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Co-Administrator
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Midwest
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"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect." Aldo Leopold |
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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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Interesting reasoning.
Here in the U. S. organic hives suffered the least through the honey bee decline. Organic farms would have a more diverse range of plants growing at most times of the year than huge mono-cultures like the almond orchards,etc. Quote:
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Pope
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Virginia
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There is very little in the western European landscape that is native any longer.
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Grub
Join Date: Jan 2009
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We have all sorts of bees in our yard every summer, including honeybees and bumblebees. We also have a garden, a raspberry patch, and an area with flowering native plants. I count on the bumblebees to show up and pollinate the blueberry shrubs in April/May, and so far, they have been reliable. We live in the city of Madison, and we have neighbors who maintain lawns without using herbicide, and also we have neighbors who use herbicides in the lawn. I think that the number of people who decline to use herbicides is gradually increasing, a good sign for the bees.
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