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Save The Bees
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We had a lot of bees until late June . Since then I have only seen one . Bumble Bees there are plenty of but Bees have just disappeared . As for Wasps , I haven't seen one for two years or more .
Plenty of Butterflies , mainly white but Peacocks and Tortoiseshells too . |
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Wasps are coming into season here (Perth). Zapped tens of wee wasplets (what's a baby wasp called?) and half-a-dozen of angry muthas.
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What use are wasps, btw? They have a superb sense of smell. Why has science not put this to good use yet?
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Blackbarn, ive done enough research to know that the worlds bees and other insects numbers are way down due to spraying from the skies and at ground level, ive very much notice this where I live so I asked people on the forum how things were where they lived. I would have thought someone who it seems has a connection with bees would know about this problem and show some concern but no, just a pop at the messenger and no empathy towards the bees,weather you know anything about this subject or not,your attitude stinks.
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Expect for wasps of course! cant say I miss them to much
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And from this mornings "research" "Trump admin lifts ban on pesticides linked to declining Bee numbers"
Why would they want to do that?  |
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^ Because they are maniacs. hth
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https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-usa-wildlife-pesticides/trump-administration-lifts-gmo-crop-ban-for-u-s-wildlife-refuges-idUKKBN1KP01K
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Arley - You accidently (I think) make a serious point. The British countryside and conservation thereof is currently heavily subsidised by Europe. The extent to which the British Government will maintain this support and subsidy is still uncertain. It is a huge simplification, but a Tory government is generally pro farmer and deregulation, and generally anti-conservation and intervention.
Yes - very much accidently (sic!). My serious view is that the ever-increasing population is the biggest threat to our countryside. The demand for more housing, more roads etc etc is of obvious detriment. The demand for ever more and cheaper food production and pressure to maximise yields does not encourage good field husbandry. |
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Arley - I agree. But, here in this rural Sussex parish of about 2000 acres, the vast majority of agricultural land is now either horsiculture or hay/haylage. 30 years ago we had 5 dairy herds, now there are none. Previously acres of wheat, barley and oats, now probably no more than 200 acres. We are blessed with ancient woodland and about 50 acres of award winning vines/wine, but my point is that even where land is available, it is not being used optimally.
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Probably more profitable to leave it empty and claim from the EU
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I may disagree with Terry on the Chemtrail/G5 sh1te but I'm totally with him on the pesticide thing.
If you have chemicals designed to kill insects and spray them liberally around the countryside, it's not rocket science that you might adversely harm .. insects. Little bee fact for you: Bumble bees are better than normal bees in cold conditions but they have to warm up to flight temperature. On a cold morning, they can disengage their wings from their flight muscles, and buzz away to warm their core temperature up, then reengage them and fly off. How cool is that! |
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I'm in east sussex and have hardly seen a wasp for three years . Honey bees had a nest under the eaves for two years but are gone . Still see bumble bees but a lot more hornets who kill bees...
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Sounds like par for the course for down this way Eyeball, JC think we should be a little more forgiving towards each other,whatsya say? I 100% believe I'm right about everything ive said IE Trails,5G
 etc. So what do you do? Keep it to yourself or tell people in the hope they will listen?Well you know the way ive gone and when Troll like Mex/Dave show up that all I need to know that I'm on the right track alas |