Honeybee Disease Spreads To Bumblebees

dustdevil · February 19, 2014

More bad news for bees:

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wir...kness-22583939

Tom A To · February 19, 2014

As a beekeeper, I am familiar with the diseases that honeybees can get. Nowhere in this article does it mention what diseases the bumblebees are getting. Some are worse than others. I think it's another article designed to get your attention so they can sell ad space. The demise of bee population stories are always good for that. I'm surprised they didn't throw in the quote which comes around every so often about how Einstein said we have thirty years to live once the honey bees are gone.

He never said such a thing.

Hermitian · February 20, 2014

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom A To

As a beekeeper, I am familiar with the diseases that honeybees can get. Nowhere in this article does it mention what diseases the bumblebees are getting. Some are worse than others. I think it's another article designed to get your attention so they can sell ad space. The demise of bee population stories are always good for that. I'm surprised they didn't throw in the quote which comes around every so often about how Einstein said we have thirty years to live once the honey bees are gone.

He never said such a thing.

Well said.

dustdevil · February 19, 2014

The article isn't comprehensive, but it has some merit. In one year, all the 100s of thousands of honeybees on the family farm disappeared. I noticed a decline in bumblebees last year. I worry they may be eliminated next...

Tom A To · February 20, 2014

Honeybee populations have ebbed and flowed ever since man starting paying attention. Although CCD is real, it is another in a long line of afflictions to the bees. Like all other insects, you couldn't kill them all if you tried your hardest. As mentioned, news media plays up any report on disappearing bees it runs across in order to sell papers, etc. Nothing like a doomsday scenario to get people's attention. The bees will be here long after we're gone.

February 19, 2014	#1
dustdevil Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: WI, USA Zone4 Posts: 1,887	Honeybee Disease Spreads To Bumblebees More bad news for bees: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wir...kness-22583939

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Tom A To Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Pilot Hill, Ca. Posts: 307	As a beekeeper, I am familiar with the diseases that honeybees can get. Nowhere in this article does it mention what diseases the bumblebees are getting. Some are worse than others. I think it's another article designed to get your attention so they can sell ad space. The demise of bee population stories are always good for that. I'm surprised they didn't throw in the quote which comes around every so often about how Einstein said we have thirty years to live once the honey bees are gone. He never said such a thing. __________________ -Dennis Audios, Tomatoville. Posted my final post and time to move on.

February 20, 2014	#5
Tom A To Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Pilot Hill, Ca. Posts: 307	Honeybee populations have ebbed and flowed ever since man starting paying attention. Although CCD is real, it is another in a long line of afflictions to the bees. Like all other insects, you couldn't kill them all if you tried your hardest. As mentioned, news media plays up any report on disappearing bees it runs across in order to sell papers, etc. Nothing like a doomsday scenario to get people's attention. The bees will be here long after we're gone. __________________ -Dennis Audios, Tomatoville. Posted my final post and time to move on.