Bees and the Death of Mankind

Leb · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:43 am Post subject:

Perhaps this will stall the killer bee onslaught that I have been preparing for.

kuwaizair · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:30 pm Post subject:

now radiation is hurting the bees? last time it was mites in their troats. but this is bad, bees and flowering plants go together, sure we have butterflys but they don't do the same job right? Also keep in mind that if we let other insects do this job, and bees didn't a lot of flowers won't smell nice. In deserts where there are no bees they smell like rotting meat to attract flies.

I guess we'll need to create a strain of radioactive bees that won't be harmed by these things.
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Vertius · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:15 pm Post subject:

Normally, I would celebrate the demise of bees, since I hate them with such a distinction that I cannot construct a sentence with enough words to convey my hate of the little buzzers!

Still, in my rage, I never actually considered what a huge impact they have, nor did I hear of their sudden scarceness. Let's hope that some conclusive evidence is brought forward soon, since this seems quite serious...
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Kai Ver' Xion · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:24 pm Post subject:

I too absolutely dispise those little flying bastards. I can't tell you how many times I was stung by them when I was little. I am, however, very sympathetic to nature and if there is truely a scare of losing a species, especially one that is as important to many eco-systems as bees are, we should make every effort possible to save them.

Can we PLEASE get rid of wasps and hornets though?
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Milan Fiori · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:23 pm Post subject:

Lots of bee hate, I see. Bee's aren't even that aggressive compared to hornets and especially wasps. I'm wondering if the overall hate of bees is just because people dislike wasps and hornets, and associate them with bees?
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Jossef · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:40 pm Post subject:

iscalio · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:42 pm Post subject:

I thought the same thing, Milan. Honey bees and bumblebees are gentle animals - only wasps (including hornets) are aggressive. It would be shortsighted to treat all of them the same just because they look vaguely similar.

Leb · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:58 am Post subject:

You may keep your bumblebees and carpenter bees and such, but I will not tolerate love for the africanized honey bee. We are at war, gentlemen, and I intend to fight.

Sniper_Zegai · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:22 am Post subject:

lol, Well its starting to become summer'ish over here and the wasps are out in force. I've got my rolled up news paper for them ready. I'll leave bees alone knowing how gentle they are.

As for Leb! Fight on brave warrior! *Bee & Wasp killer secret handshake*
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John Layfield · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:16 am Post subject:

The fungus did it.

So much for it being laid entirely on the deadliest game of all.
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Dew Dust · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:41 am Post subject:

Rune of Corruption · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:40 am Post subject:

Yeah a fungus sounds more believable than cell phone radiation.

Unfortunately for some here, hornets and wasps are needed as carnivores as well. Me I have never been stung by any flying social insect, but I have been mauled by ants and even then I wouldn't want to wipe them out.
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Milan Fiori · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject:

that's interesting. But one of the following posters makes a good point, could the fungus be a symptom or the root cause? If it's a symptom then noone still knows what's wrong with them.
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No_Brain · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 2:26 am Post subject:

Well the fungus is still only a hypothesis, so no one is still sure of what exactly is causing the bee plague, but I hardly believe it could be a symptom of something else. Fungi don't usually show up as symptoms, and as far as I've heard, the bees are dying out because they are unused to this type of fungi, which in the past could only be found in Asian bees, who know how to fight the stuff off.

Ujitsuna · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 4:02 pm Post subject:

A virus may be responsible for the decline in North American bees.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6978848.stm

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