Comments on: The Law of Interdependence http://coda.co.za/blog/2007/06/12/the-law-of-interdependence dress up. leave a false name. be legendary. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:30:43 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: coda http://coda.co.za/blog/2007/06/12/the-law-of-interdependence#comment-1841 coda Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:32:36 +0000 http://coda.co.za/blog/2007/06/12/the-law-of-interdependence#comment-1841 Via IOL today: <a href="http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=143&art_id=nw20070906224944478C532047">New clue may solve mystery of vanishing bees</a> Via IOL today: New clue may solve mystery of vanishing bees

]]> By: coda http://coda.co.za/blog/2007/06/12/the-law-of-interdependence#comment-1840 coda Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:37:08 +0000 http://coda.co.za/blog/2007/06/12/the-law-of-interdependence#comment-1840 za_bullet: always enlightening, my asian friend ;P (that had me laughing out loud, by the way... the resemblance is uncanny!) - a bee keeper, who would have guessed! Sounds like a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanized_Honey_Bee">fascinating</a> hobby. za_bullet: always enlightening, my asian friend ;P (that had me laughing out loud, by the way… the resemblance is uncanny!) – a bee keeper, who would have guessed! Sounds like a fascinating hobby.

]]> By: za_bullet http://coda.co.za/blog/2007/06/12/the-law-of-interdependence#comment-1839 za_bullet Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:11:15 +0000 http://coda.co.za/blog/2007/06/12/the-law-of-interdependence#comment-1839 Hey Coda, As a bee keeper I thought I'd pipe in for 2 reasons. 1. My colonies that I keep have recently been vandalized. By vandalized I mean, they were torn apart to try and get honey out and left destroyed. Most likely suspects...bergies....so in this case my collapse, was certainly man made. I lost 5 of 9 colonies at this site! :( 2. The major market hit by this colony collapse is commercial US farmers, who use a LARGE number of insecticides to control pests like mites and wax-moth. The loss appears to not affect production when chemicals aren't used. ...on a side note...the "Killer Bee" or "Africanised Honey Bee", which is destroyed on sight in the US, is the strain of honey we that South African bee keeps work with every day....without fear of being killed....silly Yanks. D. Hey Coda,

As a bee keeper I thought I’d pipe in for 2 reasons.

1. My colonies that I keep have recently been vandalized. By vandalized I mean, they were torn apart to try and get honey out and left destroyed. Most likely suspects…bergies….so in this case my collapse, was certainly man made. I lost 5 of 9 colonies at this site! :(

2. The major market hit by this colony collapse is commercial US farmers, who use a LARGE number of insecticides to control pests like mites and wax-moth. The loss appears to not affect production when chemicals aren’t used.

…on a side note…the “Killer Bee” or “Africanised Honey Bee”, which is destroyed on sight in the US, is the strain of honey we that South African bee keeps work with every day….without fear of being killed….silly Yanks.

D.

]]> By: RobC http://coda.co.za/blog/2007/06/12/the-law-of-interdependence#comment-1838 RobC Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:37:22 +0000 http://coda.co.za/blog/2007/06/12/the-law-of-interdependence#comment-1838 It is just european honey bees that seem to be affected, other types (there are thousands of bee species by the way) seem to be doing just fine , if not better than their european cousins, maybe the european bee has been "cultivated" too much and has become genetically less competitive than other species? I see it as evolution in practice... you know that old adage... adapt or die. Seems like the polar bear is also doing better than the global warmers say... they are finding that bears are finding hunting easier because there is less ice! We all forget that ice covered Greenland got it's name when it was not covered in ice during the last "global warming" in the 13th century... ask the Vikings, they had great fun during that hot spell. Many blonde haired people today can say thanks to that period they exist today... :-) It is just european honey bees that seem to be affected, other types (there are thousands of bee species by the way) seem to be doing just fine , if not better than their european cousins, maybe the european bee has been “cultivated” too much and has become genetically less competitive than other species? I see it as evolution in practice… you know that old adage… adapt or die.
Seems like the polar bear is also doing better than the global warmers say… they are finding that bears are finding hunting easier because there is less ice!
We all forget that ice covered Greenland got it’s name when it was not covered in ice during the last “global warming” in the 13th century… ask the Vikings, they had great fun during that hot spell. Many blonde haired people today can say thanks to that period they exist today… :-)

]]> By: coda http://coda.co.za/blog/2007/06/12/the-law-of-interdependence#comment-1837 coda Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:23:26 +0000 http://coda.co.za/blog/2007/06/12/the-law-of-interdependence#comment-1837 Ah, well spotted ndorfin. ;) Either way it gets the point across nicely. Ah, well spotted ndorfin. ;) Either way it gets the point across nicely.

]]> By: ndorfin http://coda.co.za/blog/2007/06/12/the-law-of-interdependence#comment-1836 ndorfin Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:18:52 +0000 http://coda.co.za/blog/2007/06/12/the-law-of-interdependence#comment-1836 Sif coda. There's a <a href="http://www.snopes.com/quotes/einstein/bees.asp">Snopes entry about Einstein's supposed quite</a> and it's included in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_Collapse_Disorder">very same linked wiki-page</a> :P That aside, the topic of disappearing bees is distressing. Could it be "greenhouse" environmentalist banter or a genuine concern? So far it only seems to be a real problem in the US where bees don't occur naturally. (I love how they associate the problem with loss of revenue!) Entertaining reading none-the-less. Thanks. Sif coda. There’s a Snopes entry about Einstein’s supposed quite and it’s included in the very same linked wiki-page :P

That aside, the topic of disappearing bees is distressing. Could it be “greenhouse” environmentalist banter or a genuine concern? So far it only seems to be a real problem in the US where bees don’t occur naturally. (I love how they associate the problem with loss of revenue!)

Entertaining reading none-the-less. Thanks.

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