Decline in bee populations

[RossTheNinja]

They're all leaving due to Brexit.

Project bee er

 

[Dagzd1973]

Google are currently developing robotic bees to perform pollination. Initially in enclosed fruit farms etc. Potential for roll out publicly in the future. Will obviously be fitted with cameras etc.

I saw that Black Mirror episode. It didn't end well iirc.

 

[FootballFan]

Are we any nearer to solving this one?

 

[HellsBells]

Are we any nearer to solving this one?

No. Not at all. It’s a total mystery.

 

[AB22 Easy Tiger]

Leaked documents reveal the secret finances of a pro-industry science group

Beat me to it.

 

[Cypher]

There is 60,000 back in the general population.

Thousands of bees found in hospital roof

 

[MackneyHackem]

Beads?

 

[Yankee Mackem]

BTW never mind the bees have you seen the stats on hedgehogs.

Berinaceinaexit

 

[IAmZlatan]

Important to point out that bees aren’t the only pollinators, and the clamour to “save the bumble bee” doesn’t take into account all the work birds, beetles and many other insects do.

Great podcast on the matter here How Can We Be Less Rude To Bees? With Prof. James Nieh Getting Curious With Jonathan Van Ness podcast from Jonathan Van Ness of Queer Eye fame.

Beads?

Cracking reference. “Gob’s not onboard”

 

[MackneyHackem]

Important to point out that bees aren’t the only pollinators, and the clamour to “save the bumble bee” doesn’t take into account all the work birds, beetles and many other insects do.

Great podcast on the matter here How Can We Be Less Rude To Bees? With Prof. James Nieh Getting Curious With Jonathan Van Ness podcast from Jonathan Van Ness of Queer Eye fame.


Cracking reference. “Gob’s not onboard”

Buzzing somebody got it. Pun intended.

 

[AB22 Easy Tiger]

Important to point out that bees aren’t the only pollinators, and the clamour to “save the bumble bee” doesn’t take into account all the work birds, beetles and many other insects do.

Great podcast on the matter here How Can We Be Less Rude To Bees? With Prof. James Nieh Getting Curious With Jonathan Van Ness podcast from Jonathan Van Ness of Queer Eye fame.


Cracking reference. “Gob’s not onboard”

Here you go
https://www.earthrangers.com/wildwire/top-10/top-ten-coolest-pollinators/

Look after those bats folks.

 

[DurhamRedStripe]

Here you go
Top Ten Coolest Pollinators | Earth Rangers Wild Wire Blog

Look after those bats folks.

After waking up one night to a strange noise in my room as a teen and finding a bat in my room, my best guess is bats just want to polinate crusty boxer shorts.

 

[Billy Fish]

I planted a respectable variety of flowers in the garden this year with the side issue of wanting to see how many bees it would attract. Not many is the disappointing answer.

Grow some oil seed rape, that will get them buzzing round you plus you get a bit of margarine at harvest time

Here you go
Top Ten Coolest Pollinators | Earth Rangers Wild Wire Blog

Look after those bats folks.

Get bats flying the garden all night through out summer, love watching them. Not sure if they are in the loft but think it's highly probable. Apple trees seem to have encouraged them, never saw them before I had a few fruit trees.

 

[Cockney Mackem]

After waking up one night to a strange noise in my room as a teen and finding a bat in my room, my best guess is bats just want to polinate crusty boxer shorts.

Must have been one of those Andalusian spunk bats

 

[Billy Fish]

Are we any nearer to solving this one?

It's in the article.
The varroa mite started declining bee colonies in Kent back in the eighties and has steadily moved up country ever since. We used to have twenty hives and my Da used to be paranoid of protecting them against it but there wasn't much you could do. Wasps can also wipe out a bee colony in no time.

Bee hives attacked by wasps

For those wanting to get their garden bee friendly look here

Honey bee plants