Bye Bye Bees
“If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would only have four years of life left.”—Albert Einstein
why worry that’s why
more to know do you already
comments welcome
Here is my two cents worth
Long ago crops were pollinated by local bees. Not enough bees for one big 7,000 acre blueberry farm blooming all at once. So a beekeeper shows up with a few 18 wheeler’s of rent-a-bee thereby putting an incredible number of bees on the job with the blueberries then it is off to California to do the Pecan Nuts. The primary cash flow for these mobile beekeepers is not honey. It is the pollination – and yeah – they’ll selling the bee’s honey - and feeding the bees corn sugar – what we get in our soft drinks. Did you know we were so far down this monoculture road? This is no way for a bee to live and many won’t.
“Neonics”, bad. Pesticides in general, bad. Buy organic! For that matter organic milk tastes VASTLY different than non organic. I shop the local Farmer’s Market as advised but am curious as to if I am doing any good in avoiding pesticides since it being grown locally does not insure anything.
Twwly’s doing it right.
Hi Richard,
RE: Bees. By no means do I know much (if anything) about this subject. However, I do have my own theory as to why there is a bee problem. Signals/frequencies over the years have increased on the Earth - between FM/TV/ and “humms” from various types of lighting (fluorescent types for example) and electronics. It might be possible that it is interfering with the bee’s natural ability to communicate with other bees. And if they cannot communicate with each other, total chaos in the hive would ensue IMHO.
Have a great day Richard!
Hi Ed
The amazing thing I have learnt is the extent to which the bee popuation is a business as the intensity of big scale farming requires bees that are trucked around the country.
Richard