Gathered By Honeybees From Flowers Instead Of Grapes
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Honeybees Truly Weave Magic Out Of Sunshine
The honeybees of light continue to enrich their surroundings as they recite their timeless hum. In addition to appreciating the miraculous role played by honeybees, we humans should do whatever we can to live an environmentally-responsible lifestyle and promote a clean and healthy planet.
In 2007, the media buzz around Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), the little-understood phenomenon in which most or all worker bees from seemingly strong beehives abruptly disappear, raised awareness of honeybees like never before.
CCD was originally reported in honeybees colonies in North America in late 2006, with European beekeepers following; beekeepers around the globe began reporting as much as 90% of their hives mysteriously missing without a trace.
Appearing on headlines worldwide, CCD coverage has brought popular understanding to the vital importance of honeybees in human life. The cause(s) of CCD hasn’t been definitively decided.
Theories include environmental change-related stresses, mites, pesticides, radiation from cellular phones, and genetically modified crops. Experts feel that any of these factors could disrupt the honeybees’ navigation system, and bees unable to find their way back to the hive will die.
The most likely cause however, seems to be a new or adapted viral strain or new chemical insecticide. We must do our part to support these wondrous honeybees, in gratitude for their many contributions.
With pests and diseases globalizing, beehives in the United States have been hit with new challenges approximately every ten years. In the mid-1980s, Varroa mites decimated honeybees hives everywhere.
By the mid-1990s the Department of Agriculture estimated that 90% of wild honeybee populations had been destroyed. In the late 1990s, the honeybees hives of the Southeastern US had been hit by the “Small Hive Beetle” from South Africa.
In response to these problems, beekeepers began breeding extra hives to re-populate the
wilds with escaping swarms that over time have developed a resistance to these ailments.
The major role of the honeybees in our world has been underscored. People often tell me that they never knew that more than a hundred of our foods were dependent upon honeybees and how closely our lives are inter-twined with theirs.
Beekeepers have begun to reconsider exposing their honeybees to the stresses of long-distance travel and medicinal treatments. Because the stakes are so high, I’m confident that we will find a solution to CCD as well as the other challenges we face.
Ever hopeful, I see the media exposure of honeybees and the beekeeping world as a positive awareness broadening event.
Article courtesy of: Ted Dennard, Founder & Owner of Savanna Bee Company, www.Savannabee.com
