--- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Plus the honey bees are not even native to N. America, so no big > deal.
Neither were the Algonquin, the Sioux, the Apache, the Cree or the members of all of the other thousand or so North and South American Aboriginal communities. They all came here originally via the Bering Strait. The only thing truly native to North America is a lump of coal that's buried 150 yards underground about 35 miles north-east of Louisville, Kentucky. > > OffWorld > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > I heard a bee-keeper on the radio today who thinks it might be a > > type of mite, which weakens the bees immune system. They have been > > dealing with them for years, but he thought that maybe the > beekepers > > had not treated the bees for the mite as much as they are supposed > > to. He said it will become clearer in about 6 months, if it is the > > mite or not. He thought the cell-phone idea was nonsense. > > > > OffWorld > > > > > > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > "A small German scientific study looking at a specific type of > > cordless > > > phones and homing systems of bees exploded over the Internet and > > late > > > night television shows. It morphed into erroneous reports > blaming > > cell > > > phones for the honeybee die-off, which scientists are calling > > Colony > > > Collapse Disorder. > > > > > > The scientist who wrote the paper, Stefan Kimmel, e-mailed The > > > Associated Press to say that there is "no link between our tiny > > little > > > study and the CCD-phenomenon ... anything else said or written > is > > a > > > lie." And U.S. Department of Agriculture top bee researcher Jeff > > Pettis > > > laughs at the idea, because whenever he goes out to investigate > > dead > > > bees, he cannot get a signal on his cell phone because the hives > > are in > > > such remote areas. > > > > > > http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8OSE3VO2&show_article=1 > > > > > >
