This is really serious indeed - infact I think we should be more concerned about this, than we are about the whales. No bees means no pollination of
our crops, plants, flowers, etc, so we'll be even more dependent on imports.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8009000/8009570.stm
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One expert this morning said that altough we wouldn't all starve without bees (Lots of other insect pollenaters and wind-pollenated plants) we
would have a really boring life as bees do all the tasty stuff like strawberries.
adrian
with all that spare pollen some other creatures would soon take over, like butterflys, bats or smurfs etc
very little goes to waste in nature
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
with all that spare pollen some other creatures would soon take over, like butterflys, bats or smurfs etc
very little goes to waste in nature
surely this topic should have been called:
To bee or not to be, that is the question
Sorry, I'll try harder next time
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Originally posted by sickbag
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
with all that spare pollen some other creatures would soon take over, like butterflys, bats or smurfs etc
very little goes to waste in nature
I'm not sure I'd eat anything a Smurf has pollinated!
I'm very worried about it. Bees are lovely creatures. The tiny amount of cash that goes into research is ridiculous considering how important they are....
Just how many bee's would you need to get a gallon of BP.
Sorry, Kipper.
in my opinion, nature has a very good way of compensating for things. amazingly good in fact. BUT it takes time. this is something i really think
should be made more of a priority, if only researched better so we know if action is needed or not.
seriousness over,
anyone know what type of bees make milk? 
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I killed a bee on the weekend. It kept flying into my garage and freaking me out. So I hit it with a woodsaw.
Does this make me a bad man?
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Originally posted by deezee
I killed a bee on the weekend. It kept flying into my garage and freaking me out. So I hit it with a woodsaw.
Does this make me a bad man?
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Originally posted by dinosaurjuice
anyone know what type of bees make milk?
i think one made a big streak on my visor at the weekend
bit of a problem though...
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Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
Yes it does - you must have 666 tattoo'd on your head!!! We'll have to send the local listers around to sort you out!!
Edit: Hang on - you are on the Wirral.... so that makes me the local boy!!!
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