Stop, I Can't Smell The Flowers. (Trees And Things)

Shy Elf: Re: when science ignores reality

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:05:29 EST

By the time the things that cause acid rain make it across the pacific, they're already depleted to a tenth to a hundredth less of the amount there was to start with. Since this still causes a significant increase in acid rain in LA, this means acid

postillion: Re: when science ignores reality

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:01:16 EST

My understanding is that pollution can travel quite far.

The one example that caught my attention was pollution from China traveling as far as LA where the rise in acidic rain is being blamed on China's use of coal.

pO157: Wait, wasn't this solved already?

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:11:21 EST

I thought it was believed to be the result of Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus.

Upon further review WIki says that Despite the EPA trying to regulate it on a metropolis by metropolis basis, tropospheric ozone is is regional in scale. This means that m

Lou: Don't count out pollution yet

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:36:26 EST

Don't forget, these are all still theories. As such they will be tested and the ones that don't work will be tossed out. Of course, there are some theories that can be tossed out right away such as alien intervention and fundamentalist Ch

wetkarma: when science ignores reality

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:35:54 EST

Were this true, bee populations upwind of major cities should be just fine rather than a widespread decline.
Ozone rises to the stratosphere and hangs out there -- while I'm sure bees are hard workers, I think they tend

Lou: Re: can't find pollen!?

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:16:49 EST

Actually, that's fitting since when the bees give us shit, we have honey. (or is it bee vomit that turns into honey?)

Either way, it certainly puts a different spin on that sweet treat we love to eat.

DEMachina: Re: can't find pollen!?

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:55:36 EST

I actually have no idea. Just trying to give the bees shit.

Lou: Re: can't find pollen!?

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:07:32 EST

Is that pollen from oak trees? I don't know if oak is on the bee's menu.

DEMachina: can't find pollen!?

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:31:28 EST

C'mon guys; my car is yellow right now! If they can't find pollen they've just gotten lazy like the rest of us!

skeeter1: Re: Stop, I Can't Smell The Flowers.

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:14:00 EST

I was under the impression that it was parasites that were killing off the honeybees. At least that's what a honey-harvesting friend told me when his four hives all

MayorBob: We must develop super bees.

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:34:23 EST

We must genetically breed bees who are resistant to mites and beetles with super sniffers so that they can smell flowers from outer space. Then when they have developed super intelligence and have figured out that man has done all this to insure the

Lou: Re: Stop, I Can't Smell The Flowers.

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:19:14 EST

We must clean the air Bee-fore we kill ourselves.

Steve Urkel: Re: Stop, I Can't Smell The Flowers.

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:45:32 EST

I thought a lot of the hives that died off were healthy, i.e. they died despite having plenty of stored honey and pollen in them.

port1080: Meta

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:43:41 EST

Sorry for not giving everyone a chance to vote on this - I just meant to vote for it in the "Q", but I hit the wrong button and published it instead. Again, my apologies, my bad.