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ostuberoes72 karma

This is an honest question: did you know about Radiohead at that time? If so, did you notice any similarities or did you just never make that connection?

ostuberoes24 karma

Ah yes the vocals I can see that. Thanks for answering the question! Good luck with your book.

ostuberoes2 karma

Glyphosate isn't a pesticide; every beehive in the US has some varroa.

ostuberoes1 karma

You know how Thomas Seeley has shown that it isn't mites alone, but in particular mites that are transferred horizontally between wild hives that causes collapse over an area; what role do you think intensive industrial agriculture, both of bees and of food crops, plays in so-called collapse, and could beekeeping on a less intense scale result in decreased relative mortality?

Are you interested in promoting movements to protect native species of pollinating bees (and other insects)?

Finally, there is a theory that says propping up populations of honeybees with anti-varroa treatments just leads to stronger varroa and rather than pursuing chemical treatments we would be better off developing strains of honeybees with innate defenses (hygienic behaviors, virus resistance, etc). . . what do you think about such proposals?

Thank you!