Save the honeybee !

[Digger]

 

[happy1892]

Was it a pesticide that got past the safety but was not safe and killed the honey bees in US? Or is there something else that is killing them?

 

[Digger]

Not pesticides. May be viral/bacteriological or other factors. Lots of research still going on.

 

[Ranitomeya]

I work in a lab where some of the graduate students study bees. They've mentioned that even "safe" pesticides have the effect of debilitating the immune system of honey bees and making entire colonies more susceptible to other types of chemicals as well as parasites and diseases. In addition, the combined effect of multiple types of pesticides labeled "safe" makes them unsafe.

The lab's bee hives are being used to study the effect of the phorid fly Apocephalus borealis, but they frequently encounter molds, varroa mites, waxmoths attacking the hives. There's also always unknown pathogens that cause the hives to start failing, but no one has really understood exactly what's causing the hives to start faltering.

 

[Mantis Man13]

We must save this beneficial insect.

 

[Rick]

Amazing pic! I miss my honeybees.

 

[Krissim Klaw]

I'm looking forward to seeing the bees this fall/winter. I live on an acre and a large portion around the house has been taken over by Richardia scabra. During fall through winter it blooms little white flowers and our lawn looks like it is covered in snow. The bees come in by the droves to collect pollen and nectar.

 

[Danny.]

I have them in droves drinking water from my turtle pond.

 

[PrayingMantisPets]

im thinking on buying a couple of bee hives