Oh, everything's just dandy ...
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UPDATED: Sunday, June 17, 2007 17:12
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Arctic ice cap melting 30 years ahead of forecast
This means the ocean at the top of the world could be free or nearly free of summer ice by 2020
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070501/sc_nm/globalwarming_ice_dc;_ylt=Am
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USDA: Tree beetle may spread across U.S.
"Get what you can now, because the bugs, they be comin"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/emerald_ash_borer;_ylt=AusQif44GZ_W3kP.Q648
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Deserted beehives, starving young stun scientists
Another 30 hives were "disappearing, dwindling or whatever you want to call it," and their bees were "full of a fungus nobody's ever seen before."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/desertedbeehivesstarvingyoungstunscie
ntists;_ylt=Alw43aAUuPBrOfiLf72qF4Fhr7sF
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Thanks Rue.
Can I bury my head back in the sand now? 
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Always look upstream.
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Honey bees are not native to the Americas, having come over with other European invaders during the Columbian Exchange in the first couple of hundred years after Columbus 'discovered' America.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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Yeah, and apples, apricots, almonds... and most of the other fruits, nuts, and vegetables that we enjoy and which depend on honeybee pollination aren't either.
So thanks Geezer for that bit of useless trivia.
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Originally posted by SignyM:
Yeah, and apples, apricots, almonds... and most of the other fruits, nuts, and vegetables that we enjoy and which depend on honeybee pollination aren't either.
So thanks Geezer for that bit of useless trivia.
I thought you'd be glad that one of humanity's artificial changes to the world's environment was being reversed.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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I don't think we should have ice in the late summer - just sounds weird.
I don't like bees or vegetables - I won't lose sleep over the death of honeybees.
We already have to many trees as it is, just look around- they are everywhere, I don't even think we have ash trees round these parts, however, I would suggest planting cherry trees when the ash ones die....they are prettier. Then we should thank the beetle for improving our streets.......
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Geezer,
Why is it you habitually pick fights over nothing?
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Originally posted by SignyM:
Yeah, and apples, apricots, almonds... and most of the other fruits, nuts, and vegetables that we enjoy and which depend on honeybee pollination aren't either.
darned imigrants, we should put up a fence to keep those fruits, vegetables, and insects out of the country. Think of all the jobs that apples have stolen from native crops anyway. And don't get me started on those disloyal bees, they're probably all hanging out with Osama!!!
"The world is still turning and you're on it....count yourself lucky" My Dad, 2007.
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Originally posted by rue:
Geezer,
Why is it you habitually pick fights over nothing?
Because you take the bait everytime.
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Originally posted by rue:
Geezer,
Why is it you habitually pick fights over nothing?
How pick a fight? Many of the plants and animals we Americans rely on for food are not native to the Americas, were brought here by humans, and radically changed the environment, sometimes causing species decline or extinction. Sometimes the reason wasn't even economic. Starlings are here because someone wanted to have all the birds mentioned in Shakespere's plays flying around in America.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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