Thanks, Steve. I agree whole heartedly!!!
Where is the CBD when you need them? Hundreds of lawyers lining up, hands
to stingers, with the bees, ready to pounce with glee on the intrepid
explorers as they emerge from the dreaded netherworld.
Ahhh! So the mystery continues. Who is the mysterious person who brought
over WNS from europe? Speculation is running rampant. Was monetary gain a
possibility? (caves closed, and possible research and legal dollars become
available). I'm shocked! If only there were a caver tabloid.
I'm melting ... Oh the spores ... the spores ...
(tounge in cheek)
cheers,
Ray
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Fleming" <casto...@gmail.com>
To: "NM Caver List" <s...@caver.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 12:12 PM
Subject: [SWR] bees
Buzz Kill Mystery Illness Wipes Out Bees Frank Rumpenhorst/Getty Images
Mystery Illness Wipes Out Bees
A mysterious malady that has been killing honeybees en masse since 2005
has drastically expanded this year, wiping out as much as 40 to 50
percent of the hives needed to pollinate America's fruits and vegetables.
Scientists have been unable to determine the cause of the mass deaths,
but some beekeepers and researchers blame a new class of pesticides
called neonicotinoids that are now bred into plants themselves. (Not
surprisingly, the pesticide industry disputes this.) Until this year,
beekeepers in California's San Joaquin Valley had only been losing a
third of their bees, but the deaths have increased dramatically this
year. The largest farm, in South Dakota, said it lost 55 percent of its
bees this year. The EPA has sent a top official and chemical experts to
California for discussions.
Undoubtedly, this was brought from Europe by that same, single caver at
the same time he was bringing WNS, and subsequently spread by other cavers
who recklessly wander through apiary sites (or never get near one) without
washing their clothes or brushing their teeth, or wringing their hands
enough over the situation.
The only thing that is unexplained is why researchers and beekeepers have
not blamed cavers...yet.
It's bound to come since "scientists have been unable to determine the
cause of the mass deaths" (but blame, without proof, is easily offered).
Clearly, in such situations where the most logical explanations are not
vetted or are dismissed in favor of those less likely, it has to be the
cavers who are at fault.
I'm now convinced it was that same careless caver who caused the meteorite
to hit Russia. Clearly, using the WNS and bee cases as examples, nothing
else can adequately explain why that happened. Somebody needs to catch
that European guy and give him a time-out before he causes any more
calamities.
---end satire---
---begin serious comment---
I'm still waiting for something other than the continuing and complete
lack of scientific data showing the WNS human vector; the ongoing
unsubstantiated claim of such is nevertheless arbitrarily and capriciously
used to justify closing caves. "Could", "might", "may" or "possibly" does
not constitute rigorous scientific inquiry nor results, nor form the basis
for any rational reason to restrict access.
Stephen Fleming
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