Fears of bee colony collapse in New Zealand

[seko]

I found this information important to bring to everyone's attention.

If bees are dying at a very fast speed, we will have a food shortage in our hometowns.
Pesticides and Insecticides are seem to be part of the problem.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farm...se-has-arrived

[Oldyella]

Certainly Chemtrails are to blame !!!!!

[Christine Breese]

Einstein said that when the pollinating bees come to an end, we only have four years left.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Maybe all the radio waves for our cell phones? ELFs?

[seko]

I got this from the net.

Remember WE NEED honey bees to pollenate all of the produce that we eat and the flowers that we grow or they would die! Honey bees are NOT yellow jackets or wasps. Honey bees are an integral part of our ecosystem & are greatly affected by air pollution & all of the other changes in our environment. WHETHER YOU EAT HONEY OR NOT -- WE COULD NOT EXIST WITHOUT HONEY BEES.

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_long_d...#ixzz1VsNsnNl2

[Marianne]

Thanks Seko for posting this. It's one of the most pressing problems we face.

I am remembering a place in New Hampshire called Green Hope Farms, maker of wonderfully vibrant flower essences. I recall a post on Molly's blog about an essence she was making to help bring vibrational balance to the honeybees. I don't recall now what it was, and I just searched her blog archives but it doesn't go back that far. Let me look more, I may have it saved in my 'stuff' at home.

Here's the url for Green Hope Farms ... even if you are not into flower essences, it's a beautiful website to look at and read. Check out Vibrational Healing, some great stuff. And Molly's blog is a hoot, she's always up to something.

Green Hope Farms http://www.greenhopeessences.com/

Flower essences work with the body's electrical system, they really do have a physical effect.

Junebug

[seko]

Posted by Junebug (here)
Thanks Seko for posting this. It's one of the most pressing problems we face.

I am remembering a place in New Hampshire called Green Hope Farms, maker of wonderfully vibrant flower essences. I recall a post on Molly's blog about an essence she was making to help bring vibrational balance to the honeybees. I don't recall now what it was, and I just searched her blog archives but it doesn't go back that far. Let me look more, I may have it saved in my 'stuff' at home.

Here's the url for Green Hope Farms ... even if you are not into flower essences, it's a beautiful website to look at and read. Check out Vibrational Healing, some great stuff. And Molly's blog is a hoot, she's always up to something.

Green Hope Farms http://www.greenhopeessences.com/

Flower essences work with the body's electrical system, they really do have a physical effect.

Junebug

I do believe that this info that you provide is very useful Junebug.

Much appreciated. Will read it all.

Beautiful place that they have in New Hampshire.

[kathymarie]

I am a beekeeper...thank you for this post.....mine are fine right now....the drought is certainly affecting them both in water and nectar. I am feeding and watering them daily. I just want them to live whether or not I harvest any honey.

Posted by seko (here)
I got this from the net.

Remember WE NEED honey bees to pollenate all of the produce that we eat and the flowers that we grow or they would die! Honey bees are NOT yellow jackets or wasps. Honey bees are an integral part of our ecosystem & are greatly affected by air pollution & all of the other changes in our environment. WHETHER YOU EAT HONEY OR NOT -- WE COULD NOT EXIST WITHOUT HONEY BEES.

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_long_d...#ixzz1VsNsnNl2

[Marianne]

Posted by kathymarie (here)
I am a beekeeper...thank you for this post.....mine are fine right now....the drought is certainly affecting them both in water and nectar. I am feeding and watering them daily. I just want them to live whether or not I harvest any honey.

Kathymarie, I'm hoping and wishing good health for your bees ..... :D

[kathymarie]

Thank you so much, Junebug.....oh...I feel like a kid in a candy store ( or should I say an electronics store now?)....you guys bring so much joy to my life with your comments and words of encouragement.

Posted by Junebug (here)

Posted by kathymarie (here)
I am a beekeeper...thank you for this post.....mine are fine right now....the drought is certainly affecting them both in water and nectar. I am feeding and watering them daily. I just want them to live whether or not I harvest any honey.

Kathymarie, I'm hoping and wishing good health for your bees ..... :D

[WhiteFeather]

Magnetosphere shifting, haarp maybe a big culprit as well.

[Carmen]

Well, the bees seem to be fine round here. We acquired two hives last year and had a really bumper harvest which I think was due to the bees. Local bee keeper seems to be cogging along just fine. We are mainly not spray freaks round here though which probably accounts for bee deaths.

[Marianne]

Posted by Carmen (here)
Well, the bees seem to be fine round here. We acquired two hives last year and had a really bumper harvest which I think was due to the bees. Local bee keeper seems to be cogging along just fine. We are mainly not spray freaks round here though which probably accounts for bee deaths.

Carmen, that's good... hope it continues in bumper crops and loads of buzzy bees! Bees are so sweet and gentle if you don't bother them. We have a big vitex tree that they adore when it blooms. I like to stand nearby and watch/listen to them... it can be near deafening. We don't have a hive, just the locals hanging out.

BTW, New Zealand is a place I'd love to visit someday. The photos I've seen are gorgeous.
Junebug

[Lifebringer]

Animal menure with chemicals and antibiotics in soil, chemicals in crops, bees pollinate and get the germ and then they die.
Genetically modified corporate agribusiness strikes again!

Stop using pesicides and use cooking oil or powered natural lime for pests. Stop killing bees, birds, ourselves with harmful chemicals that were ourlawed years ago. Quit making "frankenfoods" and go natural. Everything is natural.

[joelmags]

I have been a commercial beekeeper for more than 30 years. Colony Collapse Disorder hit 2006, wiping us out. Replenished in 2007 & 2008. Got wiped out also.

Started collecting and using rainwater. Converted my gasoline cars to lpg; diesel to biodiesel. Got a solar water heater. Buried all powerlines. Made a windmill to pump water. Got off the grid with solar panels and wind generators. Accelerated plantings of pollen & nectar sources.

In 2009, i figured there was something wrong with my bees, but there was something worse about me.

I threw out whatever i had learned after 30 years. Began from scratch.I became more loving to my bees. Asking them if i could help them with whatever they needed, whenever i intervened. i let my bees teach me.

I learned to communicate with them from my heart.

Our operation is growing back.

[seko]

Posted by joelmags (here)
I have been a commercial beekeeper for more than 30 years. Colony Collapse Disorder hit 2006, wiping us out. Replenished in 2007 & 2008. Got wiped out also.

Started collecting and using rainwater. Converted my gasoline cars to lpg; diesel to biodiesel. Got a solar water heater. Buried all powerlines. Made a windmill to pump water. Got off the grid with solar panels and wind generators. Accelerated plantings of pollen & nectar sources.

In 2009, i figured there was something wrong with my bees, but there was something worse about me.

I threw out whatever i had learned after 30 years. Began from scratch.I became more loving to my bees. Asking them if i could help them with whatever they needed, whenever i intervened. i let my bees teach me.

I learned to communicate with them from my heart.

Our operation is growing back.

It seems like going back to nature is the way to go.

Well done Joel mags you learned the hard way. But you got it now!

Thanks for posting your story.

seko

[seko]

Posted by kathymarie (here)
I am a beekeeper...thank you for this post.....mine are fine right now....the drought is certainly affecting them both in water and nectar. I am feeding and watering them daily. I just want them to live whether or not I harvest any honey.

Posted by seko (here)
I got this from the net.

Remember WE NEED honey bees to pollenate all of the produce that we eat and the flowers that we grow or they would die! Honey bees are NOT yellow jackets or wasps. Honey bees are an integral part of our ecosystem & are greatly affected by air pollution & all of the other changes in our environment. WHETHER YOU EAT HONEY OR NOT -- WE COULD NOT EXIST WITHOUT HONEY BEES.

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_long_d...#ixzz1VsNsnNl2

My pleasure Kathymary and glad to hear that your bees are fine, lets hope you get plenty of water soon. Keep looking after them I eat a lot of honey, love it!

[seko]

Posted by Carmen (here)
Well, the bees seem to be fine round here. We acquired two hives last year and had a really bumper harvest which I think was due to the bees. Local bee keeper seems to be cogging along just fine. We are mainly not spray freaks round here though which probably accounts for bee deaths.

Lets keep using natural ways for gardening so that the bees keep doing their amazing work Carmen, we wouldn't make it without them.

[Tane Mahuta]

Thanks for the heads up Seko!

TM

[mosquito]

A couple of weeks ago I met a really nice, interesting man who'd been a beekeeper for years in various locations across China. He quit last year and started another job as the bees here are slowly but surely dieing off.
Seems like it's a global problem .....