Honey Bees Why They Are Important To Our Survival
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Being more aware of the role of bees in ecology and how they affect human existence is vital
I'm making this page about Bee Keeping because I don't think we, as ' joe public' realise just how in danger honey bees are!!!!!. Survival has never been so threatened!!.
There are just seven species of honey bee out of 20,000 known species. Bees are 'farmed' for four main reasons, to provide honey, to provide Royal Jelly, to provide beeswax and very important, to pollinate fruit crops. The demise of bees has a dramatic effect on the viability as fruit farming as an industry and the supply of food generally. The western or European Honey bee has the latin name Apis Melifera. The honey bee is a social insect that lives in a swarm. Honey bees survive the Winter months in colonies which is why bee keepers build bee-hives to help them survive and then in Summer make honey. The only fertile bee is the Queen bee and it is around her that the whole centers its attention.
There are just seven species of honey bee out of 20,000 known species. Bees are 'farmed' for four main reasons, to provide honey, to provide Royal Jelly, to provide beeswax and very important, to pollinate fruit crops. The demise of bees has a dramatic effect on the viability as fruit farming as an industry and the supply of food generally. The western or European Honey bee has the latin name Apis Melifera. The honey bee is a social insect that lives in a swarm. Honey bees survive the Winter months in colonies which is why bee keepers build bee-hives to help them survive and then in Summer make honey. The only fertile bee is the Queen bee and it is around her that the whole centers its attention.
Contents at a Glance
Global Bee Emergency - Act Now!
"We call on you to immediately ban the use of neonicotinoid pesticides until and unless new independent scientific studies prove they are safe."
Let the politicians and decision makers know how you feel about this issue. Join and participate in the Avaaz website and community.
Beekeeping Lenses
Sometimes Bees are misunderstood
The majority of people are frightened of bees, how misguided can they be?, the bees aim in life is to pollinate, gather nectar, and make honey to survive and expand their colony. The last thing it wants to do is get involved with humans. Bee Keeping
Bee Part of It
keep bees buzzing
Honey Bee Link List
- Bee Part of It
- Facebook page
- Bee Base
- UK national database
- British Bee Keepers Association
- UK beekeepers association
- American Beekeeping Federation
- US beekeeping association
- Scottish Beekeepers Association
- Scottish beekeepers
- The National Bee keeping Trust
- The Trustees of the Natural Beekeeping Trust are:
Anne Damerell, Penny Crowder, Heidi Herrmann, Hugh Salvesen,Ninette Sapir, Catriona Fagan, Michael Kientzler,Tali Eichner - The Barefoot Beekeeper
- Natural beekeeping in top bar hives.
"Not just a different beehive, but a whole new way
of looking at beekeeping" - London's Buzzing
- Our mission is to bring awareness to bees and their plight, to preserve our precious food supply through repopulating the struggling honeybee and to empower others to do the same, while promoting natural and sustainable beekeeping through education, research and the development of a Honeybee Sanctuary to save the Honeybees and ensure they have a better, sustainable future, by treating Honeybees with respect for their own needs first, by protecting them and caring for them in order to make them strong enough to evolve with modern civilisation.
Beekeeping on Amazon
Bee Keeping Suits
be prepared for bee keeping by buying the correct beekeepers suit, essential for protection against stings
Building Bee Hives
Make Your Own Bee Hive Plans
- Bee Hive Plans
- Lots of ideas here
- Variety of Bee Hive plans
- different plan options
- Make Your Own Bee Hive
- Every type of hive design here
- Hive Plans
- Build it yourself
Bee Keeping Poll
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Local Honey Link List
- Apley Farm Shop
- Local Shropshire Honey
What's the buzz?
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caffimages
May 17, 2012 @ 9:27 am | delete
- Great lens! I'm adding you to my top 30 flowers for bees lens! We're not that far away from each other. I'm Leicestershire!
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cinefile
May 14, 2012 @ 5:22 pm | delete
- Bee's, the natural enemy of Ray Liota.
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SoundFinance May 13, 2012 @ 12:40 am | delete
- Great lens. Love honey!
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LubosLabik
Apr 23, 2012 @ 7:24 am | delete
- Great lens about bees. One of the best :)
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inspirationz
Apr 13, 2012 @ 12:04 pm | delete
- This is so interesting. I've just spent a while researching wasp and bee stings treatment so it's interesting to hear about this other side of their existence.
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naheedahsan
Mar 23, 2012 @ 6:17 am | delete
- enjoyed my reading, thanks for sharing
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kitty222
Feb 19, 2012 @ 6:56 pm | delete
- I've definitely thought about beekeeping, though it would probably be on the level of a hobby rather than a career for me. Every time I hear farmers complaining about bees dying off, I'm typically like, "Dude, you use dangerous pesticides that KILL INSECTS on your crops and now you're complaining about losing bees."
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LazyKat
Feb 10, 2012 @ 6:40 pm | delete
- Bees are really important for the ecosystem and farmers, great lens!
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kathysart
Dec 4, 2011 @ 2:24 pm | delete
- Viva la bees! THUMBS UP on this great lens
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Dec 3, 2011 @ 1:13 pm | delete
- I love honey! I found this lens really interesting, skuidliked it!
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cffutah
Nov 30, 2011 @ 9:02 am | delete
- enjoyed my visit on your lens this morning, love honey and everything about it, squidliked this!
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bames24
Nov 22, 2011 @ 2:22 am | delete
- nice lens... very informative :)
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rbc Nov 21, 2011 @ 2:53 pm | delete
- Great lens, my Dad did beekeeping as a hobby for most of his life, so I grew up with it as part of life.
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GottaGreenBuzz
Sep 22, 2011 @ 7:54 pm | delete
- EXCELLENT LENS! I was also"afraid" of bees until I took part in our first hive, now as you see, I've even incorporated some of that new love into my username! lol
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Runnn
Jun 24, 2011 @ 11:03 am | delete
- A good Bee's lense. Well done.
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aj2008
Mar 22, 2011 @ 4:59 pm | delete
- Nice to see another lens about the importance of bees :)
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jaktraks
Mar 17, 2011 @ 6:24 pm | delete
- Enjoyed your lens!
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joanv334
Feb 20, 2011 @ 7:00 pm | delete
- Hello, thanks for visiting my lens! Best wishes to you!
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d-artist Jan 24, 2011 @ 11:07 am | delete
- Do people not realize how important Bees are for sustaining of life? they are part of the life cycle...it scares me to hear that Bees are dying.
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kwj Jan 24, 2011 @ 12:55 pm | delete
- Yes, me too
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by kwj
Hello I'm Ken. I live in Shropshire in the UK. I'm interested in all sorts of things from nature to how the universe works and more down to earth thin... more »
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