Appotus Dominus

Auger · Joined: 25 May 2006 Posts: 174

I know I'm not an active member of AD, but I also know AD is always concerned with issues around them.

This is a more serous issue then most people understand. My father is a beekeeper in Washington state, and has watched this problem up close and personal. CCD is a world epidemic that must be resolved. Talk to people around you and you will see why.

The follwing links are videos discussing the problem:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VRBJf57aNp4&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_RZv9BvQJ-A&feature=related

As Einstin once said... humans will die 4 years after the bees die. There is a lot of truth to that statement.

Gribiel · Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 84

A world epidemic? ...right

Just the same way...killer bees, bird flu, mad cow disease, SARS, West Nile Virus, and global warming were/are supposed to decimate the earth with billions of deaths.

Want to know what a real epidemic is? Retardation; and apparently it's spreading uncontrollably via the internet.

-Gribiel

Mineu · Joined: 21 May 2008 Posts: 24 Location: Michigan

I Have been gleefully waiting for the Jumbo pandemic to hit the world, less people, is less folks breathing my air! So there ha!

Save the planet, kill yourself.

Mineu

Mandaar · Guild N00bert Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 6389

Jesus Gribiel, you've turned into a curmudgen.

Auger, I too have some concern.

I hope the situation reverses itself.

Gribiel · Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 84

Because I was always known for my cheery disposition, right?

-Gribiel

xereau · Joined: 24 Apr 2005 Posts: 669

dnief · Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 357

Auger · Joined: 25 May 2006 Posts: 174

When you consider that over 90 different foods you eat are pollenized by these little guys, yes, it is or will be an epidemic in no time.

Researchers have yet to positively identify what the cause of CCD is. Some point at cell phones, some pesticides, some blame the engineered seeds while others blame the beekeepers themselves for the additional stress placed on the bees by transporting them around the US. At this time nothing has been positively idnetified as the single source of causing this problem.

The vast majority of beekeepers in the US are hobbyists, like my father. As a hobbyist all he's trying to do is make ends meet with socal security. He has been beekeeping for close to 70 years now, and they have never seen this kind of problem.

Beekeepers (both commercial and hobby) are seeing losses from 30-70% of thier hives. In the US alone we have lost 35% or more of the bees used to produce those crops you love to eat. And if you think thats ok, they will get more bees ... I hate to tell you that isnt going to happen. For commercial beekeepers the costs for replacement are in th 100's of thousands of dollars to replace the yearly losses. For the hobbyist is even worse because they can't afford to replace the losses.

Dont look for the wild honey bees to jump in anytime soon, they are almost non existant.

I only pointed this out because I know this isnt a media scare for ratings, this is real. It affects my family directly.

All the things you identified Gribiel were things that were epidemics, but were easily traced in many cases to the cause and corrected. The killer bees were made more famous by the movies then an actual problem. As for what you think the real epidemic is.... maybe you need to go in and get checked because I think you are the one who contracted it.

Gribiel · Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 84

I forgot to add Y2K to my list. I hope it's not too late. Isn't there an Incan catastrophy that's supposed to hit around 2012? Time to start hordeing.

-Gribiel

Mandaar · Guild N00bert Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 6389

Grib, it's great to hear from you.

Now zip it.