yesterday's lesson was on money. today's lesson is on what happens when humans interfere with mother nature, or in this case, the bees. as many of us have heard, there has been a significant decline around the globe in the bee population. and lots of speculation as to the cause, which has been everything from disease to EMF fields. and as most of us know, if the bees don't survive, neither do we. no bees means no food.
i came across this piece last week. it may be a good one to put in the "duh" file. hmmm. leaving the bees to do their own thing + not stressing their colonies + not messing with their genes = good crops and healthy bees. sounds like a good plan to me.
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Came across this too, and thought it was logical. But I'm not so sure there isn't another or other reasons involved. The bees aren't dying in their hives - the go away and die elsewhere. If the hive is contaminated that would be one reason but I don't know if studies show that. It seems to be that they lost their ability to navigate somehow. Something may be interfering with that and the inorganic methods might contribute to their susceptibility, like getting a bacterial infection when you get a virus.
Cell phone usage has been blamed for the confusion. That is interesting food for thought.
Whenever I see bees (especially now) I do all I can to leave them undisturbed. And sure, I've had a few one-way conversations with them.
duh,
thanks for linking to a very interesting article. not knowing much about bees or beekeeping, i had no idea how much large operations were "pushing" their bees to "be" more. of course it makes sense that they might be pushed to the breaking point. this article gives me hope.
i as well believe that other factors have contributed to the deaths. i think beekeeping practices are the key cause though--leading to weakened immune systems and an inability to navigate in our heavily wired world.
once the beekeeper's figure this all out and decide to let the bees do their own thing--naturally--hopefully this problem will work itself out.
i used to watch them and talk with them when i was a little girl. sometimes they would even land on me. i had no fear--until i was stung around age 10. i remember feeling so betrayed--the bee landed on my arm and just as i said hello i felt the sting. :) despite that, i still love to watch them. just at more of a distance.
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