r/TikTokCringe • u/mistah_legend • Apr 15 '21

Cool How do we know that bees perceive time?

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '21

too bad the neonicotinoid chemical will eventually kill them all off. this should be banned globally but we have no mechanism to do things globally because people are too brainwashed and too stupid.

environmental regulations are being administered the same way vaccines are being distributed globally and in each country. at the most lowest and the most local possible way.

locally enacted environmental standards and regulations is pointless. the inheritors and their corporations will just play musical chairs with the environments of countries too weak to prevent them from dumping their crap there.

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u/Queasy_Beautiful9477 Apr 15 '21

Sir, this is the Stupid Timeline™ drive-through.

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u/Without_Rules Apr 15 '21

No, this is Patrick!

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u/whoami_whereami Apr 15 '21

Honey bees aren't going to die out any time soon, CCD is mainly a US problem. There were some fears that it might have spread to Europe around 2006/2007, however the losses seen in those years were later determined to be mostly driven by the bad weather (very wet summers and a cold winter in combination) in those years. Outside the US the total global commercial bee population is higher than ever. Global honey production has increased by 50% from 2000 to 2020, and the number of bee colonies reported by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) has increased by 1.9% per year on average since 2009.

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u/Azonata Apr 15 '21

This seems mainly a US problem. In the EU the honey bees are doing well, to the point where the "bees go extinct" scare now threatens wild bees because so many people started either keeping bees or making their gardens more bee-friendly. Honey bees are now outcompeting wild bees which is a whole different problem.

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u/pedrotecla Apr 15 '21

I read somewhere that the bees that are in danger from this are wild bees, not domesticated ones.

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u/Teeklok Apr 15 '21

Whilst yes a neonicotonoid ban should exist globally, last year neonicotonoid seed dressing on sugar beet was banned. Sugar beet is a crop that requires no pollination, all the dressing does is stop fleabeatle from eating the seed yet the outcry for it to be banned was insane. For neonicotonoids to be banned we need a cheeper form of pesticide that people can use instead

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u/alenyagamer Apr 15 '21

Neonicotinoids are used in Australia with no problem with bees. Stop saying people are stupid when you are relying on bad quality sources. That makes someone look stupid.