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Re: Bees
By: AGelbert Date: June 1, 2015, 9:35 pm
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Fascinating and highly informative video on bee keeping, the
invention of the Langstroth hive design over 160 years ago still
used today (and in this video) and bee activities. [img
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[b]Bee's wax makes the BEST candles. [/b]
Have you ever wondered how they can get honey without killing
some bees? See the clever technique in the video! ;D
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Re: Bees
By: AGelbert Date: June 3, 2015, 9:47 pm
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Feeding Refined Sugar to Honey Bees [img width=30
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By James A Zitting
In the beekeeping world it is common to harvest the honey in the
fall. In natural beekeeping, we try to leave enough honey to
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to bees.
The main reason beekeepers do this supplemental feeding is a
matter of simple economics. The commercial beekeepers have a
business to run, and when they do the math, it simply does not
work from a financial stand point to let the bees eat honey.
They can make more money selling the honey and buying an
artificial substitute. For a more in-depth view on this see my
blog (at link). This post will focus on why we need to let the
bees eat their own honey.
For eons of time the honey bees have been gathering nectar,
mixing it with their own special enzymes, and placing it in the
wax cells. The bees create a draft through the hive by flapping
their wings in unison to evaporate the moisture from the nectar
until it thickens to approximately 18% moisture. During this
process the enzymes continue to work and when the bees decide
the honey is ripe, they cap it. Capping is simply when the bees
cover the cell with wax to seal off their special winter food.
The honey is an amazing food that will last indefinitely.
There is another process taking place in the bee hive that few
people know about. When the bees bring in pollen they also add
enzymes that pickle or ferment the pollen. This pickled pollen
is called “bee bread” This bee bread is even more nutritious for
the bees because they can assimilate it better. There have been
over 8,000 different micro organisms recorded living in the bee
bread. It is a fine tuned and balanced world of little bugs that
I liken to the microorganisms and flora living in our
intestines. We simply could not live without them, and neither
can the bees.
People will argue that sugar is sugar and that it is the same
thing to the bees as honey.
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/>However refined sugar and high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) are
not honey. They have a different PH and they lack the enzymes.
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When you change the PH in a bee hive, it affects the finely
balanced world of the little bugs, and weakens the colony. When
they track pesticides and fungicides into the hive with their
little feet, the life within the bee bread is affected.
Another thing that most people don’t realize about honey is that
when you feed bees HFCS they stash it in the same cells that
nectar gets stored in, and in fact gets mixed up with the honey.
:P So when you buy honey from many suppliers you are getting
HFCS and a honey mixture—even if the label says “pure honey,”
the odds are it isn’t.
HFCS is claimed to be toxic to honey bees. We are also learning
it isn’t good for humans either.
The bottom line is that the bees will continue to be fed
artificial sugars as long it makes economic sense to do so
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Due to the corn lobby
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/>convincing our lawmakers to subsidize the corn crops, HFCS is
cheap. Since I don’t think the government will stop the
corporate welfare any time soon, we the people must bite the
bullet and pay the higher price to the natural beekeepers with
the natural honey.
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[b]Let’s reward the beekeepers who do the right thing by buying
their product, and the big players
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will catch on and
change there ways. ;) [/b]
Simply put, get to know your local beekeepers. Ask questions
about if they feed substitutes and if they place chemicals in
their hives. [i]In doing so, you are protecting the bees, the
environment, and your own personal health. [img width=25
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Agelbert NOTE: Please pass this on. People need to know bees fed
GMO HFCS make GMO HONEY!
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And it wouldn't surprise me one bit if the so-called colony
collapse disorder is SUBSTANTIALLY caused, in addition to
neonicotinoid pesticides, by compromised bee immune systems due
to being fed GMO HFCS crap instead of their own honey >:( :(.
Greed kills life, people.
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Re: Bees
By: AGelbert Date: May 9, 2017, 8:38 pm
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[quote][center]Finally some good news: Center for Food Safety
won our lawsuit to protect bees from toxic pesticides!
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In response to a case CFS filed four years ago, a Federal Court
ruled last night that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) systematically violated the Endangered Species Act (ESA) –
a key wildlife protection law – when it approved bee-killing
insecticides known as neonicotinoids, finding that EPA had
unlawfully issued 59 pesticide approvals between 2007 and 2012.
This is a big win for bees and beekeepers, but we’re not done
yet. Chip in to help us keep this case going >>
The bad news is that seeds coated with bee-killing neonicotinoid
insecticides are now used on more than 150 million acres of U.S.
corn, soybeans, cotton and other crops – totaling an area bigger
than the state of California and Florida combined – the largest
use of any insecticides in the country by far.
Neonicotinoids are a class of highly toxic insecticides
designed to damage the central nervous system of insects,
causing tremors, paralysis and death at even very low doses.
Since the mid-2000s, their use has skyrocketed. Neonicotinoids
are applied via sprays, soil drenches, tree injections and other
methods. However, by far their greatest use in terms of U.S.
land area affected is as a coating on crop seeds – a process by
which pesticides are mixed together with large batches of seeds
in order to coat them before the seeds are planted.
The nation’s beekeepers continue to suffer unacceptable annual
bee mortality of 40 percent and higher. Water contamination by
these insecticides is virtually out of control. Wild pollinators
and wetland-dependent birds are in danger.
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Re: Bees
By: AGelbert Date: March 1, 2018, 1:42 pm
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[center]It’s official: pesticides are harming the bees[/center]
LAST UPDATED ON MARCH 1ST, 2018 AT 1:13 PM BY MIHAI ANDREI
A new, comprehensive report from European scientists confirms
what many researchers have already been warning about: a class
of pesticides called neonicotinoids poses a danger to wild bees
and managed honey bees. The report analyzed over 1,500 studies
on the issue.
“This report certainly strengthens the case for further
restrictions on neonicotinoid use,” entomologist Dave Goulson of
the University of Sussex in Brighton, U.K., said in a statement.
Bees are going through a dramatic decline. Global populations
are dwindling, we don’t know why, and we’re not exactly sure how
to stop it. But more and more evidence is mounting that this is
connected to neonicotinoids, the world’s most popular class of
insecticides.
Neonicotinoids (also called neonics) are used to coat seeds to
protect them when they are sown. They’re essentially nerve
agents. When the seed germinates, it spreads the pesticide
throughout the plant, protecting it entirely from pests. But the
substance also spreads through the pollen and nectar, where it
can be absorbed by unfortunate pollinators — particularly, bees.
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Many studies have linked neonics to honey-bee colony collapse
disorder (CCD) and a decline in birds due to a reduction in
insect populations. Pesticide producers have contested the
studies, however, saying that they are inconsistent and
unrealistic. The new report found that most of the damage
doesn’t necessarily come through the nectar and pollen directly,
but rather through secondary soil and water contamination. The
pesticides are spreading through the entire ecosystem, where
they are causing widespread damage. While there was some
variability in the study, the results were conclusive enough to
support a total ban on these pesticides.
“There is variability in the conclusions, due to factors such as
the bee species, the intended use of the pesticide and the route
of exposure,” said Jose Tarazona, head of the European Food
Safety Authority’s pesticides unit. “Some low risks have been
identified, but overall the risk to the three types of bees we
have assessed is confirmed.”
Furthermore, as the neonics spread and seep through the
ecosystem, it’s only a matter of time before pests start
developing resistance, Christopher Connolly of the University of
Dundee School of Medicine in the United Kingdom noted in a
statement.
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/>— clothianidin, imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam — all of which
have been banned in the European Union but are still allowed
widely used elsewhere in the world, including the US. The
European Commission has proposed extending the ban to all
pesticides in this class, but such measures haven’t been adopted
thus far.
“This is strengthening the scientific basis for the Commission’s
proposal to ban outdoor use of the three neonicotinoids,”
according to a commission statement.
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Re: Bees
By: AGelbert Date: April 27, 2018, 5:30 pm
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EcoWatch
Apr. 27, 2018 07:46AM EST
By Lorraine Chow
[center]EU Approves Ban on 'Bee-Killing' Neonicotinoids [img
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SNIPPET:
European governments approved Friday a proposal to widen a ban
on neonicotinoid pesticides that studies have found are harmful
to bees 🐝 and other 🦋 🐞 pollinators.
The move completely bans the outdoor uses of three
neonicotinoids, or neonics, across the European Union. They
include Bayer CropScience's imidacloprid ☠️,
Syngenta's thiamethoxam ☠️ and
[size=12pt]clothianidin ☠️ developed by Takeda
Chemical Industries and Bayer CropScience.
The EU had already opted for a partial ban in 2013 on the use of
the three chemicals on flowering crops that attract bees, such
as maize, wheat, barley, oats and oil seed r a p e (canola).
"All outdoor uses will be banned and the neonicotinoids in
question will only be allowed in permanent greenhouses where
exposure of bees is not expected," the European Commission said
in a statement.
In February, the European Food Safety Authority issued a report
adding to the mounting scientific evidence that neonics are a
risk to wild bees and honeybees, whose numbers have been
plummeting in recent years.
"The Commission had proposed these measures months ago, on the
basis of the scientific advice from the European Food Safety
Authority," Vytenis Andriukaitis, the European commissioner for
Health and Food Safety said today.
"Bee health remains of paramount importance for me since it
concerns biodiversity, food production and the environment."
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Full article:
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Re: Bees
By: AGelbert Date: June 10, 2018, 7:23 pm
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[center][center]Gourmet Goes Back To The Source
🐝[/center][/center]
Chef Alan Wong in Honolulu is known for his passion for Hawaii's
locally grown ingredients. He put together the Farmer Series
Dinner, a program that brings the farmer into the restaurant, to
connect with both the guests and staff, deepening their
connection to the food source.
In this video, he explores the importance of bees. Propelled by
learning that over 80% of the food supply is connected to the
work of the bee population, he is using the Farmer Series Dinner
to raise awareness. He is now a beekeeper as well.
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Perhaps gourmet chefs will play a role in re-growing the bee
population? Here is one chef who is doing his part right now.
-- Bibi Farber
This video was produced by the Farmer Series Dinner.
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🐝 Bee Report Card for each State
By: AGelbert Date: February 25, 2020, 1:11 pm
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[center]Click on image below to see ineractive map and read
🐝 Beeport Card for each state: [img
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The Asian giant hornet, now in the US, is a threat to honeybees
By: AGelbert Date: May 4, 2020, 8:37 pm
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EcoWatch
BY Olivia Rosane May. 04, 2020 07:33AM EST
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[center]
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[center]‘Murder Hornets’ [img
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/>Spotted in U.S. for the First Time
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