Posted on 08/02/2017 9:05:49 PM PDT by artichokegrower
If you’re interested in beekeeping, and the trials and errors in starting a hive, my sons formed
https://www.brothersinbees.com/
“Helping Vets Save the Bees”.
An organization dedicated to serving U.S. Veterans and honey bees.
I think that we were all supposed to have starved to death by now.
Maybe not, but I remember a few years ago, either the bees dying off or the oceans rising or some other climate crisis was going to do us all in.
I know it was cereal.
You are ignorant
The decline in bee colonies was precipitous. The problem was real.
my friend is a beekeeper that bought much of my equipment told me a startling story. A I Root that invented wax foundation made the cells slightly oversized. That is, the wax foundation hex cells are slightly larger than those made naturally by wild bees. we are talking very small dimensional change here.
New smaller cell foundation wax is available for brood chambers and supers. When the smaller cell size is used, most of the problems with hive death disappear.
That is her testimony and the results of other members of her bee keeper’s club
Smart and creative!
Never any worries, God is in control.
Actually, no it doesn’t.
It said that the MAJORITY are and there MAYBE a causal relation to the pesticide: The bees are weakened by the pesticides and the natural pests and diseases are then able to take hold.
That is what the USDA is trying to determine.
Bees love Trump
The true real concern was the possible reduction in food crops being pollenated, not so much lack of honey.
So this is huge news.
Obama out of office Trump in good things happening all over the place.
Only twice over three decades here. The last one was too smart for a net, much less a confined room during the day.
I’m a *pro-bat* person here. It breaks my heart that their numbers have so declined.
Catch & release for these little marvels.
I have read that as well and i’m not sure if it is accurate.
Beekeeping is essentially Insect Husbandry and sometimes there is no rhyme or reason for a hive to succeed or fail.
I have been to beekeeper meetings where two guys argue about beekeeping practices, one has a Phd in Entomology and is a certified Master Beekeeper and the other did not go past the 9th grade.
At the end of the day, both beekeepers lose around a third of their hives per year.
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