CC May's Game; Two Hundred Up

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11 years ago

Kath finished April with

O Pioneers! - Willa Cather

Oh! For the Wings of a Dove - Sam Norman

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11 years ago

THE NILE WITHOUT A DRAGOMAN by Frederic Eden

( that's a double pointer :0)

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Kath
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The Assassin's Cloak - An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists - Alan Taylor (Editor)

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Re: the bee issue and neonicotinoids: the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service published a rather lengthy paper on Colony Collapse Disorder in January of this year. It's worth a read if you are interested. The long and short of it is that there appears to be no one single cause for the disorder but most likely a combination of factors. It is interesting to note that pesticides - specifically the neonics - are not rated very highly as a possible factor: "A survey of honey bee colonies revealed no consistent pattern in pesticide levels between healthy and CCD-affected colonies when pollen, bees, and beeswax were tested for the presence of 170 pesticides. The most commonly found pesticide in that study was coumaphos, which is used to treat honey bees for Varroa mites.............Several studies that reported a negative impact on honey bees by neonicotinoids relied on large, unrealistic doses and gave bees no other choice for pollen, and therefore did not reflect risk to honey bees under real world conditions. Nor have the studies demonstrated a direct connection or correlation to CCD." They go on to say that "there have been scientific findings that imply that neonicotinoids have sublethal effects on honey bees at approved doses and exposures. ARS scientists and other researchers are looking into whether such sublethal effects may correlate with CCD or other bee health problems and whether they could be a contributing cause of CCD" (emphasis mine). This is a discussion - much like the reality of global warming - that will have vigorous supporters on both sides. Do I believe what the ARS is telling us? Yes, I would trust them above a lot of other sources. Honey bees are critical to the agricultural industry and represent a multi-billion dollar impact. It is in their (and our) best interests to explore the problem as thoroughly as possible to determine the cause and arrive at a solution. I have much more faith in the veracity of the scientific community than I do with a lot of alarmist speculation based on junk science. Honey bee health and CCD
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