U.S Bumble Bee Population Implodes, Drops 96%

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#26
utvolpj said:
of course they are. Your title (and the Kos link) imply that the bee population has declined by 96% when that's not the case. Some have while others have seen no decline.
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Hopefully most can overlook the title and try to form an opinion based on content of a work (article or book for that matter) rather than by it's TITLE. It state clearly in the SECOND sentence: Now a census of bumble bees shows a 96% population collapse of 4 major U.S. species of bumble bees. Sorry to be nit-picky but you shouldn't act like someone is trying to fool you. If anything, the wording is misleading to garner more attention. Dirty, but business as usual with media reporting.
 
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Volunteer_Kirby said:
Hopefully most can overlook the title and try to form an opinion based on content of a work (article or book for that matter) rather than by it's TITLE. It state clearly in the SECOND sentence: Now a census of bumble bees shows a 96% population collapse of 4 major U.S. species of bumble bees. Sorry to be nit-picky but you shouldn't act like someone is trying to fool you. If anything, the wording is misleading to garner more attention. Dirty, but business as usual with media reporting.
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I understand what they were doing but just wanted to point it out in case others missed the one sentence devoted to there being populations not in decline. Like this part

Cameron's team also showed that declining species of bee had higher infection levels of a pathogen called Nosema bombi and lower genetic diversity compared with the four species of bee that were not in decline – B. bifarius, B. vosnesenskii, B. impatiens and B. bimaculatus.
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So how do we help combat this?
 
#29
#29
Its the chem-trails. On a serious note, one stung me on my eyelid when I was maybe 10, THAT was painful.
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#30
#30
They all died of embarrassment due to their black and yellow fashion faux pas.
 
#31
#31
Good riddance.

Bumblebee was my least favorite Autobot. Well, maybe besides Wheelie, but he's just staying behind to guard the base.
 
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Orangekush423 said:
Its the chem-trails. On a serious note, one stung me on my eyelid when I was maybe 10, THAT was painful.
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Still have a small scar on my eyelid from being stung by a yellow jacket in Alaska when I was 12. Was bear hunting, and we tree'd it right near where it had been digging up a nest.
 
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Volunteer_Kirby said:
Wording may be misleading, but the numbers are not. The decline came from four common bumble bee species; meanwhile half of the species have shown "serious decline". It may not affect all species but it's a global issue, worthy of attention, and is worse than many have feared.

ktpvol, this bee a serious issue so buzz off! :)
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That stings.
 
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Volunteer_Kirby said:
Wording may be misleading, but the numbers are not. The decline came from four common bumble bee species; meanwhile half of the species have shown "serious decline". It may not affect all species but it's a global issue, worthy of attention, and is worse than many have feared.

ktpvol, this bee a serious issue so buzz off! :)
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natural selection.
 
#42
#42
:bump3:

As everyone knows theypollinate of the fruit grown in the world and are vital, have they determined what caused the die off? The last I read it was a virus/disease or possibly cellphone tower radiation.
 
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