Warming Impacts Bees 1] Insects are cold-blooded, so mites survive and spread more readily with warmer temps, milder winters, parasitizing bees more effectively. 2] Pathogenic fungi likewise thrive with higher humidity and temp. Humidity increases in general with a more active hydrological cycle due to higher temp. 3] Temps in the NE USA and other latitudes away from tropics have in general increased substantially more than has average global temp, fundamentally because: 3a] Tropics are heat source relative to latitudes away from tropics; temp increases less in tropics. 3b] Latitudes away from tropics are heat sinks; temp increases more. 4] Impacts on bees from pathogens that thrive with increasing temps may be at least as significant as damage from pesticides. Best regards, Sylvester Sylvester Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Non-profit website: www.climatehealth.net Resources such as over 170 presentation slides, handouts, and many references on how to make a difference, as well as the article “How to Redirect All of the Payment for Electric Supply to Renewable Energy”. _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
