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In all my ideas for mars, I've ignored European honey bees as pollinators and instead chosen ants, or other species of bee. I think the same should be paralleled on earth. European honey bees seem to be going the way of the Cavendish thru centralization and mismanagement. https://t.co/eO5bxlRLU5
My thinking: Centralized systems of agriculture are the first to collapse when pressured, they are too ridged and have too many weak-points to adapt. European Honey bees are a symptom of a larger problem in how we handle AG. Bees as a centralized Canary.
We (Westerners?) have literally prevented bees from genetic diversity out of fear over killer bees. And have been adding an ever changing concoction of pesticides.A runaway agricultural immune system; Red Queening the environment, casualties be damned.https://t.co/B7SCbnULlG
I spend 'hobby time with ants', trying to figure out what helps them act as pollinators. They're natural pesticide.Here's a great 'primitive technology' style video showing how to create pathways for ants to climb up rice paddies and eat pests:https://t.co/AIecBToveu
Put the lynchpin back into the grenade before you kill us all.https://t.co/LwMIUV1KvH
This made me cry. I was so happy to see ideas from permaculture branch out into industrial farming by way of drones.https://t.co/9Li8Dn0W8w