Why should you clean your grills regularly??


 
Too bad a beekeeper wasn't called in to remove them instead. We have such a shortage of bees in the U.S. these days, you hate to see them killed off like this. Sad.
 
I agree with Chris on saving the bees.

What's confusing to me is.. I saw this earlier today on another board that provides source information. The SI for this post was

c-76-16-43-52.hsd1.il.comcast.net

The IP address comes back to Comcast (obviously) in New Jersey. The "il" would suggest Illinois to me but there are palm trees in the pics! And the use of the metric system in the text would suggest someone not from the the U.S. What do y'all think?

Maybe a better title for this thread would be,

Why you should "USE" your grills regularly??
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Bill
 
Originally posted by Chris Allingham:
Too bad a beekeeper wasn't called in to remove them instead. We have such a shortage of bees in the U.S. these days, you hate to see them killed off like this. Sad.
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Exactly. I talk with a bee farmer every so many weeks and hear about the plight of the bees and all the things that are causing their decline. A shame to see that thriving colony had to be killed.
 
Originally posted by Bill Hays:
I agree with Chris on saving the bees.

What's confusing to me is.. I saw this earlier today on another board that provides source information. The SI for this post was

c-76-16-43-52.hsd1.il.comcast.net

The IP address comes back to Comcast (obviously) in New Jersey. The "il" would suggest Illinois to me but there are palm trees in the pics! And the use of the metric system in the text would suggest someone not from the the U.S. What do y'all think?

Maybe a better title for this thread would be,

Why you should "USE" your grills regularly??
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Bill
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I don't know where the OP is from, but the use of the odd term "clapper" suggests he's not originally from the USA.

My first thought was that it was unfortunate that he had poisoned a batch of organic honey.
 
Originally posted by C. Howlett:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Bill Hays:
I agree with Chris on saving the bees.

What's confusing to me is.. I saw this earlier today on another board that provides source information. The SI for this post was

c-76-16-43-52.hsd1.il.comcast.net

The IP address comes back to Comcast (obviously) in New Jersey. The "il" would suggest Illinois to me but there are palm trees in the pics! And the use of the metric system in the text would suggest someone not from the the U.S. What do y'all think?

Maybe a better title for this thread would be,

Why you should "USE" your grills regularly??
icon_smile.gif


Bill
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I don't know where the OP is from, but the use of the odd term "clapper" suggests he's not originally from the USA.

My first thought was that it was unfortunate that he had poisoned a batch of organic honey. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
When 1st looking at the foliage, I was thinking somewhere in the Med but the grill is a Jumbuck which, when googled, shows up a lot in the land down under .. Australia and New Zealand. The OP from the other board must have picked this post up somewhere else.

Bill
 
Truly a shame. Neither the flea bomb nor the grill brand appear to be domestic USA. The poster probably got it forwarded from somewhere else.
 
The pic of all the dead Bees is beyond sad. So many differnet things could have been done other than what was.
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Truely a shame.
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Unfortunately, the decline in the bee population is not something the average person is aware of. It is probably more of an imminent threat than global warming will ever be and it's hardly ever discussed. Oh well, it's just our food supply.
 
Originally posted by Jerry N.:
Unfortunately, the decline in the bee population is not something the average person is aware of. It is probably more of an imminent threat than global warming will ever be and it's hardly ever discussed. Oh well, it's just our food supply.
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How true Jerry. People are prob not aware of all the plants and us, that rely on bees for polination/survial.
 
Wow! That was shocking to see and read. One thing I'll say in his defense is he is lucky he didn't just go rip off the cover, or God forbid a small child retrieve a toy or ball that rolled under there.

That was one heck of a hive, and in hindsight it would have been nice if it was handled differently. However, not knowing the background story ( how long did the guy notice bees flying to and from, quantity, noise level?, etc) I think he was probably thinking to himself he was only killing a couple dozen bees. I don't want to sound arrogant, but if given the choice myself of having someone, a child or adult at risk of that many beestings, vs someone gassing them, I'm going with gassing them.


Had he or anyone else ripped off that cover, they'd very likely be stung countless times.

This kind of thing should be reported more.Reading about this kind of event could save someones life.
 
Not that I'm taking sides, but this guy may have had no idea there was a nest that size under the grill.

Even reading the article, I didn't expect something like size, and I'm sure neither did he.

If it's any consolidation to all of us bee lover's, we had a house about 6 years ago that had one of our columns (2-story home) that was infested with them. A buddy of ours came over and removed them in about 3 visits or so. I forget the estimated count he told me, but is was astronomical.
 
Originally posted by Tom Chips:
if given the choice myself of having someone, a child or adult at risk of that many beestings, vs someone gassing them, I'm going with gassing them.
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Good point. I agree.

And don't forget the Homeowner's Liability for any such accidents that may happen as a result of the bees.

FWIW, "About one-third of the human diet comes from insect-pollinated plants and the honeybee is responsible for 80 percent of that pollination, according to the USDA."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18442426/

I recall a story about areas in China where they have to pollinate pears by hand because all the bees had been killed.
 
It takes 14 visits by a bee to a flower on the vine to properly produce each cucumber.
(I don't know why that tidbit has always stuck in my head?)
But i guess that is why you see some really crappy cucumbers in some gardens now days.
 
i feel kind of dumb for not knowing about the bee decline living in CO and all in the country.... anyway there seems to be plenty of bees at my place every summer still... I know I don't have a clue but maybe there numbers are coming back or maybe there just moving around? ...does anyone know any details like that as of right now? hopefully someone suspects they could come back.
 
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