[quote]This just in from the Oregon Department of Ag:
ODA is temporarily restricting the use of 18 pesticides containing dinotefuran while it investigates the death of thousands of bees near Portland this month. Dinotefuran is a neonicontinoid, a class of pesticides that have been linked to honeybee die-offs.[/quote]
[url=http://www.eugeneweekly.com/blog/big-news-oregon-bees-pesticide-ban]Source[/url]
[url=http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/PEST/Pages/Pollinator.aspx]More information[/url]
It's nice to see some developments put towards the " Mysterious bee deaths "
Sorry if shit, first thread I remember making.
Finally. Good news out of Oregon for once.
Remember listening to a BBC investigation regarding the bumble bee, or European Honey Bee.
Honey bees of the European variety are more sensitive to pollution and pesticides, despite being larger in size compared to, say, a wasp, which is significantly more resistant in comparison. Why the hell did it take so long for action like this to be taken?
Dinotefuran sounds like a prehistoric German dictator
THAT is real progress towards the enviroment.
Woo Woo Oregon. Love it when we do something good like this.
Not guilty until proven, but certanly a prime suspect. I am happy they decided to act proactively for once.
Now, rest of the world, start banning.
EU has already banned neonicontinoids such as imidacloprid which is great! I hope farmers in general will stop using excessive amounts of pesticides on their crops, not only for the safety of human health and nature but also for their own wallet.
No bees = no pollination = have fun pollinating all of our crops manually!! I wouldnt want to waste hours in the blazing sun pollinating a bunch of plants when bees can do that and create a great byproduct called honey.
Problem is Monsanto has a practical lockdown on all North American seeds. They're called roundup ready, and they require pesticides to grow.
and they say they help the environment so people trust it
if we kill all the bees, but save [URL=http://www.cleanairgardening.com/mason-bees2.html]mason bees,[/URL] we can then spread mason bees all over the globe without them being attacked by honey bees and wasps.
Mason bees are up to 100X more effective at pollinating, are not territorial, and a few species do not have stingers. kill the bees, put these in place. finally, humans can play god.
[QUOTE=Incoming.;41242455]Problem is Monsanto has a practical lockdown on all North American seeds. They're called roundup ready, and they require pesticides to grow.
and they say they help the environment so people trust it[/QUOTE]
yeah
but it has nothing to do with bees
[QUOTE=willtheoct;41245637]if we kill all the bees, but save [URL=http://www.cleanairgardening.com/mason-bees2.html]mason bees,[/URL] we can then spread mason bees all over the globe without them being attacked by honey bees and wasps.
Mason bees are up to 100X more effective at pollinating, are not territorial, and a few species do not have stingers. kill the bees, put these in place. finally, humans can play god.[/QUOTE]
Genetic diversity is a good thing. Were fucked if there is a competant predator of mason bees and theres no other type of bee to replace them.
[QUOTE=OrDnAs;41245746]yeah
but it has nothing to do with bees[/QUOTE]
It does. Pesticides affect the European Honey Bee severely, to the point of a crisis which we now have.
For a state to ban 18 pesticides you know it's getting bad, because we never act until is too late, traditionally.
[QUOTE=Incoming.;41245844]It does. Pesticides affect the European Honey Bee severely, to the point of a crisis which we now have.
For a state to ban 18 pesticides you know it's getting bad, because we never act until is too late, traditionally.[/QUOTE]
no you dingus, the monsanto part.
[QUOTE=OrDnAs;41245882]no you dingus, the monsanto part.[/QUOTE]
That's just in there to offer a name and face to a large problem in reducing use of pesticides, which as I mentioned before adversely affects bees. (At least the ones we like, anyway)
[QUOTE=Incoming.;41245910]That's just in there to offer a name and face to a large problem in reducing use of pesticides, which as I mentioned before adversely affects bees. [B](At least the ones we like, anyway)[/B][/QUOTE]
All bees are important, keep in mind Wasps are not bees. Nor are hornets
To be fair it did get rid of those pesky dinosaurs.
[QUOTE=FlubberNugget;41245932]All bees are important, keep in mind Wasps are not bees. Nor are hornets[/QUOTE]
Wasps, unfortunately, also important. They also pollinate but not as much as honey bees.
[QUOTE=The golden;41247786]Considering they're mostly meat-eaters, I would say they're nowhere near as important as other pollinators such as butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, etc[/QUOTE]
Predatory insects are incredibly important for agriculture if you want to reduce the use of pesticides, because they do the same job. Same goes for spiders as well.
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