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    Default Feds want to add ground bees to ESL

    Federal officials to consider adding SC, NC, GA species to endangered wildlife list

    One of the more prominent species up for consideration is the Southern Plains bumble bee.



    The large black-and-yellow bumble bee inhabits open prairies, meadows and grasslands in the Midwest, the mid-Atlantic states and the Plains states from Texas to North Dakota. It’s also found in the grasslands and savannas in the southeastern U.S., including South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Queens can grow as large as an inch; workers can grow to as large as three-quarters of an inch.

    The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2022 to include the bee on the Endangered Species List. According to the center, habitat loss and degradation as well as pesticides have led to sharp population declines in the southern Plains states, including Texas and Oklahoma as well as in Alabama and Mississippi.
    Know where it also inhabits? Farms. Farmlands. Timberland. Etc. Etc. Etc...

    https://www.wyff4.com/article/sc-nc-...sider/46525300

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    All kidding aside we used to have a hell of a hatch every year in the side of the red clay road. Last 10 years Nothing.
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    Its been years since I've seen a bumblebee nest.

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    How are we responsible?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fish View Post
    How are we responsible?
    "According to the center, habitat loss and degradation as well as pesticides have led to sharp population declines..."

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    I am sure plans to pave most everything from Fountain Inn to Goose Creek, won't bode well for pollinators of any stripe...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fish View Post
    How are we responsible?
    Wiffle Ball bats and tennis rackets!!

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    Man I used to smack the heck out of them with tennis rackets. They were all around our house when I was a kid but I believe it was more Carpenter Bees as we lived in a Log Home.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beauregard View Post
    "According to the center, habitat loss and degradation as well as pesticides have led to sharp population declines..."
    This first part of that statement is complete bullshit.

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    What would be a theory that the decline is independent of anthropogenic causes?

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    Their intent will have unintended consequences. The only thing that will be saved will be ground hornets and yellow jackets!
    Yup, he's crazy...


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    Quote Originally Posted by Fish View Post
    This first part of that statement is complete bullshit.
    Agree. I would think pesticides have put a hurting on them though.

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    i can show y’all plenty of these bees in yards i been treating for 15 years. Not sure what pesticides kill them but bifen doesn’t do shit to them.
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    Could have bad and far reaching consequences for Foresty and Ag in the form of new regulations. Just have to see where it goes.
    Last edited by scquackaddict; 01-30-2024 at 08:48 AM.
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