Comments on: Bees: Closer to Home http://brendancalling.com/2007/04/16/bees-closer-to-home/ "living in an alternative universe of permanent outrage and relentless negativity fostered and fueled by the blogosphere." Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:18:48 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brendan Calling - I hear the voices, and I read the front page, and I know the speculation. But I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. » Bees http://brendancalling.com/2007/04/16/bees-closer-to-home/comment-page-1/#comment-9482 Brendan Calling - I hear the voices, and I read the front page, and I know the speculation. But I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. » Bees Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:59:02 +0000 http://www.brendancalling.com/2007/04/16/bees-closer-to-home/#comment-9482 [...] By Brendan I’ve written before about the impact of massive honeybee collapse in the US. Honeybees have never had an easy time here: they’re European imports and the climate [...] [...] By Brendan I’ve written before about the impact of massive honeybee collapse in the US. Honeybees have never had an easy time here: they’re European imports and the climate [...]

]]> By: yank in london http://brendancalling.com/2007/04/16/bees-closer-to-home/comment-page-1/#comment-9199 yank in london Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:52:38 +0000 http://www.brendancalling.com/2007/04/16/bees-closer-to-home/#comment-9199 Corn may be killing your bees but our bees are <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,477804,00.html" rel="nofollow">being killed by mobile phones</a>! Corn may be killing your bees but our bees are being killed by mobile phones!

]]> By: Suburban Guerrilla » The Disappearing Bees http://brendancalling.com/2007/04/16/bees-closer-to-home/comment-page-1/#comment-9197 Suburban Guerrilla » The Disappearing Bees Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:54:28 +0000 http://www.brendancalling.com/2007/04/16/bees-closer-to-home/#comment-9197 [...] case you’ve been wondering, it appears we can thank genetically-engineered corn. Permalink [...] [...] case you’ve been wondering, it appears we can thank genetically-engineered corn. Permalink [...]

]]> By: jess wundrun http://brendancalling.com/2007/04/16/bees-closer-to-home/comment-page-1/#comment-9188 jess wundrun Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:37:16 +0000 http://www.brendancalling.com/2007/04/16/bees-closer-to-home/#comment-9188 When ethanol or other corn by-product is suggested to replace our dependence on petroleum I am nearly horrified. Our corn mono-culture is going to be responsible for as many environmental ills as petroleum is. Our N-K-K fertilizer dependency coupled with genetic hankypankery has thus far masked the amount the environment has been decimated by growing corn unsustainably, but the bees could be the harbinger. FWIW, I came across a website today that theorizes that cell phones are to blame for the deaths of the bees: http://gods4suckers.net/ When ethanol or other corn by-product is suggested to replace our dependence on petroleum I am nearly horrified. Our corn mono-culture is going to be responsible for as many environmental ills as petroleum is.

Our N-K-K fertilizer dependency coupled with genetic hankypankery has thus far masked the amount the environment has been decimated by growing corn unsustainably, but the bees could be the harbinger.

FWIW, I came across a website today that theorizes that cell phones are to blame for the deaths of the bees: http://gods4suckers.net/

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