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    I would have thought more would have commented.
    But do you know the story is not actually true.
    Dr. Tang was irked at being misquoted on hand pollination in a recent documentary (though he speaks perfect English, the filmmakers asked him to speak in Chinese and then wrote in subtitles with slightly different information). He wished to inform me straight away: “Hand pollination in Sichuan is 100% an economic issue.”
    http://wblomst.com/writing/pollination.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by Greengage View Post
    Dr. Tang was irked at being misquoted on hand pollination in a recent documentary (though he speaks perfect English, the filmmakers asked him to speak in Chinese and then wrote in subtitles with slightly different information).
    Which recent documentary is this?

    Quote Originally Posted by Greengage View Post
    He wished to inform me straight away: “Hand pollination in Sichuan is 100% an economic issue.”
    Reassuring to know.

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    Ill have a look for the documentary when I get time, The article also appeared in Mark Grossman blog Sept 2013 https://marklgrossmann.wordpress.com...ee-apocalypse/
    It is also referenced in Randy Olivers blog. He was in Tullamore today interesting guy to listen too.

    The doc appeared in National geographic in Asia a celebration of 30 years and it is called How bees are disappearing.
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    This article is quite interesting, with a surprisingly balanced view despite the title:

    These cultivators hide nothing about their techniques. Yet when it comes to the reasons that force them to replace insects, their answers become vaguer. From the top of his tree, Kang Zhaogui, 49, claims that the fall of the bee population has been clear here since the 1990s.

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    But, most importantly, Tang observes that the younger generation is more attracted to the city lights than to the prospect of working as a beekeeper carrying his hives from one village to another. All these elements, the environmental expert hopes, could encourage farmers to adopt “sustainable” practices, that would likely allow bees to resume their work.

    When Humans Are Forced To Replace The Bees They Killed by Harold Thibault 2014
    https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...Kcl9tCpxu8tcfw

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    Some journalists have not hesitated to make a connection with the Great Leap Forward, a campaign launched by Mao Zedong in 1958 that led to the Great Famine. Chinese people were asked to get rid of the sparrows that were “stealing” people’s grains, which, in turn, led to the proliferation of insects — and, eventually, to the mass spraying of insecticides.

    Read the full article: When Humans Are Forced To Replace The Bees They Killed
    http://www.worldcrunch.com/tech-scie...huan/c4s15784/

    Did I also not come across something similar wherby Hitler was responsible for the loss of habitat for pollinators in England. The story goes something like this, during the second world war Britian had the dig for victory campaign wherby lots of grassland meadows were dug up to plant crops for food lots of synthetic chemicals were needed to encourage growth and the once nutrient rich meadows were now flooded with chemicals, these lead to a decline in meadow rich species favouring pollinators.
    I remember where i saw it A sting in the tale by dave Goulson. https://books.google.ie/books?id=MeK...hitler&f=false

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