The Exploding Hemp Industry Could Literally Save The Bees Of The World
Which in turn could save mankind from starving to death. lol.
It turns out that the male hemp plant produces LOTS of pollen and bees love it! Apparently all kinds of bees.
An article in Environmental Entomology(one of my favorite magazines)found that 16 different species of bees visited a large male plant.
Not only do they love the pollen but since it's a late-season crop when flowers are hard to find...that makes it even more attractive to them.
The researchers are very excited about this because hemp production is in a boom phase at a time when bee populations are decreasing at an alarming rate all over the world.
They definitely think that hemp will help save the bees by providing plenty of healthy pollen late in the year.
A few of the crops which rely on bees are Almonds. Apples. Asparagus. Beans. Beets, Okra, Potatoes, Onions, Kiwifruit, Blueberries, Watermelon..the list goes on but one third of our food is pollinated by bees.
Hemp is such an amazing plant with so many uses from health to manufacturing but this may be the most important one! It's quite an important discovery.
In fact it's so dang important the government should subsidize the crops. At least for the first few years. The rest of the world needs to start planting hemp too, for the bees.
I just learned another beneficial aspect of the hemp plant: it detoxifies the soil. Yeah, it cleans up soil that's been contaminated by chemicals like herbicides.
So it cleans up the soil, helps save the bees, then the plant can be used to make sustainable products like textiles and many other things plus the medicinal oil. Hot dang, it's a miracle plant!
Thanks for stopping by folks, God bless you all!
-jonboy
Texas
PS- Hey did you guys see this? An artist couple in California created this in honor of Kobe Bryant. 115 ft tall and 92 ft wide.
They say they use a special mower that bends the grass a certain way and they can produce shadows and different shades using it.
The machine is called a "TurfPrinter" and it "blows air to bend the grass in a designed direction that, when light hits it, unveils an image, which can only be seen from above." source
Hard to believe but it only took an hour to make! I think it's incredible.
Thank goodness for weed.. and BEER
and boobs.
Yes sirbearbear and thank goodness for Canada for getting a great headstart on growing it up there, I keep reading about the successful companies and all of them are Canadian! I don't here much about Canadian beer though.lol.
Oh dude, CA beer is good.
I'll get some next time I have a chance sirbearbear.
Didn't know that it cleans up the soil too....very interesting!
I thought that was amazing. They say you can make $50,000 an acre with a good crop but I think it's hard to get a good one. I wonder if it grows in Texas?
Only one way to find out!!! 😉
Someone just told me that it grows in Texas but it's still illegal here so I might have to wait awhile.
This is very interesting. Kudos to hemp haha!
Howdy Jaynie! I agree, I was amazed. I think everyone will be growing it with a cash value of $50,000 an acre for a good crop! Plus we'll have a surplus of bees!
hahahaha!!!! That sounds good to me! :D
You got any acreage? Jaynie the farmer! lol.
Well I am in Boer country LOL!!!
Well there ya go. Except is it legal there? Jaynie the convict. lol.
Good 😅
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Yes Ma'am it's amazing. Plus they say a good crop is worth $50,000 an acre! I predict we'll be the biggest hemp producers in the world shortly. And we'll have a surplus of bees!
Why did it ever become illegal to grow hemp in this country?
Why did it ever
Become illegal to grow
Hemp in this country?
- melinda010100
I'm a bot. I detect haiku.
Howdy today Melinda! The government didn't like the thought of everyone getting high on weed so they banned all cannabis plants which included industrial hemp. It was a stupid move because hemp has so many commercial uses.
That was in 1937 but what's interesting is that they asked farmers to raise it during WWII so they could make canvas for war supplies like tents and such. Then after the war the ban went back into effect. lol.
Another failed government policy! We do have a lot of those. It is rather amazing that this country has survived as long as it has.
Yes! lol..if you want to be sure something is ruined, get the government involved! lol.
Howdy Sir Jonboy! This is exciting! I love bees, and I've just invested in some hemp/cbd startups. I hope this thing takes off! I've never smoked marijuana, and I don't plan to, but we have seen that prohibition never works. Might as well legalize it nationwide! Some people think it really helps them and who am I to tell them what they can't consume?
Howdy tonight sir opout! I agree totally, the medical research going on...well you know they're discovering so much about the oil, it's just incredible. And yes it will soon be legal in all states and the price hit bottom last year so it's a great time to invest!
Did you know that back in the day when sailing ships ruled the seas and all rope was hemp rope, hemp was considered a strategic commodity crucial for national defense like oil is today? Sadly after the US invaded the Philipines, Philipine hemp was cheaper to produce and killed the domestic market. That's the only reason the government ever got around to banning hemp/marijuana in the 1930's. By that time, all hemp was being imported so they figured they didn't need it anymore.
This is so interesting sir optout, thanks for this great information! I knew they had banned it but I wasn't sure why. Dang, they say a good crop will bring in $50,000 an acre! I wonder if it grows in Texas? lol..we have a few acres!
It's pretty much a weed and grows everywhere. Wyoming just legalized hemp growing for our farmers. If it grows in Wyoming, it will grow double good in Texas! LOL. As I type, it's -4 degrees outside.
Holy smokes! -4 degrees. That's good news about the legalization. I suppose Texas will be the last to do that. I think it's a fantastic cash crop to grow.
We're(Mrs. J. and I)very interested in startups also. We don't have any invested in cannabis yet but I know it's going to be huge.
There is one problem that I have with this Sir @janton.
I was thinking about sending your "Source" article to the apple farmers in the valley, as they hire bee hives at great cost during the pollinating stages of the apple trees.
My problem is that the workers will be "high" all of the time. Lol.
Blessings!
Oh, and production might plummet! lol..I see the potential problem there!
Hahaha, one might find rocks instead of apples in the harvesting crates Lol.
Blessings!
Exactly. lol.
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