Surviving Without The Honeybee!
Every since being a kid I've had a fear of bees. Maybe I'll try to explain that later, but for now let it be enough to say that I would consider myself as one of the last persons on earth to be concerned with saving our honeybees. However, I'm afraid that if we do not concern ourselves with the deaths of millions of bees now, we will be concerning ourselves with the lack of food later.
They are calling it "Colony Collapse Disorder", and what it means is that millions of bees have died because of it, which in turn means that $14.6 billion in pollinated crops in the U.S. are threatened by it.
Commercial beekeepers are having higher-than-usual hive losses. Over 90 per cent or more in some cases, and the bottom line is that if we do not have bees to pollinate our crops we will have a shortage of food on our grocers shelves.
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What Bees Do For Us
PollinationSpecies of Apis are generalist floral visitors, and will pollinate a large variety of plants, but by no means all plants. Of all the honeybee species, only Apis mellifera has been used extensively for commercial pollination of crops and other plants. The value of these pollination services is commonly measured in the billions of dollars.
Honey
Honey is the complex substance made when the nectar and sweet deposits from plants and trees are gathered, modified and stored in the honeycomb by honey bees. All living species of Apis have had their honey gathered by indigenous peoples for consumption, though for commercial purposes only A. mellifera and A. cerana have been exploited to any degree. Honey is sometimes also gathered by humans from the nests of various Stingless bees.
Beeswax
Honey combsWorker bees of a certain age will secrete beeswax from a series of glands on their abdomens. They use the wax to form the walls and caps of the comb. As with honey, most indigenous peoples will gather beeswax for various purposes.
Pollen:
Bees collect pollen in the pollen basket and carry it back to the hive. In the hive, pollen is used as a protein source necessary during brood-rearing. In certain environments, excess pollen can be collected from the hives of A. mellifera and A. cerana. It is often eaten as a health supplement.
Propolis:
Propolis (or bee glue) is created from resins, balsams and tree saps. Those species of honey bees which nest in tree cavities use propolis to seal cracks in the hive. Dwarf honey bees use propolis to defend against ants by coating the branch from which their nest is suspended to create a sticky moat. Propolis is also used in some cosmetics.
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- Annie Fischler Annie Fischler Jan 3, 2009 @ 2:55 pm
- Hello there,
Take the Bees to untouched Land.Wild flowers,without being spread up by pesticides.
Far away from cellular phones.
In France they placed beehives in Castle-Domain...
Thanks,
beewell,Annie
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- JerryB JerryB Jun 22, 2008 @ 6:33 pm
- I was just watching a news article on tv about removing bees from your walls without harming them. Beekeepers came in and used a vac to collect the bees and move them to a hive.
You might want to check with local beekeepers about doing this.
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- josefgraf josefgraf Jun 21, 2008 @ 4:35 pm
- Why the Bees are Dying - (and how to bring them back)
This article opens the box on the disappearing honeybee issue, so-called Colony Collapse Disorder, by using spiritual ecology and the indications of 20th Century renaissance man, Rudolf Steiner, to realize the common denominator of suspected causes. If entrenched analysts, who have been concertedly looking at external threats for the villain, were to turn their sights 180 degrees, they would discover that "we have met the enemy, and the enemy is us!" - that is, overall human interference.
Visit the article : Why the Bees are Dying - and how to bring them back
Or:
http://www.evbooks.net/earth_vision_021.htm
A report from Earth Vision, The EV project - taking nature to a new level, by Josef Graf
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- JerryB JerryB May 31, 2008 @ 9:06 am
- I'm afraid there are no good ways of getting rid of bees that have become that entrenched in the walls and ceiling other than killing them.
Short of tearing the house down, you would never get all of the bees to move unless you could move the queen. Not something that I would care to attempt even if I could find her.
As much as we need to save the bees, I'm afraid that it's too late to try getting them to move.
If anyone else has an answer please leave your ideas here!
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- Kathy Kathy May 30, 2008 @ 11:57 pm
- My friend and I are wanting to save the bees that have taken up residence in her walls and ceiling of her home. We had a beekeeper come out and he said that it was one of the largest wild beehives that he has ever seen. He retrieved about 75 lbs. of comb and honey but couldn't remove any bees. He said that there was 50 times more still left in there and that we should get a bug bomb and kill the bees. We do not want to kill the bees but we need to know who we can call to come get them. By the way we have called 3 beekeepers and 2 said over the phone to kill the bees and the 1 that came out cut a hole in the wall and ceiling and then said kill the bees. So who do we call now kill the bees or continue trying to save them???
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