http://polizeros.com/2007/03/31/bee-population-collapsing/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:47:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://polizeros.com/2007/03/31/bee-population-collapsing/#comment-138787 rc Tue, 29 May 2007 16:17:12 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/03/31/bee-population-collapsing/#comment-138787 They're declining because of disease and mites such as the varroa mite, a bloodsucking parasite that attacks young and adult honeybees. They’re declining because of disease and mites
such as the varroa mite,
a bloodsucking parasite that attacks young and adult honeybees.

]]> http://polizeros.com/2007/03/31/bee-population-collapsing/#comment-133439 Jackie Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:42:07 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/03/31/bee-population-collapsing/#comment-133439 I had the same question. I kept hearing about the arrival of aggressive bees or killer bees. Perhaps there was a misguided attempt to control that bee population, that wiped out the honey bees. We make so many environmental mistakes, it will be quite difficult to pinpoint the culprit I had the same question. I kept hearing about the arrival of aggressive bees or killer bees. Perhaps there was a misguided attempt to control that bee population, that wiped out the honey bees. We make so many environmental mistakes, it will be quite difficult to pinpoint the culprit

]]> http://polizeros.com/2007/03/31/bee-population-collapsing/#comment-118427 dj Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:26:47 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/03/31/bee-population-collapsing/#comment-118427 Is there any relation between this development and the much-touted "Africanization" of bees from a couple of years ago? Is there any relation between this development and the much-touted “Africanization” of bees from a couple of years ago?

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