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NATURE | Silence of the Bees | The Importance of Bees | PBS

An entomologist and a beekeeper discuss honeybees' crucial role as pollinators and the possibly devastating effects of the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder, with vibrant close-up shots of bees i...  
 
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stephanwolf (4 months ago) Show Hide
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Its human technologies that's killing bees and other pollinating creatures. They are confused and put in danger with high radio frequency wave lengths. Think of it like a dog when it hears hi pitched sounds such as whistles and sirens, they go crazy. That is how bees react to radio signals, and high frequencies. They cant do their jobs right when having to deal with these high frequencies though out the world do to us humans. So i ask the Bees or your Cell phone... Which is most important? Bees!
333jdcee (4 months ago) Show Hide
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Did you know that the US is developing grain that kills bees reproductive process and also does not produce fertile seed ...thus if this grain is grown new seed will have to be purshased every time as that grown will not repolinate
volure1 (9 months ago) Show Hide
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that what mankind get for destory nature for me i use a good computer a with energy of corse am using a netbook i dont use paper and i hate mankind tho am human
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What the hell are you guys doing over there?

Something is killing your Bee's, obviously. Australia doesn't seem to have a problem with colony collapse disorder (CCD), especially if we are shipping Bee's from here to there...

Something is up in YOUR neck of the Woods my friends...
boxa888 (10 months ago) Show Hide
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its obvious it the chemical companies, look up the corrupt history of gm foods its sickening. monsanto,bayer,starlink corn,macdonalds,all of these companies are tied to corruption to put bad gm foods on the market. bayer has just killed like 1/3 of the bee population in germany,monsanto bribed indonesia to use fake rice patties that are sterile and have to be bought annually,starlink illegally put gm corn in human consuption,macdonalds illegally put gm potatoes which produce bad pesticide!!!!
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There is more than enough money $ in the World to feed, clothe, shelter & educate EVERY person on this Planet. Governments are just too greedy and corrupt and ignorant to do it.

It's not my fault millions are starving, it's not your fault, it's the Governments faults. They like to control everything. We wouldn't have half the crap we have if the Governments didn't play mummy & daddies with all of us.
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hm, lemme think for a minute. Last time I researched this subject, Monsanto was the dominant corporation that was benifiting from agricultural issues. I hope the beekeepers unite and educate the public about this.
davidsmallplanet (1 year ago) Show Hide
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Do they test to see if G M crops kill bees?I bet they do not test for that. So dead bees is perhaps just part of the dark harvest that G M will produce .

Who would pay to test that ?I could just see a G M firm saying oops sorry folks its us we killed all the bees. Sorry made a booboo now half the human race will starve. Never mind we made a profit.
JTS11d6 (1 year ago) Show Hide
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Dude, genetically modified crops are a good thing! We need them to feed the worlds growing and already starving population, and I haven't heard anything harmful that has come of them.
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Just like pretty much everything else that the Governments release to the Public...Medecines, technology etc, etc. They tell us that it's the best thing since sliced bread and then a few more years down the road they tell us that it causes this disease and that disease.

I'm sure we will all be hearing about the harmful effects from playing 'God' with our food.

Why not just leave everything as nature intended it to be? Why else would it be there if the Earth or it's inhabitants didn't need it?

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