What is happening to our bees?

by TJMum @ 2008-05-06 - 19:34:36

Something is happening to our bees. Please visit my hub to find out more on this really quite worrying subject.

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menhir [Member]
2008-05-06 @ 20:10

I have followed this global concern about bee diseases and the loss of colonies; the economic impact it will have if bees are not around to function.

There are bee keepers where I live who sell their honey, not on a large scale. There has been a little local worry but I haven't heard anything further. I wait to see if the honey stock will appear again this year.

When I was down in Fife, a local pub was selling a local honey, nicely packaged. I wonder if, in these isles there is less likelihood of a major problem or is that we are using a different strain of bees to those about which this discussion is taking place.

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TJMum [Member]
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2008-05-06 @ 21:17

There has recently been a reduction in the amount of honey coming into the shops, even from local suppliers. Experts say that some of the contributors to the bee problem (viruses and parasites) have not yet come over from the continent due to our climate BUT that in the next few years as our climate starts to change we too will see them appear. And it is not just honey that bee are important for. They pollinate the crops that we depend on, both for ourselves and for our animals. If we destroy the bees then we are removing a major part of the food chain and it could be extremely damaging to us and the world.

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menhir [Member]
2008-05-08 @ 08:45

While quoted I two honey sources in my reply to you, you will see from my opening paragraph that I am aware of the larger economic concerns within which, bees have a core function.

There has been a large amount media exposure of the subject of bee demise. It ranks quite high, along with crops failures, re-designing the use for food crops into fuel use and the unintended consequences of that policy, which is equally as destructive and equally as concerning.

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MrFlighty [Member]
2008-05-07 @ 10:02

I've read about this in recent months. As you say it is potentially very worrying. Unfortunately it's something that people in general will ignore as it doesn't appear to affect them.
One of my allotment neighbours has several hives on his plot and I will ask him about this when I next see him.
Take care. xx

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