New Posts For Thread: Never Seen So Many Bumble-Beeshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30276923/never-seen-so-many-bumble-beesGarden is full of them, must be having a good year^^^No time to open, what is it?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30276923/never-seen-so-many-bumble-bees?post_id=539724557#539724557^^^No time to open, what is it?Mon, 02 Jun 2014 03:37:49 -0500www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg7ZsOFSV7chttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30276923/never-seen-so-many-bumble-bees?post_id=539721991#539721991www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg7ZsOFSV7cSun, 01 Jun 2014 18:34:55 -0500Facts: Without bees there would be no crops. HthThat is a statement of ignorance on so many levels.Currently just 20% of the UK's crops rely on insect pollination. That proportion has risen from 8% twenty years ago owing to increased planting of oilshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30276923/never-seen-so-many-bumble-bees?post_id=539721737#539721737Facts: Without bees there would be no crops. HthThat is a statement of ignorance on so many levels.Currently just 20% of the UK's crops rely on insect pollination. That proportion has risen from 8% twenty years ago owing to increased planting of oilsSun, 01 Jun 2014 17:53:40 -0500swedish bees coming over here stealing all our nectarhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30276923/never-seen-so-many-bumble-bees?post_id=539719639#539719639swedish bees coming over here stealing all our nectarSun, 01 Jun 2014 15:02:05 -0500Lots here too Think there was a suggestion of importing some from Sweden?Whatever the reason it's great to see so many.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30276923/never-seen-so-many-bumble-bees?post_id=539719583#539719583Lots here too Think there was a suggestion of importing some from Sweden?Whatever the reason it's great to see so many.Sun, 01 Jun 2014 14:59:07 -0500Loads of bees in my garden too....all over the blue ceanothus!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30276923/never-seen-so-many-bumble-bees?post_id=539719397#539719397Loads of bees in my garden too....all over the blue ceanothus!Sun, 01 Jun 2014 14:44:15 -0500this was discussed last year but has anyone noticed a big decline in grasshoppers ? used to be 1,000s in the fields near me in the tallish grass ,haven't seen any for ages ! why ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30276923/never-seen-so-many-bumble-bees?post_id=539719049#539719049this was discussed last year but has anyone noticed a big decline in grasshoppers ? used to be 1,000s in the fields near me in the tallish grass ,haven't seen any for ages ! why ?Sun, 01 Jun 2014 14:11:09 -0500screaming from beneaththewaves 01 Jun 14 18:46 The EU voted to restrict neonicotinoids just 7 days ago, The Leopard. I'd be doubtful if there was already an effect.Britain was the only country to vote against the restriction, on the basis of thehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30276923/never-seen-so-many-bumble-bees?post_id=539718909#539718909screaming from beneaththewaves 01 Jun 14 18:46 The EU voted to restrict neonicotinoids just 7 days ago, The Leopard. I'd be doubtful if there was already an effect.Britain was the only country to vote against the restriction, on the basis of theSun, 01 Jun 2014 13:59:49 -0500Wiki :The atlas Ladybirds (Coccinellidae) of Britain and Ireland published in 2011[29] showed a decline of more than 20% in native species due to environmental changes and competition from foreign invaders. The distribution maps, compiled over a 20-yhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30276923/never-seen-so-many-bumble-bees?post_id=539718691#539718691Wiki :The atlas Ladybirds (Coccinellidae) of Britain and Ireland published in 2011[29] showed a decline of more than 20% in native species due to environmental changes and competition from foreign invaders. The distribution maps, compiled over a 20-ySun, 01 Jun 2014 13:43:53 -0500Maybe Mc M, I was cooking a salt beef joint at the time but he didn't seem overly keen on what I was having for dinner. I haven't seen a ladybird for years, I think they may be extinct.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30276923/never-seen-so-many-bumble-bees?post_id=539717761#539717761Maybe Mc M, I was cooking a salt beef joint at the time but he didn't seem overly keen on what I was having for dinner. I haven't seen a ladybird for years, I think they may be extinct.Sun, 01 Jun 2014 13:18:02 -0500