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We don't attract bees, we rent them. And there are enough apiaries out there that they often ship their bees long distances to bring them to different orchards. As the numbers get smaller, there will be less of this going on. Even last year, when the person shipping our bees rolled his 18 wheeler and lost the hives, we could quickly find a backup for them. And we rent a lot of hives. I'm not saying the issue is not serious; I'm just saying it is not as dire as the popular media wants us to think it is. It's actually been going on for a while, and yet, people still breed more bees and there are enough to go around.

Oh wait, I get it. He was actually the wind. Yeah, that's brilliant.

My family is in commercial agriculture and we've heard a lot on this topic. There will be other options, as well as not every single hive will die out.

I watched the whole thing and I don't get it.

So last year the road to my place in Index was lost (still gone). This year, the windy road to GG (which is close to my place in Ballard) washed away a little bit. I love Mother Nature!

Don't panic. The biggest effect this will have is on honey--that's what those bees give us that our native 22 species of bees don't. We'll still have lots of pollinators, they just aren't as effective b/c they don't carry as much pollen. But as the European honey bees die out (remember that they are imports and our plants lived just fine before them) other species will fill thier niche. The sky is not falling.

Long live punk

yep

Did I mention how much I love this man?

The Rollins Band is so not punk, but I love him. Get in the Van was good, but his other books are far better. His Spoken Word tour is the best. I make it every year. I love Hank.

Baby Bolus.

You don't have six or seven friends.

only if you bring a friend.

it'll make you putty in my hands.

Yeah, well, fuck them anyhow.

There never was any difference.

Which is a big argument I have with my family. They seem to think you can earn your way into Heaven by telling everyone else what to do, and I am convinced that nothing supercedes the omniscence (I can't spell that fucking word!) of God and it is only his Grace that let's you in. Christmas is a ball at my house. It really gets fun when my grandfather starts telling me that its my duty to produce great-grandsons for him. Good times.

I wasn't wearing any underwear.

I do.

Only when they aren't busy telling everyone else how to live their lives.

Come on, share pics. I did a TR for my flood experience. One of the only ones I ever wrote.

Plus, bombs are expensive.

:lmao: :lmao: Since when does suffering make people learn? It has worked well for the Catholic church.

Funny, my house was built that same year.