I've heard some "buzz" that there's a marked decrease in the honeybee population. I live in upstate New York. This year I bought a basil plant that was in bloom at the nursery 5 miles from my house where bees were swarming around it. Thinking to attract bees, I set it outside when I brought it home. I haven't seen so much as a mosquito around it! At this time of year we're usually inundated with all types of insects - ladybugs, dragonflies, mosquitoes, etc. I haven't seen ANYTHING this year but a few hornets. Same with birds. It's like the outdoor fauna is non-existent in my town. What gives?
2007-08-23 02:47:05 · 4 answers · asked by debodun 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
It's not a buzz ,in the last few years the honey bee population has lost about 60 percent of it's population. They are all dying (mostly in N. America and Germany) and nobody can figure out why. I live in the orchard country of Michigan and the bee keepers that supply them with bees for pollination are quitting because their bees are all dying.
Mosquito's have been hiding because of the drought but check out the lightning bugs tonight, there aren't near as many as there were a few years ago. Butterflies? Same thing. The govt agencies are trying to keep it all quiet because they are at a loss for answers. Every now and then there is an article or news bit about all of this but it seems not enough people care. Could it be the start of something big? We'll have to wait and see.
2007-08-23 03:02:10 · answer #1 · answered by bmcbrewer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that they are all at my house. I have had plenty of bees, wasps and all kinds of birds this year. Oddly though, not many mosquitoes.
2007-08-23 09:23:59 · answer #2 · answered by noonecanne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bmcbrewer has said it all .but my apinion is that we are using way to many chemicals world wide. and the introdution of forien spiecies has got to be a factor to . i live in fla and we got cuban lizards out the ying yang. thats where all are bugs are going .probly why the birds are having a hard time of it .no bugs no birds. but the bees?probly something in coke products.well soda in general you know all them empties throwed around and all.
2007-08-23 03:14:55 · answer #3 · answered by Paul 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its the insecticides that are being used for agricultural purposes. I will bet on it. poison the bugs, birds eat bugs, birds die, pets eat dead birds and pets die. Just the feeding pyramid. Man is the problem.
2007-08-23 03:42:52 · answer #4 · answered by Rooikat 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋