Comments on: Mystery of the disappearing bees: Solved!

By: Hortdoc

Hortdoc — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:50:27 +0000

If you believe that the EPA isn’t controlled, or at least influenced, by corporations like Bayer that make huge campaign contributions, you’re sadly mistaken and most likely Republican.

By: 1953Stark

1953Stark — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:37:14 +0000

No pesticides in Australia, and no colony collapse in Australia. The article indicates these pesticides are banned in “Bayer”‘s home country, Germany and also in France. Hmmm. Instead of a multi million dollar study why not just have our busy congressmen ban the importation and use of these chemicals for say three to five years and see if the Colony Collapse disorder stops. Gee, I wonder if those companies are using those chemicals on their “Organic” labeled crops. Since congress changed the definition of Organic for those companies I suppose no ban on importation. Looks like we need to change our legislators out.

By: owigotstung

owigotstung — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:42:02 +0000

what if bees cannot resist stinging stupid people? bees dissappear because more and more stupid people are getting stung. millions of colonies dissappear.

By: gtaniwaki

gtaniwaki — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:15:27 +0000

In the 8th paragraph, there is a link (non-gmoreport.com) to what is intended to be a credible source document that links GMO crops to bee deaths in general and colony collapse disorder. However, that article is speculative in nature. In fact, several recent studies shows very low correlation between proximity of hives to GMO crops and likelihood of CCD, for instance see http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art icle/pii/S0167587712002656.

As a trusted source of reliable information, I don’t think Reuters blogs should add links that improve the search engine rankings of less than reliable sources.

By: cwcarlberg

cwcarlberg — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:21:27 +0000

Bees are migratory insects. They migrate on their own based on the environmental conditions that they currently inhabit.

YES! Pesticides can and DO have a large impact on the bees’ migratory patterns, however we cannot discount the other side of the coin;

Q: What happens to the bees who survive the pesticides, predator or disease in a new location??

A: The bees will usually enter a tree, bush or sturdy structure in a protected area difficult for predators to reach. Here in the United States, these protected areas are many times on our residential or commercial property.

At this point most companies or property owners ‘believe’ they have no choice but the quick and easy method of ‘extermination!’

By: creageous

creageous — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:17:46 +0000

Since the ‘bees’ belong to everyone – and is not a commodity. Bayer may need to just get their act together and take the damn Neon…..oids off the market and anything else like it. Stop messing with Mother Nature – help her; she is Our Mother too!!

By: BigTimePatriot

BigTimePatriot — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 02:01:24 +0000

This sentence seems to have been pasted on with no connection to the rest of the article “The collapse of beehives is a warning – and the cleverness of a few beekeepers in figuring out how to work with bees not as masters but as partners offers a clear-eyed kind of hope for many of our ecological dilemmas.”

What exactly are these beekeepers doing with their “partners” the bees that allows the bee’s to survive this pesticide and/or any other causes of hive collapse? There is no mention in this article of any evidence that “partnering” with bee’s provides any such “clear-eyed kind of hope”.

Also, I must say it is very kind of the bee “partners” to ask their human counterparts to take the bee’s hard earned honey and add them to cheerios to make a delightful breakfast cereal. BRAVO to you, bee “partners”!

By: DellerFeller

DellerFeller — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:30:46 +0000

Disappointed by the title of this article – to the casual reader it seems to suggest that the devastation of bees has been corrected, when in fact as the end of the article explains the threat very much remains, and based on previous experience, will require tremendous advocacy and public pressure to be reversed. A corporation like Bayer isn’t going stop selling a pesticide any time soon.

By: yonofun

yonofun — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:37:54 +0000

epa and fda are not honest or transparent, but rather ‘in the pocket’ of the companies responsible for these crimes against mankind and nature. rely on independent studies carried out by the scientific community every day of the week, over reports by these puppet government protective agencies whose sole purpose is to protect the corporations who fund them. get your head out of the sand greenbeaner!

By: kevbotoconnell

kevbotoconnell — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:06:56 +0000

@CandaceLopez I don’t really think that declaring war on corporations would help at all. We need to come up with solutions that will help the honey bees without causing destruction.
This blog is kind of misleading because of the title. It says that the mystery is solved, but it doesn’t have an exact reason as to why the bees have been disappearing. It does say that the Neonicotinoids play a part in the disappearances, but it also says that they are just a piece of the puzzle. I think that before it posts a title like that, the writer should really have an answer for the people who are reading it. I wish I knew what kinds of products contain neonicotinoids, but the article doesn’t really explain what could have them.
I also have seen a lot of people pointing out scapegoats. Blaming one person or company will not help anything. Everyone should take responsibility and try to help because this is everyone’s world.