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  • @BeauoftheFifthColumn
    @BeauoftheFifthColumn  2 роки тому +4

    Worth watching:

  • @quaoar213
    @quaoar213 2 роки тому +644

    The companies making the pesticides should be first to be regulated.

  • @marlinperkins6910
    @marlinperkins6910 2 роки тому +166

    Nobody should underestimate the seriousness of losing the bees. They literally feed us.

  • @TheMcEwens419
    @TheMcEwens419 2 роки тому +161

    I wish the majority of rich corporations that are mainly responsible for the amount of what is happening should pay for it all. Wishful thinking I know. . . smh

  • @missyrivas8623
    @missyrivas8623 2 роки тому +250

    We need pollinators!! Heck, if folks would quit with these turf lawns and planted native species on their properties, so much would change for the better

  • @jerryfelkner9732
    @jerryfelkner9732 2 роки тому +54

    Remember a Bumble Bee is Bigger than a Honey Bee. While both pollinate, the lives of them are quite different.

  • @lynngipe5981
    @lynngipe5981 2 роки тому +394

    As a kid on the farm in KS bumblebees were larger than other bees. Bumblebees today aren’t much bigger than honeybees. 🙁 SHOULD motivate people…..unfortunately people today are indifferent to the harm we’re causing to Mother Earth…..

  • @DrewKime
    @DrewKime 2 роки тому +83

    If the real problem is pesticide, and the coming changes make it expensive to kill one bee but have nothing to say about pesticide, the changes will be a streaming pile of fail.

  • @ajchapeliere
    @ajchapeliere 2 роки тому +74

    PSA: If anyone decides to take up beekeeping, please make sure that whatever species you choose to keep is native to your area. Non-native bee species can out-compete native species and can spread diseases that native species aren't as resistant to.

  • @universalradio6944
    @universalradio6944 2 роки тому +107

    I have an organic homestead, the first couple of years we had a lot of crop damage from insects. But as the numbers of bad bugs grew, so the good bugs moved in as there was a food source for them. Crop loss is almost negligible now. We don't need to spray insect killer everywhere.

  • @BennilocoLoves
    @BennilocoLoves 2 роки тому +79

    Isn't it great that greed is killing us all.. smh!!

  • @babblingbrooke8516
    @babblingbrooke8516 2 роки тому +29

    Another reason why these days, I often find myself embarrassed to call myself human...

  • @onie4024
    @onie4024 2 роки тому +24

    “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would only have four years of life left.”―Albert Einstein

  • @gracieallen8285
    @gracieallen8285 2 роки тому +11

    Bees are our canary in a coal mine

  • @andrewbettis4247
    @andrewbettis4247 2 роки тому +44

    "America's profit motivator tends to undercut our better nature"... ain't that the truth! Put that on a shirt... save the bees!

  • @seanns1945
    @seanns1945 2 роки тому +200

    Without bees in our world, we could just end up starving, for the foods they help to flourish.

  • @Chuck-e7d
    @Chuck-e7d 2 роки тому +86

    Hey Internet people,the dude in the shed was talking about both species of bees. Some of you seem a little confused in the comments. Thanks for bringing attention to this matter Beau✌️

  • @flyinhawaiian49
    @flyinhawaiian49 2 роки тому +38

    Here in Wisconsin we have "no mow May" in order to allow pollinators an opportunity to do their thing!

  • @GehresWeed
    @GehresWeed 2 роки тому +302

    Not too many talk of this but a German study shows that we've lost 75% by volume of all insects. This terrifying! Ask Truckers how little they have to clean their wind shield compared to 30 yrs ago.

  • @mooonpaw
    @mooonpaw 2 роки тому +37

    Meanwhile, I'm in Arkansas, trying to convince locals that bees are in danger in general, and that's horrifically bad, because without them, their grocery store is going to look a whole lot different. And I'm laughed at. One thing is for certain. I didn't properly appreciate the character Bobby Singer on Supernatural until I got older. At least now I've got Beau. Thankfully I have an abundance of flowers here and I saw around 4 of these fellas just today.