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To: bergmeid

Says who? Which bees are you talking about? The EUROPEAN honey bees, which aren’t even supposed to bee here? How did crops survive before they were brought over from imperial pig states back in colonial times???

Leave it to this “administration” to propose a “help a brouthah out” plan. Like forcing more Afro bees North to “jump start” a bloated, crop-wasting corporate festering farming conglomerate. Watch. They’re gonna suggest this.

No thanks.


25 posted on 06/20/2014 9:17:36 PM PDT by Up Yours Marxists
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To: Up Yours Marxists
You want honest opinions on it? Go find several hobbyist bee keepers in your area and ask them. This began before Obama took office IIRC. Right now no one has answers. Some say Mites which keepers try to treat the hive for.

My own personal guess? No conspiracy just major mistakes which have cost us many a native to North America only asset such as the Chestnut Blight. In the Appalachians before logging had really took off there were six foot plus diameter Chestnut Trees. What happened? Someone brought in the non native Chinese Chestnut which carried the blight it was resistant too. The Chestnuts roasting over an open fire are likely Chinese grown here. The American trees are making a very slow comeback.

I believe the Bee issue will eventually also be traced back to importing what was not native to this region.

27 posted on 06/20/2014 9:28:23 PM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: Up Yours Marxists
"The EUROPEAN honey bees, which aren’t even supposed to bee here? How did crops survive before they were brought over......."

You, my FRiend, are in dire need of some education about Honey Bees, and would do well to go talk to a beekeeper to get your facts correct.

The fact is that many of the crops we grow and ENJOY today in the USA were not able to survive here before we imported honey bees from Europe and Russia. Why do you say that was not supposed to happen? Would you rather the USA have to import all those fruits and vegetables you love that are not native? For instance, the apple..... the only apple native to the USA is the crabapple.

The fact is that we would not be feeding the population of our country like we do without the honeybee.

36 posted on 06/21/2014 3:02:48 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)
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