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Offline Yarra_Valley

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BBC: Bee decline linked to falling biodiversity
« on: January 20, 2010, 10:16:27 am »
Link taken from bbc news online.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8467746.stm

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Re: BBC: Bee decline linked to falling biodiversity
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2010, 12:33:11 pm »
it makes some sense.  i was sure it was going to be a global warming article  :-D   :evil:
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Re: BBC: Bee decline linked to falling biodiversity
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2010, 04:11:34 pm »
Very very interesting. :)doak

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Re: BBC: Bee decline linked to falling biodiversity
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2010, 05:13:53 pm »
has anyone studied beeks that had CCD and how they run their operations.  Maybe it should be call  mono disease.  You know. mono culture.  Kind of like scurvy. 

I dont think its the cause but I think mono culture is bad for be health.
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Re: BBC: Bee decline linked to falling biodiversity
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2010, 09:17:13 pm »
It makes sense. Not only would they get whatever "goodies" are to be had in diverse plants, but they wouldn't get as loaded down with possible toxins or just junky stuff in a very small variety of plants.
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