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Thread: Roundup
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05-17-2019, 10:49 AM #76
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05-17-2019, 10:49 AM #77
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05-17-2019, 10:57 AM #78
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05-17-2019, 11:05 AM #79
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05-17-2019, 11:07 AM #80
Exactly. The role of bees is pretty darn well understood and appreciated as being so vital for the planet, but for whatever reason that component seems to get lost in the conversation too often. People get so focused on whether or not glyphosate has a harmful effect on humans, that we lose sight on the fact that we already know it DOES harm, and bees is a pretty darn big topic to overlook.
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05-17-2019, 11:10 AM #81Head down, push foreword
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Kinda disingenuous to imply that the problem has anything specifically to do with glyphosate and not herbicides or even pesticides as a whole.
The first identified herbicide-resistant weed biotype, spreading dayflower (Commelina diffusa), which is resistant to 2,4-D, was identified in 1957 in a Hawaii sugarcane field. Since then, more than 350 weed biotypes resistant to one or more herbicides have been identified worldwide. Current information on the status of herbicide-resistant weeds can be found at http://weedscience.org/
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05-17-2019, 11:14 AM #82Head down, push foreword
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05-17-2019, 11:23 AM #83
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05-17-2019, 11:32 AM #84
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05-17-2019, 11:37 AM #85
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05-17-2019, 12:22 PM #86
What if I told you that honey bees are a non-native/invasive species in North America??
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05-17-2019, 01:13 PM #87
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05-17-2019, 01:15 PM #88
Interesting factoid (it's actually true). BUT they ain't the only critter that helps with pollination. They ARE however a symptom of a great issue at play. If they're getting wiped out, a bunch of other bugs are as well. The bees are just easier to quantify than other insects. It's something much more noticeable.
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05-17-2019, 01:27 PM #89Head down, push foreword
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FWIG the native bees are in a lot more trouble than the europeans.
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05-17-2019, 01:38 PM #90"Great barbecue makes you want to slap your granny up the side of her head." - Southern Saying
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05-17-2019, 01:47 PM #91
That may be a simple syrup to you but that's complex to me because it contains shit I don't have. And it's not like I have rose and orange water laying around either, so perhaps I just double up on the glyphosate?
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