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Vinca

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16. The word "fruit" is a generic term. For example, a child might be called the "fruit of our loins."

Reply to mike_c (Reply #15)

Tue May 26, 2026, 08:56 PM

17 hrs ago

I realize a potato is not a fruit fruit. It's a tuber. It doesn't really require bees, either, so maybe I should have cited another plant that does. It's mind boggling to me why people get so hung up on the dumbest things when there are so many important issues. One being bees. My point was getting that point across to Trump and his band of idiots that the food supply depends on bees.

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Trump fired the scientists saving America's bees. Now he's closing their lab. [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday OP

Bees are essential to US food supply. Irish_Dem Yesterday #1

It's like they are deliberately trashing all scientific research that provides actual benefits. Ocelot II Yesterday #2

Yup. It's horrible. AloeVera Yesterday #5

"Owning the libs" BlueWaveNeverEnd 22 hrs ago #8

Sick Mickju Yesterday #3

Well, the problem with Beltsville is spelled out in the last sentence AZJonnie Yesterday #4

Soon to be replaced with faith-based, ersatz sciencists Torchlight Yesterday #6

The Beltsville Ag center is a jewel and has been for generations Botany Yesterday #7

Burning America down on his way out BlueWaveNeverEnd 22 hrs ago #9

Brilliant. No bees no food. Someone tell him his french fries were once the fruit of a plant. Vinca 22 hrs ago #10

so much wrong with this entire thread... mike_c 19 hrs ago #15

The word "fruit" is a generic term. For example, a child might be called the "fruit of our loins." Vinca 17 hrs ago #16

Honey bees aren't native to North America Kaleva 22 hrs ago #11

Bee labs aren't just for the management of honey bees but for the protection of native bees Ocelot II 19 hrs ago #14

Which supports what I said Kaleva 6 hrs ago #18

And which is why the closing of the USDA bee lab is such a disaster. Ocelot II 5 hrs ago #19

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