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Benedict Arnold

Have you seen any bees this year? No!!! THIS IS A DISASTER.

Posted - July 31, 2019
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  • 53504

      I have not seen fewer bees this year than I normally see in previous years. 
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      July 31, 2019 5:54 AM MDT
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  •   July 31, 2019 6:20 AM MDT
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  • 5391
    Maybe you are unaware there is a mass extinction going on. 
      July 31, 2019 6:28 AM MDT
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  • 53504

    (I believe that she is aware of it, which is why she posted the question.)

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      July 31, 2019 6:30 AM MDT
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  • Correct ;)
      July 31, 2019 5:47 PM MDT
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  • I am aware. 
      July 31, 2019 5:47 PM MDT
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  • 44603
    A LOT fewer. The past two years we had underground bumblebee nests in our back yard. Not this year. They were harmless and great pollinators.
      July 31, 2019 6:29 AM MDT
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  • I love them, I haven’t seen any this year but I’m in a concrete jungle right now. 
      July 31, 2019 5:48 PM MDT
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  • Only humble bees.  The ground bees are non existent so far this year.
      July 31, 2019 9:44 AM MDT
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  • Bye  bees :(
      July 31, 2019 5:48 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    What is a bee? 
      July 31, 2019 9:59 AM MDT
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  • Exactly. 
      July 31, 2019 5:48 PM MDT
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  • Yeah,  but the damn wasps and hornets don't seem to be going anywhere. :(
      August 1, 2019 5:29 AM MDT
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  • I have no empathy or concern for wasps or hornets. Let’s use the Clamato juice to drown them all. 
      August 1, 2019 7:38 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    It's been quite a while since I've seen any bees around here in the city.  One of the reasons may be that periodically, when we have a lot of rain, they ground spray to keep mosquitoes from multiplying and that may also be what's killing the bees.  We have also seen a big drop in butterflies even though we have butterfly bushes planted all over our development. This post was edited by SpunkySenior at August 1, 2019 7:39 AM MDT
      July 31, 2019 10:15 AM MDT
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  • 44603
    That sucks. A lot of my neighbors have their lawns sprayed for insects. No way. We get more birds than anybody else. We have lots of insects and worms.
      July 31, 2019 10:57 AM MDT
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  • 19937
    We do have a lot of birds, mostly sparrows, but in the past few years, we've gotten robins and cardinals.  
      July 31, 2019 11:36 AM MDT
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  • it’s mostly the use of pesticides in crops that is causing honey bees to go extinct, from what I’ve read. 

      July 31, 2019 5:49 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    I'm not surprised.  But when you have a home and you grow flowers and flowering bushes, you sometimes use pesticides to make sure that they aren't attacked by aphids or other insects and those bushes are the ones that the bees come to for the pollen.
      July 31, 2019 10:42 PM MDT
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  • I’m not sure about the US but “cosmetic” pesticides are banned where I live . They aren’t really necessary. People just have to start alternating planting and watering times and planting more native species, when it comes to cosmetic planting. 

    Bigger problem is large crops use of certain types of pesticides, especially things like corn crops. 

    Bees obviously don’t pollinate corn, but corn releases pollen into the air, which lands everywhere and kills shizzat loads of bees.  

    The larger chemical companies are releasing their own studies “ saying there are many  of species of bees and that they will never go extinct. While they “may” not go extinct for a long time,  the reduction in their population is already having a huge impact on agriculture and will be driving up prices to the average consumer in the very near future. It’s not a tomorrow problem. It’s a huge today problem that people should care about Cos there are simple things and alternatives people can do to help start to correct it...STAT! 

      August 1, 2019 5:12 AM MDT
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  • 7939
    Yeah. Before it got hot, my lawn was pretty alive with them. I also got treated to the presence of carpenter bees this year. The kids and I thought it was cool to watch them work. 
      July 31, 2019 10:29 AM MDT
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  • 44603
    When I visited my sister in FL, carpenter bees were the major source of entertainment. It was fun to watch the males chase away any intruder bees then come back to the same spot. They would follow my hand as I waved it back and forth.
      July 31, 2019 10:54 AM MDT
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  • That does sound cool, glad someone’s still seeing them around :)
      July 31, 2019 5:49 PM MDT
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  • 46117
      July 31, 2019 11:41 AM MDT
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