees couldn’t get out to mate and confined bees are more likely to get nosema and viruses from the varroa mite” – Francis Ratnieks, professor of apiculture at University of Sussex These figures are not surprising given the harsh winter and long cold spring which followed from an extremely poor summer last year. The National Bee Unit has continued to offer colony husbandry advice to beekeepers through these prolonged periods of inclement weather – Mike Brown, head of the NBU Yes, and look at what I had said above those links. "Bees are dying all over the world from many different reasons." You stated there were no losses in the UK, I was showing you that there is. I did not state that is was from pesticides. My main concern is that they are dying. not many reasons, one. the weather and the bees will do just fine without your concern or woo woo propaganda. and i have a feeling anyone will be going around in circles with any debate.  |
| katballoo
User ID: 41820127 Canada08/07/2013 09:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 36204757 Canada08/07/2013 09:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It’s time to take a hard look at what we would be missing without bee pollination. Quoting: H0NEYBEE In just the last ten years, over 40% of the bee colonies in the US have suffered Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Bees either become so disoriented they can’t find their way back to their hives and die away from home, or fly back poison-drunk and die at the foot of their queen. There are many arguments as to what is causing CCD, but the most logical and likely culprit is the increased usage of pesticides by the likes of Monsanto and others. A study by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has labeled one pesticide, called clothianidin, as completely unacceptable for use, and banned it from use entirely. Meanwhile, the U.S. uses the same pesticide on more than a third of its crops – nearly 143 million acres. Two more pesticides linked to bee death are imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam. These are also used extensively in the US, while elsewhere, they have been taken out of circulation. Recently, the FDA also seized Terrence Ingram’s bees, a naturalist who had been studying bees for over 30 years, and had a colony that was resistant to Monsanto’s Round Up. Ingram’s prized hives, along with their queens, were destroyed by the FDA, and Ingram was given no warning that his bees would be demolished. List of Crop Plants Pollinated by Bees While we don’t need bees to pollinate every single crop, here is just a brief list of some of the foods we would lose if all our bees continue to perish: Apples Mangos Rambutan Kiwi Fruit Plums Peaches Nectarines Guava Rose Hips Pomegranites Pears Black and Red Currants Alfalfa Okra Strawberries Onions Cashews Cactus Prickly Pear Apricots Allspice Avocados Passion Fruit Lima Beans Kidney Beans Adzuki Beans Green Beans Orchid Plants Custard Apples Cherries Celery Coffee Walnut Cotton Lychee Flax Acerola – used in Vitamin C supplements Macadamia Nuts Sunflower Oil Goa beans Lemons Buckwheat Figs Fennel Limes Quince Carrots Persimmons Palm Oil Loquat Durian Cucumber Hazelnut Cantaloupe Tangelos Coriander Caraway Chestnut Watermelon Star Apples Coconut Tangerines Boysenberries Starfruit Brazil Nuts Beets Mustard Seed Rapeseed Broccoli Cauliflower Cabbage Brussels Sprouts Bok Choy (Chinese Cabbage) Turnips Congo Beans Sword beans Chili peppers, red peppers, bell peppers, green peppers Papaya Safflower Sesame Eggplant Raspberries Elderberries Blackberries Clover Tamarind Cocoa Black Eyed Peas Vanilla Cranberries Tomatoes Grapes If one of your favorites is on this list, you should consider becoming a bee activist. [link to www.realnews24.com] [link to naturalsociety.com] BEE APOCALYPSE NOW Scientists discover what’s killing the bees and it’s worse than you thought [link to qz.com] Illinois illegally seizes bees resistant to Roundup; kills remaining queens [link to foodfreedomgroup.com] Largest Honeybee Loss Ever Recorded In The United Kingdom [link to www.collective-evolution.com] Save the Bees - Save the World honey |
| H0NEYBEE
(OP) User ID: 44736071 United States08/07/2013 09:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It’s time to take a hard look at what we would be missing without bee pollination. Quoting: H0NEYBEE Save the Bees - Save the World honey  "I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples." Mother Teresa America-We represent 5% of the world, yet we represent 25% of the incarcerated world. We are no longer the "land of the free" we are now the "largest prison nation in the world." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Martin Luther King,Jr. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 44630146  United Kingdom08/07/2013 09:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 37854989  Australia08/07/2013 09:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bees? Quoting: Matrix Warrior lol, bees will be the last thing on your mind when you are reduced to eating your children. And that will not be that far away. Lol you are a funny fucker :) Humour aside, always protect the children. If there is doompocalypse rather than a steady disintegration of the world until the lights go out (the latter being the more likely scenario because humans actually like disaster) - then if you're going to save any scrap of who you are for what comes after then protect the children - not just yours (though yours come first) but all children. This is a serious heads up. This world is not a game though 99.9% of you have treated it as such. It's a major conflict with a shittonload at stake. People talk about hell like it's a joke. I tell them one of the reasons human memory is wiped is so that humans have no inkling of a memory of what hell is like. This world is partly designed for who you truly are to come to the surface. Doesn't work if you remember just how unbelievably horrible the alternative to making the grade is. So super saiyan serious - if you do nothing else protect the kids and you will benefit yourself enormously. Those who have harmed kids in this world are fucked. So absolutely, completely fucked there aren't words to describe the suffering they are going to experience. Those better devote every second of the rest of their lives to protecting children. |
| Sungaze_At_Dawn
User ID: 35202296 Canada08/07/2013 09:38 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Many of those are GMO now, and they have their own bees in little packages you have to buy. There are buys you can buy. Also, there are manual ways of pollinating. But its rather urgent, yes, for real bees to be saved and real food at that too, not GMO, it can take big hike along with those who force it on us. And for those who think no GMO fruit, well you tell me why the orchards in the Okanagan are all on very tiny "special" trees instead of the kind I grew up on. Sure saves on ladders I suppose.... Last Edited by Sungaze_At_Dawn on 08/07/2013 09:39 AM The Devil tries to convince everyone he doesn't exist. The state tries to convince everyone they cannot resist. Do not go quietly into the good night. Rage Rage against the dying light! |
| H0NEYBEE
(OP) User ID: 44736071 United States08/07/2013 09:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | oddly enough, i have had more bees in my SE london garden so far this summer, than i can ever recall/ and butterflies Quoting: Anonymous Coward 44630146 barely seen a wasp though, but theyre nasty little fuckers, so hurrah for that! Oh, your garden must be lovely! :) "I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples." Mother Teresa America-We represent 5% of the world, yet we represent 25% of the incarcerated world. We are no longer the "land of the free" we are now the "largest prison nation in the world." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Martin Luther King,Jr. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 5183098  Sweden08/07/2013 09:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| H0NEYBEE
(OP) User ID: 44736071 United States08/07/2013 10:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I do too.  "I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples." Mother Teresa America-We represent 5% of the world, yet we represent 25% of the incarcerated world. We are no longer the "land of the free" we are now the "largest prison nation in the world." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Martin Luther King,Jr. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 44459970 Canada08/07/2013 10:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Many of those are GMO now, and they have their own bees in little packages you have to buy. There are buys you can buy. Quoting: Sungaze_At_Dawn Also, there are manual ways of pollinating. But its rather urgent, yes, for real bees to be saved and real food at that too, not GMO, it can take big hike along with those who force it on us. And for those who think no GMO fruit, well you tell me why the orchards in the Okanagan are all on very tiny "special" trees instead of the kind I grew up on. Sure saves on ladders I suppose.... My father has an orchard. He trimmed the trees himself to keep them at about 6ft tall. I'm sure the same thing is happening there. He also ties young limbs down. just so it will grow downwards, like a weeping fruit tree. tricks he said he learned early in his life from his father. Are the trees there looking like mini trees. Or do they look jagged and trimmed like giant bonsai trees? |
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| Lumen
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| FalseFlash
User ID: 41425548 United States08/07/2013 10:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | While bees make pollination easy we don't really require them. Lemons for example; most varieties are self-fertile, and many do not need any pollination at all. I can say I've grown some stuff on this list successfully without any bees at all. Not much research went into this article it seems. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 44711570 United States08/07/2013 10:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | firstly there is nothing wrong with the bees. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 44691181 only america had a colony disaster last year due to the drought. secondly bees dont do all the pollenation, infact ironically and evidently with america's low count on bees everything is pollenating just fine without them. thirdly the bullshit about it being pesticides is another industry scam to try to destroy the competition. welcome to reality op. This is nothing to do with a drought. And yes it absolutely is pesticides. Thanks Monsanto! When I go hiking in Southern CA, I see dead bees everywhere. I also see bees on the ground just crawling in circles and zig zags, completely disoriented. I've been seeing this for a few years now, but it has gotten worse in the last 2 years. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 44711570 United States08/07/2013 10:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 21914281 United States08/07/2013 11:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | While bees make pollination easy we don't really require them. Lemons for example; most varieties are self-fertile, and many do not need any pollination at all. Quoting: FalseFlash I can say I've grown some stuff on this list successfully without any bees at all. Not much research went into this article it seems. Bees pollinate about one third of the food we eat, and more if you take into account what animals eat. Bees have survived all kind of earth changes, Cooling. Warming, death of , wolly mammals etc but in the last 80 years and more so in the last 20 years we have managed to wipe out, as in permanently remove 60+ percent of various bee types. If you use common sense in the last 80 years and getting progressively worse we have seen a rise in mono culture and increase in toxic shit used in farming. Weather plays a part but obviously the bess have been dealing with weather for about 50 million years so i think what we are seeing is more than just a weather problem |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 17192736 United States08/07/2013 11:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 40964118 United States08/07/2013 11:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | firstly there is nothing wrong with the bees. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 44691181 only america had a colony disaster last year due to the drought. secondly bees dont do all the pollenation, infact ironically and evidently with america's low count on bees everything is pollenating just fine without them. thirdly the bullshit about it being pesticides is another industry scam to try to destroy the competition. welcome to reality op. Wheat and Olives dont require bees, think on why it was so important in the Bible, hmmm All the foods mentioned in the list are what was missed when the Hebrews left Egypt.. |
