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Originally posted by RJT I think I know that guy. Is his name Jeff Dealey? If so, that's who Myra and I got our Kitten from. Weird.

Does jeff Dealey like bees?

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Originally posted by Frenchie lol, manpris? Are those like capris but for men. Don't men call them capris too?

Jeff Dealy eats pieces of shit like you for breakfast!

I just got the mental image of that picture with the gay guy in tiiiight jean shorts ..not sure what else he's wearing in the pic that's all I can remember.

Post anyone?

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Originally posted by jennypie Your balls are totally hanging out the leg of your "shorts", aren't they?

Sometimes

Edit: And yes, Jeff Like's B's.

LOL

Jeff Dealy aint got time to bleed!!

Jeff Dealey will eat your offspring.

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Originally posted by Frenchie I just got the mental image of that picture with the gay guy in tiiiight jean shorts ..not sure what else he's wearing in the pic that's all I can remember. Post anyone?

LMAO YEESSS!!!111ONE

Thanks!

Lookin' good, Rob. I like your beard.

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Originally posted by Jeff Dealey Over the last decade, bee populations in the U.S. and Europe have been dropping. The last year has seen particularly large drops in commercial bee-keepers. The Spiegel article cites rates as high as 70%, though these numbers are cited for individual beekeepers. It's unclear from the article what the overall drop rate has been, and though they cite differences between the U.S. and Europe, it's hard to tell if these are meaningful because they're only citing the losses of individual beekeepers. The bee die off is particularly important for our agriculture, as many of the flowering plants require bees to pollinate their flowers to make fruit. Loss of bees could result in major decreases in the production of flowering crops. So what does this article say? These drops coincide with the introduction of genetically modified-insecticide producing corn, so this corn must be to blame. This is not a bad hypothesis. One could imagine that bees that find their way onto the corn might ingest some of the compound. However, let's look at the data. Germany has some pretty strict laws about introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops. GM crops made up less than one tenth of 1% of all crops grown in Germany, whereas almost all corn grown in the U.S. is genetically modified to produce the BT-insecticidal protein. So, if GM crops are to blame, one would expect bees in Germany would largely be spared the die off seen in bee colonies in the U.S. Sadly, this is not the case. German bees are dieing off at appreciable rates as well (though granted, at somewhat lower the rates than seen in the U.S. if you trust that the Spiegel numbers are representative). Game over. The fact that both countries are losing bees at high rates clearly demonstrates that GM crops are not to blame. The National Academies of Science of the U.S. have looked into the bee die off (and have proposed spending more effort looking into it - it has serious economic consequences). Their main conclusions? Non-native mites have been responsible for a large number of deaths, as well as antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens (who knew? people treat their bees with antibiotics?). Their recommendations are for increased investment in bee-breeding, to allow creation of pathogen and mite-resistant bees.

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Originally posted by jennypie Lookin' good, Rob. I like your beard.

this thread delivers

answer--candlejack took all th-

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Originally posted by chach this thread delivers

it is just a shame that those bees aren't delivering!

THINK ABOUT THE BEES PEOPLE!!

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Originally posted by Xenocreator_PG_ it is just a shame that those bees aren't delivering! THINK ABOUT THE BEES PEOPLE!!

sunsnail stole them and thats the story im sticking to

end of the world

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