My daughter tried to keep bees, but they abandoned their hives. Evidence indicates, though, that they swarmed and went elsewhere, not that they died.
I’m thankful for those bees, especially the orange blossom honey that I need to make mead.
Bring Back DDT!
Millions have died because of the ban.
“Rachel Carson’s book predicted .......the massive loss of bird species...... due to the use of pesticides. It was a bestseller and is still in print. She was wrong,..... “
I find it rather humorous that The “Friends of The Earth”s acronym is FOE.
I found a bee dieoff..a couple of years ago and nearly fell for the “massive bee death” propaganda.
Thank you.
I am an ex bee keeper. My colonies repeatedly died off.
There is no question that bee populations are diminishing. The question is the cause.
Pesticides can be blamed but most believe the cause is biological.
BTW..... until we learn to communicate with bees, we can forget about communicating with extraterrestrials
I have been thinking about keeping some bees this year for honey
any freepers here have that hobby?
So an article by a pesticide salesman, whose only relevant source on the subject of his article is another pesticide salesman, is proof that there is no decline in bee populations due to pesticides or any other cause.
And anyway, who cares, it’s just damn bees, and they sting! AMIRITE!
I'm not a beekeeper, but some of my neighbors are.
I can tell you bees are hardy, though not indestructible.
You have to take good care of them...
You know how they say, "happy wife = happy life"?
Well, with bees, it's the same: treat them right, or no honey tonight.
;-)
We’ve seen a marked decrease in honey bees in North Texas.
Haven't found honey bees at all recently. [Anecdotal observation, of course.]
I don’t know the cause, but there has been a definite decrease in the bees (both honey & bumble) in our area (Philly suburbs) - so much so that we are considering placing a hive in our backyard — we have several butterfly bushes that used to be a mass of buzzing bees and they were barren this past summer/fall — not many butterflies either.
I always loved those photos wear a guy is wearing like a million bees on himself. Pretty neat trick!
The Eviro-whackos HATE PEOPLE.
They want population control.
Anything that increases food productivity and supports population growth is opposed by them.
All of our local bee keepers lost their colonies, as did most bee keepers where my parents live.
There are almost no bees in our area. In summer if you see one its a miracle. A friend of ours had all his hives just die off about 6 mos ago. No idea why.
We stopped hearing about the beehive die offs, and they did happen, when the scientists discovered it was actually a virus that was killing them.
(Of course the virus was caused by globalvwarming :-|)
It’s true that I’ve seen very few honeybees in the past fifteen years, but there are plenty of other bees around, carpenter bees, wasps, bumblebees, and yellow jackets.
I’m still waiting for all the trees in the Northeast to die off from acid rain, oh wait.............