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Leghorn21

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1. Oh what glorious news on a cloudy Monday morning!!

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Mon Apr 1, 2024, 10:35 AM

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America suddenly has a record number of bees. What happened to colony collapse? [View all] former9thward Apr 1 OP

Oh what glorious news on a cloudy Monday morning!! Leghorn21 Apr 1 #1

My one daughter started keeping bees semi-pro. Apparently, a bunch of hobbyists are starting to do it too. TheBlackAdder Apr 1 #30

Please thank her for helping save the planet, TBAdder!! Leghorn21 Apr 1 #37

Life Mad_Machine76 Apr 1 #2

Everyone read that in Jeff Goldblum's voice, right? Clash City Rocker Apr 1 #26

I hope so Mad_Machine76 Apr 1 #34

Totally. Aristus Apr 1 #64

Could this be a result of the Mossfern Apr 1 #3

I think they linked collapse to pesticides too. Maybe farmers stopped using some of them? Takket Apr 1 #6

I think roundup use has fallen maxsolomon Apr 1 #25

Roundup/glyphosate isn't an insecticide, it's an herbicide. Nicotinoid insecticides were believed to be one of the main Martin68 Apr 1 #45

We're doing our part in our backyard TxGuitar Apr 1 #49

Get a Melochia tomentosa Habitation Apr 2 #66

Don't say they're coming over the Southern border too ? 😮 OnDoutside Apr 1 #4

Oh no! Migrant bees polluting the genuine American ones? The horror of it! Build a 1000 ft tall wall to keep 'em out. Wonder Why Apr 1 #11

I dare not check RW news ! OnDoutside Apr 1 #13

Just a quick note here Mossfern Apr 1 #50

Fox will be abuzz about the "Southern Sting" CaptainTruth Apr 1 #20

Not only are they coming over the Southern Border... WinstonSmith4740 Apr 1 #29

Very good ! OnDoutside Apr 1 #31

The USA will no longer accept non-Aryan bees. Alien bee traffickers are ungodly Ping Tung Apr 1 #47

Bee Caravans! sop Apr 1 #51

Polluting the pure Murcan honey! Thunderbeast Apr 1 #58

What's worse is that they are AFRICANIZED!!1! JoseBalow Apr 1 #65

That's great news!!! Since we depend on these little guys for food. Takket Apr 1 #5

And don't forget LIFE! No bees, no pollination, no fruit, no animals...... you should get the point! usaf-vet Apr 1 #9

Honey Bees are managed by bee keepers... getagrip_already Apr 1 #7

Yes, my daughter the ecologist taught me that Sky Jewels Apr 1 #24

See also: usonian Apr 1 #8

Survey covers apiaries, commercial operations hatrack Apr 1 #10

I believe the article is discussing.... Think. Again. Apr 1 #12

not so much controlled as outpaced.... getagrip_already Apr 1 #28

As if varroa, small hive beetle and giant Asian hornets weren't enough . . . . hatrack Apr 1 #54

Last summer Rebl2 Apr 1 #14

if you want a fun hobby, you can actually find their hive by following them.... getagrip_already Apr 1 #32

Actually I Rebl2 Apr 1 #38

In some areas, honeybees are crowding out other native bees, to the detriment of the plants those native bees pollinate. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 1 #15

All signs still point to a continuing decline and disappearance of wild bees Ponietz Apr 1 #16

not entirely.... getagrip_already Apr 1 #33

Plants pollinated by non-native honeybees are less likely to survive NickB79 Apr 1 #59

but if not visited by honey bees, would they be visited by any polinator? getagrip_already Apr 1 #60

I consider this good news... slightlv Apr 1 #17

Our native bees are still under great threat. Protect them you also protect the European honey bees too. Botany Apr 1 #18

"Feral bees"? WTF are they talking about? sybylla Apr 1 #19

Technically, they are feral. European honeybees are nonnative livestock, essentially. hatrack Apr 1 #56

Yea aha suck it Monsanto Fullduplexxx Apr 1 #21

Interesting to see this today. jaxexpat Apr 1 #22

Not to be depressing but PlutosHeart Apr 1 #23

All I know Jilly_in_VA Apr 1 #27

Strictly anecdotal but I spent a couple hours at meadery last weekend. bluesbassman Apr 1 #35

We have been hearing about the declining bee doc03 Apr 1 #36

Where does the article say it's a bad thing? Elessar Zappa Apr 1 #39

It is behind a pay wall couldn't read it all nt doc03 Apr 1 #55

Declining in Iowa...where they are is important not just the quantity JT45242 Apr 1 #40

Bee orgies Renew Deal Apr 1 #41

you laugh... but it's girls gone wild every spring getagrip_already Apr 1 #43

My wife and I keep bees and have noticed this Ohioboy Apr 1 #42

Can we cover the TX governor's mansion in honey? /nt dickthegrouch Apr 1 #44

introduced honey bee populations have always fluctuated naturally... mike_c Apr 1 #46

Honeybees are not native and compete with native species Kaleva Apr 1 #48

Bee-autiful News!! SWBTATTReg Apr 1 #52

One other thing comes to mind.... louis-t Apr 1 #53

There are fewer farms and farmers Zeitghost Apr 1 #63

Honeybees are livestock, not wildlife. Non-native, invasive species in most of the world NickB79 Apr 1 #57

I had a colony of feral honeybees, I called the BeeCharmer MagickMuffin Apr 1 #61

We've lived in the Fort Worth TX area for a few years TexasDem69 Apr 1 #62

They're back with a vengeance outside my house ecstatic Apr 2 #67