s are excellent pollinators
for > apples but are dependent on good home sites, often old buildings
nearby. > > Dave Green > > > > - Original Message -
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Monday, May 28, 2007 1:32 pm >
Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Re: BEES & COLON
hese early spring bees are excellent pollinators for
apples but are dependent on good home sites, often old buildings nearby.
Dave Green
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Date: Monday, May 28, 2007 1:32 pm
Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Re: BEES & COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER
Frankenbees, why not bumblebees? almost no bees except for the bumble var
here, with spectacular bloom period. over croped elstars taking a year off.
spigold , ashy bearer here, had huge bloom and good set. keepsake overcropped
last
year and shy this year. trees still getting pollenated somehow
14, 2007 11:15 PM
To: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net
Subject: Apple-Crop: Re: BEES & COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER
The only way to avoid "possible negative ramifications of man's
meddling with the natural order of things" would be for us to revert
to a hunter-gatherer soc
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Rosenberger
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The only way to avoid "possible negative ramificatio
there is more
unknown than known.
Con Traas
The Apple Farm
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Rosenberger
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The only way to avoid "possible negative ramifica
Jim Friedler
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From: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net
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Are you suggesting the possibility of Frankenbees?
Philip Smith
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 11:13 AM
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Are you suggesting the possibility of Frankenbees? I can see an issue
with bees spreading pollen from GM crops to non-GM crops, but I don't see
what
edler
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Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 10:23 PM
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Humans did not evolve living in square boxes either, but it seem
onday, May 14, 2007 7:20 AM
Subject: RE: Apple-Crop: Re: BEES & COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER
I don't know if anyone can begin to understand the effect of bees visiting
flowers of GM crops!!!
Jim Friedler
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From: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net
t: Re: Apple-Crop: Re: BEES & COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER
Humans did not evolve living in square boxes either, but it seems to be
working out OK. I am only able to think like a human, as do those who
believe we have done damage to bee society.
Poisoning(by pesticides, I assume) is much more
> Thought this article from recent Washington State Hort Newsletter would add
> to the discussion
>
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> From: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf Of Philip Smith
> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 7:23 PM
> To: Apple-Crop
> Subj
PM
To: Apple-Crop
Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Re: BEES & COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER
Humans did not evolve living in square boxes either, but it seems to be
working out OK. I am only able to think like a human, as do those who
believe we have done damage to bee society.
Poisoning(by pesticide
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I find it difficult to believe that giving bees a square house to
live in constitutes some sort of maltreatment. Were I a bee, I'd
be tickl
PM
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Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Re: BEES & COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER
I find it difficult to believe that giving bees a square house to
live in constitutes some sort of maltreatment. Were I a bee, I'd
be tickled pink that someone had provided a roomy, fairly tight
house compl
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From: Nadean Summers
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Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 8:36 PM
Subject: RE: Apple-Crop: Re: BEES & COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER
Bees did not evolve living in square boxes, and for a human to believe he
can think like a bee is probably somewhat shortsighted also th
, and for a human to believe he can think > like a bee is probably
somewhat shortsighted > > Good Point!Bill
William H. Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
St Charles Horticulture Research Center
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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I find it difficult to believe that giving bees a square house to live in
constitutes some sort of maltreatment. Were I a bee, I'd be tickled pink
that someone had provided a roomy, fairly tight house comp
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From: alan surprenant
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Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 6:56 AM
Subject: RE: Apple-Crop: Re: BEES & COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER
bees, bees, bees, so much on our minds these days and well they should
be (no pun
bees, bees, bees, so much on our minds these days and well they should be (no pun intended).
for those with the inclination and the time (perhaps a rainy day), a small booklet i read many years ago has altered my whole relationship to the bees in my orchard. The Bee Lectures (1922?) given by
And what of the previous question regarding predation on honey bees by
wasps and yellow jackets, hornets?
A few more questions while we have the topic:
Is it true that honey bees are being genetically morphed to be
single-purpose creatures (super-pollinators); that is they no longer
are cap
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