Calling all light warriors - the Bees need you!

[william r sanford72]

Extinction Via...Biotic Pollinators' Water Pollution....??:(
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2014/09/26/extinction-via-biotic-pollinators-water-
How many gallons of water are required to produce one 250 ml bottle of bottled water? How many acre feet of water are required to produce one Ikea kitchen, installed?
The closest answer found so far is Blaine Hanson Department of Land, Air and Water Resources University of California, Davisbrhanson@ucdavis.edu a 34-page pdf located here.

When the subject of Peak Water comes up most people do not think of Industrialization or empty swimming pools filled with chemicals that drain into the sewers. Few think of Waste Water, Industrial Water, Drinking Water, Desalination of Water, Membrane and Ozone Costs and Overhead and Sustainability. Each doubling of Earth’s population is happening in one-half the previous increment of time; each doubling of factory farming, and of industrialization halves the amount of safe water. One other way of looking at it is each doubling of factory farming pesticides and medical waste doubles the requirements for ozonification and filter membranes * for bees *. Many amateur articles on bees pose imminent extinctions as a question (will bees go extinct rather than when will bees go extinct). The worst articles compare pounds of honey by state rather than numbers of pollinators out in the crops. Put bluntly, will you be counting cheap gallons of propane for your truck, bags of almonds and jars of honey when your germplasm goes extinct?
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[Carmen]

Yeah, they need holistic management where ecology, nature, and the effect of whatever we do is considered as important as economic, social, mineral, water and energy cycle. In this system the grass is allowed to mature and seed, exactly what the bees need, plus poisons are not necessary because of their detrimental affect and they are not needed.

[william r sanford72]

Yeah, they need holistic management where ecology, nature, and the effect of whatever we do is considered as important as economic, social, mineral, water and energy cycle. In this system the grass is allowed to mature and seed, exactly what the bees need, plus poisons are not necessary because of their detrimental affect and they are not needed.

Indeed I Agree..even out here perception and programming kickn in..when some people come to visit my home..they will ask..man will when ya gonna mow your freakn weeds??...I always say.. where you see weeds I see life..purpose...
I point out what is growing in the yard.show that they have names..why it benefits.some weeds are only a flower for one day..some never.
changing ones perception..well...not really changing it.:yo:..offering them a new or different way to look at something.:cool:.then it bee up to them.
truth and balance always.

[william r sanford72]

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[william r sanford72]

Former Imates to learn Beekeeping at Bronx Rooftop Apiary..:cool:.
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20141007/claremont/former-inmates-learn-beekeeping-at-bronx-rooftop-apiary
CLAREMONT — Beekeeping may be on its way to the roof of a former Bronx prison as part of an effort to transform the building into a center for the formerly incarcerated.

The Osborne Association, a group that has spent more than 80 years helping people involved with the criminal justice system return to society, is planning a range of skill-training programs, including construction, catering and beekeeping, as it prepares to turn the closed Fulton Correctional Facility into the Fulton Economic Development and Community Reentry Center.
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[william r sanford72]

A lecture given by Mike Palmer at the National Honey Show 2013 entitled " The Sustainable Apiary".

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[william r sanford72]

Published on Jan 2, 2014

Interesting...and informative.
A lecture given by Mike Palmer at the National Honey Show 2013 entitled "Keeping Bees in Frozen North America".

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[william r sanford72]

Whos gonna stand Up...musical intermission..from Neil Young.:cool:

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hearts.:nod:

[william r sanford72]

Washington State University researchers hope to discover whether honeybees they've bred will better pollinate Washington's diverse crops.

A $249,000 federal grant is helping pay for a field study in which researchers will work with commercial beekeepers to test the pollinating performance of three subspecies of honeybees they've bred using sperm from European bees.

Read more here: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2014/10/11/3199216/wsu-researchers-seek-perfect-bee.html?sp=/99/177/&ihp=1#storylink=cpy

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[william r sanford72]

one little step at time....working directly with farmers rather than encouraging will bee the next logical step/leap....in my OP..Hope.
http://www.iowafarmertoday.com/news/crop/midwest-beekeepers-to-focus-on-public-awareness/article_5eed144a-52f4-11e4-997d-db97aa822a76.html
OMAHA — Beekeepers in Iowa and Nebraska are joining a national movement to encourage farmers and gardeners to avoid new pesticides which kill bees and to promote the health of bees as integral to food production.

It's just one priority of a group of beekeepers who hope to launch a public awareness campaign to save bees.
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[william r sanford72]

some more on gettn honeybees through the sometime long winters.
Overwintering Bees Panel Discussion with Michael Palmer, Harry Fulton and Kim Flottum.....
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[william r sanford72]

one more for overwintering and prepping for winter.tho...over the years ive learned as long as water isn't building... proper venting is key...ive over winterd bees in langstroth with no bottom board slightly off the ground and a small cracked or propped top cover.. was about all I needed..tho..I strongly recommend ya try your own way method and path...and if your not using langstorth...than other methods maybe apply...:nod:.
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oct 6.
In my area moisture is the big winter killer. So to prepare the hives and help reduce condensation I'm adding quilt boxes (aka quilts, moisture box, moisture quilt) and tipping the hives. The quilts will help to absorb water and keep the ceiling warm. Tipping the hives will allow any condensation to run down the inner walls instead of dripping on to the bees.

Building the quilt boxes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCaw_...


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[william r sanford72]

couldn't pull up the current usda honey report for October yet.so heres a current update from American Bee Journal..
http://www.americanbeejournal.com/site/epage/86437_828.htm

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[william r sanford72]

Life and times of today’s worker bees
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2014/10/18/worker-bees-life-times/17481975/
I pry off the cover and stand looking into the center of their world. The girls are busy. I watch them come and go. The warmth of the sun, the breeze playing tag with the prairie grasses, the sweet smell of fall, and the hum of life inside and outside the hive all give pause.
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[william r sanford72]

Let it be - movie about disappearance of honey bees....
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[william r sanford72]

Man Made Hybrids...1985.
KILLER BEES - Deadly Africanized Honeybees Documentary Video - Department of Agriculture - Africanized Bee Alert - 1985 - An update of the so-called "killer" bees travel northward from South America. Presents the latest research on the bees and gives broad-based information on the dealing with the bees should they become residents of the United States.
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[william r sanford72]

Mondays musical intermission..coming at ya with..Sly and The Family Stone...:cool:

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[william r sanford72]

Monet..the honey bee...and vision???

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[donk]

...great vid, big Monet fan...what a sin that he destroyed so much of his later work

[william r sanford72]

...great vid, big Monet fan...what a sin that he destroyed so much of his later work

Thanks Phil.ya very sad that his heart was so broken.if he only knew...also wish we could have seen them works he destroyed.

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[william r sanford72]

Enjoy this video full of stories and poetry of the Vedic sages about bees and honey from the President of Vedika Global's Board of Directors and Ayurveda Clinical Specialist Hema Patankar. Wisdom from these ancient stories give insight into the health benefits of honey that we can experience today for body, mind and spirit. Inspiring reflections and songs from the Vedic tradition inform our use of honey in Ayurvedic home remedies and remind us that honey is not a commodity, but something infused with divine qualities. Hema has a lifetime of immersion in Indian philosophy and music. She played a key role in organizing many Vedic rituals and yajnas.She studied the songs of the poet-saints of India in the Gurukula style with traditional musicians and devotional singers, recited Sanskrit hymns daily, consulted and studied one on one with traditional pundits and with scholars from around the world, in addition to active, high profile seva in executive management in India and the US.

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[william r sanford72]

Each hive may have medical specialist that prescribe antibiotic-laced honey to sick workers.:cool:..no health insurance needed...:rolleyes:
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141025-honeybees-play-doctors-and-nurses
Presented by
Richard Gray
They are among the most industrious creatures on the planet, but honeybees still struggle when they’re ill. Once a disease takes hold inside a hive, the bees can become sluggish and disorientated, and many may die.

Now it seems honeybees may have a way of helping to keep their workforce healthy - by employing bees that feed "medicinal honey" to other members of the hive.

A group of worker bees called "nurse bees", if they are infected with a parasite, selectively eat honey that has a high antibiotic activity, according to Silvio Erler of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Halle, Germany and his colleagues.

These bees are also responsible for feeding honey to the larvae and distributing it to other members of the colony. So it's possible they are the hive's doctors, prescribing different types of honey to other bees depending on their infection. If that is true, it could be a big part of how bees fight disease.
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[william r sanford72]

good news...for the bees and almond growers.
http://agalert.com/story/?id=7240
In preparation for pollination that attracts an estimated 1.6 million honeybee colonies to California almond orchards each year, the Almond Board of California has unveiled a set of bee "best management practices" as a guide intended to improve honeybee health.


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[william r sanford72]

Monsanto still making mucho money..despite the truth..:mmph:

People Really Hate Monsanto, Its Latest Move Shows It Couldn't Care Less
Biotech giant Monsanto (NYSE: MON ) has a serious public relations image problem, one that's increasing over time. And because it intends to keep selling seed that offers no benefit to crop yields -- but has been treated with chemicals linked to the destruction of the honeybee population -- its reputation will be further sullied.
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/10/25/people-really-hate-monsanto-its-latest-move-shows.aspx

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[william r sanford72]

Its not just the hawks that don't like Drones...:nod:
http://www.kjrh.com/entertainment/television/rightthisminute/rightthisminute-video-bees-swarm-drone-flying-above-miami-beach-florida-neighborhood

and some related vids for you viewing enjoyment..
Published on Aug 3, 2014
Just out for a friendly flight when I was ambushed by a decent size swarm of Bees in Orlando, FL. They first appear at approximately 3:40. At first I did not know what they were, but once I realized I was a bit cautious. Once I got on the ground and investigated the situation I actually recovered one of the bees and start researching. After a thorough examination I discovered that my drone was just attacked by a large group of Africanized honey bees also know as the "Killer Bee", which are very dangerous. Note to my fellow FPV pilots, bees do not like drones or other flying RC aircraft. As far as I know the hive is still out there as I have not been back since.

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Quadcopter / Drone attacked by a swarm of Bee's
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[william r sanford72]

"Relationship Between Honey Bee Health and Pollination in Agro-ecosystems"
Panelist: Dr. Juliana Rangel

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[william r sanford72]

The Perils and Secret Language of Bees...:cool:...interesting info and lecture.
Biting into a vine-ripe tomato is a familiar summer delight brought to you courtesy of bees who are crucial pollinators in natural and agricultural ecosystems. However, underlying the idyllic image of these nectar gatherers is a sometimes fiercely competitive world of sudden death and gang violence among scented blossoms. James Nieh explores this other side of bee life and the ingenious adaptations, including language, that bees have evolved in response to the perils of pollination.
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[william r sanford72]

Using microscopic bugs to save the bees
Date:
October 27, 2014
Source:
Brigham Young University
Summary:
For decades, honeybees have been battling a deadly disease that kills off their babies -- larvae -- and leads to hive collapse. It's called American Foulbrood and its effects are so devastating and infectious, it often requires infected hives to be burned to the ground. Now researchers have produced a natural way to eliminate the scourge, and it's working: Using tiny killer bugs known as phages to protect baby bees from infection.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141027144902.htm

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[william r sanford72]

Bumblebees create a buzz....New Zealand.
They clumsily bang against our windows and make themselves a springtime nuisance - but the humble bumblebee could prove more valuable to New Zealand's economy than we ever imagined, researchers say.

The furry foragers are increasingly being eyed as pollinators in orchards, with the potential to make a significant contribution alongside honeybees.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11349063

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[william r sanford72]

Published on Oct 28, 2014
Build a zombie trap...for bees....:eek:
http://www.sciencefriday.com
Up and down the West coast of the U.S., bees are leaving their hives, flying around at night and then suddenly dropping dead. Learn all about this parasitic horror that quietly zombifies these insects and how you can become a real-life zombee hunter.

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[william r sanford72]

Just a little help.....??.$$$.
usda-will-spend-4-million-to-help-honey-bees-associated-press:rolleyes:
Midwestern farmers and ranchers are getting $4 million in federal help to improve the health of honey bees, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday.
http://www.agweb.com/article/usda-will-spend-4-million-to-help-honey-bees-associated-press/

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[donk]

At the recommendation of several wonderful souls, I have been looking in to Dr. Dispenza…I thought it was synchronistic how he uses Monet as example on perception, this was a good video.

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NOTE: This is not bee-related

[william r sanford72]

....searching for other ways/means to take the pinch off the honeybee....tho stopn the chemical baths would bee a good start.
http://www.agweb.com/article/usda-will-spend-4-million-to-help-honey-bees-associated-press/
Mason bees are a better alternative to honey bees for pollinating tree fruit and crops, a group of bee producers who are holding seminars in Wenatchee, Hood River and Stockton say.

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[william r sanford72]

From South Africa....
Ikea-style bee-hive walks away with R1 million prize at innovation awards
http://www.htxt.co.za/2014/10/31/ikea-style-bee-hive-walks-away-with-r1-million-prize-at-innovation-awards/
Busy bee, busy bee, what have you got in your hive for… what’s that bee? You don’t have a hive? Well, here’s something that might well help with that. It’s an Ikea-style house for all your honey needs.
It’s called Bee-Pak, and described the ‘world’s first flat pack composite beehive system’. What’s more, it’s just won the grand prize of R1 million at the fourth Annual Social Innovation Awards held recently to recognise innovative social entrepreneurship in South Africa.
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[william r sanford72]

UK - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Liz Truss MP is to outline the Government’s National Pollinator Strategy for bees and other pollinators in England. - See more at: http://www.thecropsite.com/news/17001/uk-government-to-reveal-pollinators-strategy#sthash.qjblaVAk.dpuf
http://www.thecropsite.com/news/17001/uk-government-to-reveal-pollinators-strategy

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[william r sanford72]

Lab launched in Kenya to promote bee health
NAIROBI - An ultra-modern laboratory to promote bee health in Africa was launched in Nairobi on Monday by the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE). - See more at: http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=19819#sthash.Iy9OCgL4.dpuf

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[william r sanford72]

Honeybee Diets Help Them Resist Deadly Pesticides.......
"Our study demonstrates that exposure to non-lethal doses of at least two of these pesticides causes large changes in the expression of genes involved in detoxification, immunity and nutrition-sensing," researcher Christina Grozinger said in a statement. "This is consistent with results from previous studies that have found that pesticide exposure compromises bees' immune systems."

Read more: http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/10032/20141103/honeybee-diets-help-them-resist-deadly-pesticides.htm#ixzz3ID5dxPbr

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http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/10032/20141103/honeybee-diets-help-them-resist-deadly-pesticides.htm

[william r sanford72]

This Election from a Food and Agricultural Perspective......
A few pockets got lined by taxpayers for a short while, but, by adding so many acres to monoculture crop growing, we ended up with today’s low commodity prices for Midwestern farmers which are below production costs. Today’s producer questions how to eek out a living next year. John Deere, ADM, and Monsanto did fine, however. Their sales have thrived over the past six years. The monarchs, the song birds, the honeybees, the soil, the Gulf Dead Zone, rural populations, rural main streets, rural vitality? Not so thriving. There is always a price to be paid.
http://www.bigpictureagriculture.com/

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[william r sanford72]

Why did 37 million bees fall out of the sky? Mystery of mass insect death puzzles experts.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/37-million-bees-fall-out-4586303

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[william r sanford72]

Why do we so often find in spiritual - in scriptures, in lectures in the words of the Vaishnavas - the comparisons with bees and lotus flowers?

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[william r sanford72]

Overachievers: What Honey Bees Teach Us about Genes, Brain, and Social Behavior
Gene E. Robinson
Professor of Entomology and Institute for Genomic Biology: Director of Neuroscience Program
Honey bees have a brain the size of a grass seed, yet live together in societies that rival our own in complexity and internal cohesion. How do they do it? By drawing on the latest studies from behavioral biology, neuroscience, molecular biology and genomics, this lecture will explore the secrets of their success.

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[william r sanford72]

...Mason Bees Micro Documentary....:cool:
Dave Hunter gets us started in this video about Mason Bees. Famous for using little bits of mud in tubes to store their eggs, Dave tells us about how Mason Bees compare to Honey Bees. He covers both the male and female bee habits, complete with mating.
Dave shows us the cocoon for leaf cutter bees too.
Dave talks about a variety of different sorts of tubes for the Mason Bees to lay their eggs in. Soemtimes reeds, sometimes straw size cardboard tubes. Dave has some experiments going with corrugated cardboard.
Mason Bees eat pollen and nectar. And they are pretty picky about what sort of flower is their food source. So they come out just in time for the blooming of their favorite foods, mate, lay eggs and die in a short span of time.
Jen Davis, in Portland, Oregon shares with us how she manages her Mason Bees. She wants to help the Mason Bees reproduce quickly. So she puts out lots of straws for the bees and checks for possible problems. She keeps the cocoons in her refrigerator until the time is right to bring them out.
Dave helps us understand the difference between Honey Bees and Mason Bees. My philosophy is that Honey Bees will efficiently process each flower. While Mason Bees will haphazardly pop from flower to flower without completely "processing" any one flower. The upside of this is that one mason bee will pollinate 100 time more flowers than a honey bee.

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[william r sanford72]

Time for a musical intermission...:thumb:..Electric Worm...:cool:

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[william r sanford72]

Testing Begin....:rolleyes:
Biomimicry Run Amok: New Micro Air Vehicles Can Swarm Like Bees

We’ve been hearing a lot about robot swarms, biomimicry, and drones the size of insects, so it was only a matter of time before swarms of tiny flying robot drones hit the skies. Called micro air vehicles or micro aerial vehicles (MAVs), the latest development is an upcoming test of bee-inspired mechanical critters by the US Army at Fort Benning, Georgia.
http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/09/biomimicry-run-amok-with-micro-air-vehicles/

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[william r sanford72]

...not sure where this is going tho it is interesting....also maybe gettn the makers of the pesticides,herbicides and fungacides in on there study would increase there data..

Pilot program to address honeybee vs. pesticides
PENDLETON — Honeybees and pesticides are mortal enemies. They are also among a farmer’s very best friends. Wouldn’t it be something if we could help them get along?
http://thetandd.com/business/pilot-program-to-address-honeybee-vs-pesticides/article_e3a4c1be-688a-11e4-9757-8b54488d3690.html

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[donk]

http://organichealth.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/bees_pesticide.jpg

YUCK! (http://organichealth.co/37-million-bees-found-dead-in-ontario-canada-after-planting-large-gmo-corn-field/)

37 Million Bees Found Dead In Ontario, Canada After Planting Large GMO Corn Field

[william r sanford72]

as of October 21st.2014.usa.
www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/fvmhoney.pdf

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[donk]

Hey hey my friend…I had the urge to listen to this one, so why not put it here and say hello to the tribe…

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Which reminded me—I never saw Practical Magic, but my ex claims it was filmed in her town (Friday Harbor, WA), that the town were the extras for the last scene, and she was dressed as the Bee Girl:

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PS...my work blocks everything from your post...drop a little text of what it bee about?

[MorningSong]

Just FYI, MotherEarth News has a new site dedicated to bees!

http://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/

[william r sanford72]

Keeping Bees awake to watch em dance with a machine called insominator?..for a study about the effects of trucking and hauling honey bees.
Sleep-Deprived Bees Do Weirder Waggle Dances
Sleep deprivation makes people talk nonsense—which led animal behaviorist Barrett Klein to wonder if worn-out honeybees might also have trouble communicating with the waggle dances they use to share directions to food and hives. To test his idea, he had to figure out a way to keep bees in the Cranberry Lake Biological Station awake. The solution was a sleepy bee’s worst waking nightmare: the insominator.
http://www.wired.com/2014/11/berrett-klein-honeybees/

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[william r sanford72]

Just FYI, MotherEarth News has a new site dedicated to bees!

http://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/

Thank You for the link MorningSong..:peace:

William.

[william r sanford72]

Micro-Science: The Honey Bee [Interactive] - SEM - Earth Unplugged.....:cool:

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[william r sanford72]

Farming for Beneficial Insects Pollinators, Predators and Parasitoids
Learn how to support beneficial insects (pollinators and natural enemies of crop pests) on farms. Pollinators and other beneficial insects help ensure healthy crop harvests. Participate in this webinar to learn how to support pollinators and natural enemies of crop pests (predators and parasitoids) by providing diverse habitat and protection from pesticides. This webinar highlights research showing how diverse habitat adjacent to cropland supports improved pollination and reduces pest pressure.

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[william r sanford72]

Sound yet painful advice....

Michael Palmer - Importance of Getting Stung
Michael Palmer explains why bee keepers and their family members need to get stung by a bee approximately once a month and how this helps reduce the chances of having an Anaphylaxis reaction to a bee sting
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[21g]

Hi Will,

You cant fault Michael Palmers logic,
but i can certainly question his optimism !

Have you had any luck with `the chat` ?

[william r sanford72]

Hi Will,

You cant fault Michael Palmers logic,
but i can certainly question his optimism !

Have you had any luck with `the chat` ?

Its the Blood...Farmer/River...infused optimism...otherwise..............that's why palmers stuff resonates I suppose..my OP anyways.
otherwise diggn into the bees plight...and other such related topics everday would just about burn mee out pretty damn quick.that and I have hella back UP and love..support.
Avalon.. the tribe.and some angels
truth and balance always..
William

[william r sanford72]

A guided tour of a honey bee observation hive

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[william r sanford72]

and Determination.......21g.

Bees In The House/ The Observation Hive
A observation hive is a bee hive with a glass window or sides for viewing honey bees without disturbing them. Honey bees are very social insects and communicate with pheromones and by dancing. That's right, they do what is called the waggle dance which is how a single bee tells the colony where the food source is.

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[william r sanford72]

Barrel of Monkeys.:o..nah..barrel of Bees.....:cool:

A day in the life of a Barrel of Bees observation honeybee hive

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[Caren]

Loved the guided tour of the Honey Bee Observation Hive - excellent and fascinating! Thanks William, this is a wonderful thread.

[21g]

Sorry Will, i meant the `persuading your folks to get stung once a month` chat.

I have been lurking a long time on this thread. I love it.

Just today, was painting the new abode, half a mile from the old place ( no bee kit at new place , yet ) and
a honeybee from the hive their, comes flying in for a good look about. 10c, no forage about. Gobsmacked !
They infuse optimism and wonder like nothing else.

[william r sanford72]

Sorry Will, i meant the `persuading your folks to get stung once a month` chat.

I have been lurking a long time on this thread. I love it.

Just today, was painting the new abode, half a mile from the old place ( no bee kit at new place , yet ) and
a honeybee from the hive their, comes flying in for a good look about. 10c, no forage about. Gobsmacked !
They infuse optimism and wonder like nothing else.

yah..that chat would bee rejected.outright.:nono:.veto vote..impeachment..:eyebrows:..tho when I had 30 hives surrounding the house if or when became where this time??
when the children were much younger it was very common tho less as they and the bees became accustomed to one another..its always or was the dogs that got it the worst..curious as cats.
Now that I have only a few scatterd wild boxes it isn't an issue..
and thank you...:o
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[william r sanford72]

Loved the guided tour of the Honey Bee Observation Hive - excellent and fascinating! Thanks William, this is a wonderful thread.

Thank You and much blessings Caren.
does my heart good.
truth..
always.
William and tribe.

[william r sanford72]

Strange and wonderful short story...the pogles and Honey bees.:cool:
POGLES WOOD Honey Bees 21 April 1966

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[william r sanford72]

The Giant Bee of India / Giant or Rocky Honeybee Apis dorsata F.
Very hardworking.
It is the largest of the Apis species.
Single adults can measure up to 3.0 cm (1.2 in) in length.
They start early in the morning, finishing later than any other Indian honey bee.
One nest can contain as much as 60 kg (130 lb) of honey.
They build very large nests under overhangs on the south-western faces of vertical cliffs.
Are usually very Aggressive.
Have very painful stings.
Stalk their prey from a distance.
Many colonies can join in in the attack
Reluctant to leave the victim, even if He or She, jumps into the water.
Migrate from one place to another with a characteristic loud hum.
Attempts to keep the giant bees in hives have not been successful.

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[Krist]

The Giant Bee of India / Giant or Rocky Honeybee Apis dorsata F.
Very hardworking.
It is the largest of the Apis species.
Single adults can measure up to 3.0 cm (1.2 in) in length.
They start early in the morning, finishing later than any other Indian honey bee.
One nest can contain as much as 60 kg (130 lb) of honey.
They build very large nests under overhangs on the south-western faces of vertical cliffs.
Are usually very Aggressive.
Have very painful stings.
Stalk their prey from a distance.
Many colonies can join in in the attack
Reluctant to leave the victim, even if He or She, jumps into the water.
Migrate from one place to another with a characteristic loud hum.
Attempts to keep the giant bees in hives have not been successful.

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That guy knows what he is doing for sure.....Brave....wonderful....thank you Will

[Caren]

Regarding 'The Giant Bees of India' Wow, I think that elder gentleman is a 'Bee Whisperer', amazing his confidence and knowledge.
I was surprised to learn Eagles are their enemies. I enjoyed this, thank you William.

[william r sanford72]

Hmmmm.....:tsk:

ABOUT THE HONEY BEE HEALTH COALITION

The Honey Bee Health Coalition brings together beekeepers, growers, researchers, government agencies, agribusinesses, conservation groups, manufacturers and brands, and other key partners to improve the health of honey bees and other pollinators.

Its mission is to collaboratively implement solutions to help achieve a healthy population of honey bees while supporting healthy populations of native and managed pollinators for productive agricultural systems and thriving ecosystems. The coalition is focused on improving four key areas: forage and nutrition, hive management, crop pest management, and communications, outreach and education.

Members include Agricultural Retailers Association, Almond Board of California, American Beekeeping Federation, American Honey Producers Association, American Seed Trade Association, Bayer CropScience, Browning Honey Company, Canadian Honey Council, Canola Council of Canada, CropLife America, CropLife Canada, Ducks Unlimited, DuPont, Eastern Missouri Beekeepers Association, Land O’Lakes, Inc., Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association, Monsanto Company, Oregon State Beekeepers Association, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, National Corn Growers Association, Pheasants Forever, Pollinator Stewardship Council, Project Apis m., Saint Louis Zoo’s WildCare Institute Center for Native Pollinator Conservation, Syngenta, Unilever, United Soybean Board, University of Maryland’s Department of Entomology, U.S. Canola Association and Western Apicultural Society.

The coalition is facilitated by The Keystone Center, an independent, nonprofit headquartered in Summit County that specializes in collaborative decision-making processes for agriculture, environment, education, energy and health policy issues.


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Bee Brains Offer Insights Into How Human Memories Form
University of Queensland scientists have discovered that genes switch off as memories are being formed, allowing for new connections between nerve cells.
http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2014/11/bee-brains-offer-insights-how-human-memories-form

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[william r sanford72]

Using the Honey Bee Waggle Dance to Understand Seasonal Foraging Challenges.

This video describes the research project "Waggle dance distances as integrative indicators of seasonal foraging challenges" carried out by Margaret Couvillon, Roger Schürch and Francis Ratnieks at the Laboratory of Apiculture & Social Insects (LASI) in the School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, UK and published in the scientific journal PLoS One in April 2014. The project decoded 5000 waggle dances made by honey bees kept in glass-walled observation hives at LASI over a 2-year period. Honey bees foraging for pollen and nectar on highly rewarding patches of flowers make waggle dances on returning to the hive. The waggle run part of the dance communicates the direction and distance of the flower patch from the hive to nestmate bees. By precisely measuring the waggle runs and then decoding them, researchers can study honey bee foraging. The results showed that foraging distance was greatest in the summer, averaging 2-3km, much greater than in spring or autumn. This indicates that summer is a challenging season to find flowers, and indicates that efforts to help bees by providing more flowers would be most effective if they target the summer. The waggle dance is a unique communication behaviour of honey bees. No other animals tell researchers where they have been gathering food. By "listening" to the bees' own communication signals this project is trying to help the bees

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[william r sanford72]

Bloomers for winter.....:cool:
Plants are going to sleep; most have had a busy year and are looking forward to a winter of rest and recuperation. They’ve earned it. But a few are only just getting started – there are some plants that start to flower as winter draws near and which continue to bloom throughout the coldest, darkest months.

Viburnum x bodnantense “Dawn” is one of them, and it’s a star worth cultivating, although once upon a time it was considered anything but. That was way back in 1933 when Charles Lamont, assistant curator at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, crossed Viburnum farreri (formerly V fragrans) and V grandiflorum. He had hoped to produce something better than the parents but what he saw left him disappointed, so he threw them on the compost heap.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/yorkshire-living/leisure-fashion/gardening/bloomers-for-winter-1-6958928

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Habitat for Pollinators and Beneficial Insects
Published on Aug 22, 2012
Presented by Mace Vaughan, Pollinator Program Director, Xerces Society & Joint Pollinator Conservation Specialist, USDA NRCS WNTSC; and Eric Mader, Assistant Pollinator Program Director, Xerces Society & Extension Professor of Entomology, University of Minnesota
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[william r sanford72]

Honey: Magical, Immortal Superfood
Honey is awesome, and we're not talkin' just the taste. It can do things no other food can do!
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[william r sanford72]

interesting perspective...
'The Ontological Extravagance of Honeybees' | Joe Morrison [on mathematical Platonism]

Dr. Joe Morrison delivers an introduction to Alan Baker's Enhanced Indispensability Argument, which says that honeybee hive-building activities, once properly understood and explained, should commit us to the existence of abstract mathematical objects (i.e. non-spatio-temporal objects, like numbers). After exploring and evaluating the argument, he wonders whether it can or should be nominalised in order to avoid mathematical Platonism.

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[21g]

Honeybee Democracy.

Professor Tom Seeley, from Cornell University, explains how honeybees
reach a consensus when choosing a new home. Its all about location and communication.


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[william r sanford72]

for thos going into winter...or coming outta winter with hives...Nosema in layman terms=Honey Bee Diarrhea...:(
Episode 2: Nosema Disease
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Nosema Symptoms in Honey Bee Colonies

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[william r sanford72]

time for a musical intermission..blessings to all....

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and one more for...good measure.;)
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[william r sanford72]

Top Bar Beekeeping - Les Crowder - Full Interview | HoneyLove—Urban Beekeepers
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[william r sanford72]

just watched this on Netflix.interesting and worth the time.:cool:

Burt's Buzz Official Trailer (2014) - Burt Shavitz Documentary HD
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[william r sanford72]

Ireland's bee population 'could shrink' if pylons go up..???
Ireland’s bee population could nosedive if plans to plant giant electricity pylons go ahead, it has been warned.
Eirgrid plans to build the 60m high structures through a picturesque valley in Cahir, South Tipperary, where the insects meet to mate.
But beekeepers have claimed the electromagnetic fields from the pylons could stop males from finding the queen bees in the area.
http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/irelands-bee-population-could-shrink-4714465

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[william r sanford72]

Published on Nov 26, 2014

In June, President Obama announced the formation of a Task Force to "promote the health of honey bees and other pollinators." The Pollinator Health Task Force, co-­‐chaired by USDA and EPA, has been tasked with addressing the challenges contributing to declining pollinator populations. In particular, it calls on EPA to assess the impacts of bee-­‐harming neonicotinoid pesticides within 180 days.
At the end of October, the Task Force announced that it would miss its self-­‐imposed deadline of December 20 to release its action plan for ensuring pollinator health. At the same time, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two upcoming listening sessions to hear feedback that will inform its pollinator health strategy. Please join these listening sessions in person or via webinar to provide input to USDA and EPA.

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[william r sanford72]

Have sat through a couple lectures on honey bees and beekeeping given by Larry Connor...
Published on Oct 24, 2014
An important aspect of beekeeping is knowing and keeping track of what is going on in your hive. An equally important next step is sharing those data to put your information in context with the broader community. This is what being a Citizen Scientist is all about and more of this is happening in beekeeping. Hear how you can be part of this effort. Larry Connor will walk us through it all.

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[william r sanford72]

Honeybees are an exotic species to the united states.....:rolleyes:
PUBLIC LANDS:
Policy fight looms as agencies treat honeybee -- a 17th-century import -- as exotic invader
A bitter feud between beekeepers and federal land managers is coming to a head as the Obama administration prepares plans for stemming a steep decline in pollinators.
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060009767

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[william r sanford72]

:cool:
UCC students awarded for bumble bee technology
A project by a group of University College Cork (UCC) students has won a global competition for using smart technology to help the plight of the humble honey bee.
The students created an energy-neutral smart beehive for the IEEE /IBM Smarter Planet Challenge 2014. The competition organisers had asked students worldwide to come up with an innovative solution to a grand challenge facing their community.
The UCC pilot project uses big data, mobile technology, wireless sensor networks and cloud computing to look at the impact of carbon dioxide, oxygen, temperature, humidity, chemical pollutants and airborne dust levels on the honey bees, using solar panels for an energy neutral operation.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/ucc-students-awarded-for-bumble-bee-technology-1.2021252

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[william r sanford72]

just uploaded the first part of the listening sessions...and my bandwidth is blown.:mmph:.so..bear with me..part 2 is posted above..
Published on Dec 2, 2014
This is the first part of two listening sessions. EPA Listening Session on Pollinator Strategy, recorded on November 12, 2014.
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[william r sanford72]

for those who can attend....:peep:
Monsanto reps to talk about GMO crops, other ag issues...
Honeybee health, the vegetable seed business and safety and testing procedures for biotechnology are among the topics to be covered during presentations from Monsanto Co. on Dec. 12 at Southeast Missouri State University.
The university's Horticulture Club invited representatives of the company to discuss "The Future of the American Food Chain: Healthy Plants = Healthy Planet." Three 50-minute sessions are planned, scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon in Academic Hall Auditorium, with question-and-answer sessions to follow.
http://www.semissourian.com/story/2144027.html

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[william r sanford72]

a better bug box..digital style...???
:cool:
$1 million prize for digital innovation to capture info from traditional 'bug boxes'
December 5, 2014
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) have launched the Beyond the Box National Digitization Innovation Competition. Through this competition, $1 million will be awarded to the individual or team that develops a novel way to accurately and efficiently capture digital images of insect specimens and their associated data from a standard museum drawer.
"The Beyond the Box Digitization Competition is designed to inspire the ingenuity of the American public and to engage scientists, engineers and everyday inventors in an effort to solve a problem that has been slowing the rate of scientific discovery," said James L. Olds, assistant director for the Directorate for Biological Sciences at NSF.

From the beauty of butterflies to the agricultural significance of honeybees to the public health implications of mosquitoes, insects significantly influence people's quality of life in varied ways every day.

"Insects are an amazingly diverse group of organisms that represent an overwhelming amount of living biological diversity on Earth," said AIBS President Joseph Travis. "Most are not pests, but instead play important roles in our ecosystems. They pollinate our fruit trees, help break down waste, and are sources of food for other animals. Unfortunately, we have yet to fully identify, describe, or understand the biology of insects."
There are believed to be more than 1.5 million identified species of insects on Earth. This is hypothesized to be three times the number of all other animal species combined. Amazingly, it is estimated that there are 10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) insects alive in the world. That's more than one billion times the number of people.
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=133377

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[william r sanford72]

Dr. Greg Hunt of Purdue University, Dept. of Entomology visits Southeastern Indiana Beekeepers Association to lead a discussion on the affects of pesticides on bees. He is also studying mite-biting bees. These bees have some of the VSH (Varroa Sensitive Hygiene) trait, but also have bitten the legs off many of the mites. See these mites under a microscope for yourself. I have set up markers below to allow you to jump to various areas of the video.
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Highlights of the "Clothianidin pesticide and planting dust"
- What's the fastest route from the pesticide to the bee?
- 4ppb Clothianidin in the bees, highly contaminated (toxic to bees)
- Clothianidin is water soluble. When it rains, problem goes away for a while
- 99% of the corn is treated. 70-80% of soybeans are treated
- Growers don't have many choices in buying untreated seed
- Sub-lethal affects still in investigation
- Air-powered planters are a problem in that they blow the talc all over
- Morale of the story... if you are around agricultural, this is a very real problem for you
- Talk to the farmer to get a heads up and you can try to keep your bees inside
- You can put sprinklers out top make the bees think it's raining
- 12:35 during pollen season bees cycle pollen rapidly
- 12:56 Pollen feeding experiment
- 13:36 Neonicotinoids, good for us, bad for the bees

Highlights of "Mites, and bees that bite them!" 16:57
- Two traits in bees that are important to mite resistance (Grooming behavior, and VSH "Varroa Sensitive Hygiene)
- 18:13 The proportion of chewed mites is a reliable measure of grooming behavior
- 19:46 Look at these chewed mites under a microscope!
- Not sure yet how repeatable this is based on current data
- 26:39 Can you do this yourself in your own apiary?
- 26:58 The front legs on a mite are called pedipalps.
- Generally, Italians make a lot of brood... so they have a lot of mites :(
- 30:40 If mites are out of hand, Dr. Hunt's group treats with Api-Gard (syntehtic Thymol) and they re-queen.
- 33:52 Look for the VSH (Varroa Sensitive Hygiene) trait in your bees! (low mite reproduction)
- 37:12 Before mites, typical failure rate of hives was around 10%, now we're losing about 30%
- 37:50 How to use Oxalic acid, a naturally occuring acid in plants, effective for mite control when bees are broodless.
- 43:34 Deformed wing virus and the interaction with bees
- 45:20 Using drone frames to deal with mites
- 47:26 Last look at various mites under a microscope

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[william r sanford72]

Hygienic behavior - what it is, when does it appear and how can we stimulate it in our hives
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Clever bee-brain lets the insects see the big picture.....
Having a bee-brain isn't such a bad thing, as it turns out. Australian and French scientists have found that the insect is the only species other than humans capable of seeing the big picture as well as the detail in their environment.
Essentially the findings show the humble honey bee can see both the forest and the trees, a skill which not even primates can boast.
Published in the journalProceedings of the Royal Society B, the results have implications for artificial intelligence.
"This is a complete change in our thinking of how brains process visual information," said associate professor Adrian Dyer from RMIT University, a co-author of the paper.
With under 1 million neurons, a bee's brain has less neurons than a human retina. But Professor Dyer said this made it the perfect model for studying information processing at its most basic level.
http://www.dungogchronicle.com.au/story/2750287/clever-bee-brain-lets-the-insects-see-the-big-picture/?cs=33#slide=1

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Honeybee Wisdom in Multi-Cam HD: Shonagh Home talks to the Klamath Tribes in Chiloquin, OR
Narrative uploaded by the Videographer, Max Guiley: "My wife, Jackie Guiley (who introduced Shonagh at the beginning of her presentation from the podium), and I were HONORED to host the highly-gifted Shonagh Home as our guest here in our humble Chiloquin home for three days. She actually donated her own time and travel here to Chiloquin, Oregon, all the way from the Seattle area, and graciously refused to accept any expense-reimbursement offered by the local Klamath Tribes to present: HONEY BEE WISDOM, a presentation by Shonagh Home -- beekeeper, shamanic practicitioner and teacher -- author of IX CHELL WISDOM; and LOVE AND SPIRIT MEDICINE; and she is currently finishing a third book, which will be (and is) on the subject of the sacred bees, entitled: HONEY BEE WISDOM - A Modern Melissa Speaks, wherein she says, "Melissa is the Greek word for honey bee, and the priestesses in the temples of Greece long ago were called 'Melissas,' and there is wonderful, rich history to the honey bee in terms of its influence on the ancient people who greatly revered the bees -- and many of us greatly revere them today." In this impeccably-researched and smoothly-delivered oral power-point presentation HONEY BEE WISDOM, with gorgeous pictures, Ms. Home covers bee anatomy; "bee"havior; beekeeping practices; hive types; deleterious effects of pesticides; safe and healthy garden-growing practices as researched and taught as Biodynamic Farming by Rudolph Steiner and others. The EXCELLENT question-and-answer exchanges provided quite valuable information and mutual understanding of such concepts as Permaculture; the Xerces Society Pollinator Conservation -- http://www.xerces.org/pollinator-cons... -- and also how to regain our authority over irresponsible corporations and how to "vote" with our wallets and money by supporting local farmers and like-minded people who are trying to grow healthy organic food; and to NOT buy dangerous pesticide-laden plants from "Big Box" stores such as Lowe's and Wal-Mart. Shonagh also mentioned the Josephine Porter Institute of Applied Biodynamics -- https://www.jpibiodynamics.org/ -- where one can order biodynamic preparations already made. Shonagh was very CLEAR that she does NOT believe in labeling of GMOs -- she has a ZERO TOLERANCE FOR GMOs. Period, the end! There are countries all over the world that have BANNED THEM; we should, too. Labeling only encourages further encroachment of GMO production into our precious natural environment. At the end, Perri McDaniels, head of Klamath Tribal Food Security, gifts Shonagh with a pair of beaded ear rings."

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[william r sanford72]

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Honey bees: Castes, History, Steiner, Hive Medicine and Biodynamic Healing
Published on Dec 7, 2014
I gave this talk at Keep It Simple Farm in Redmond, WA in August, 2014. I discuss the inner workings of the hive, Steiner's insights, hive medicine and biodynamic gardening.

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[william r sanford72]

have never tried it...would bee interesting to try different types of music..from zeppelin to willie nelson...:cool:
Music Treatment Test - Bee Vlog #150 - Sep 13, 2014

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[william r sanford72]

tripping honeybees....???
wonder if they have there own sacred plants?;)
Natural Toxins in Nectar and Pollen May Poison Bees
It turns out that natural toxins in nectar and pollen can poison insects, which could have some implications for bees. Scientists have discovered that these toxins can affect insect memory, behavior, and reproductive success.
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/20009/20141212/natural-toxins-nectar-pollen-poison-bees.htm

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[william r sanford72]

just find these studys interesting...:o.
Toxic Nectar Impacts Bee Behavior
Insect pollinators like bees love feasting on the sweet nectar and pollen of flowering plants, but while tasty, they also contain natural toxins that can negatively affect bee behavior, according to a new study.

Read more: http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/11155/20141213/toxic-nectar-impacts-bee-behavior.htm#ixzz3LnxwvBTI

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[william r sanford72]

Published on Dec 9, 2014
A lecture given by Gudran Koeniger at the National Honey Show 2014 entitled "A Natural Balance - Defence of Asian Honey Bees Against Predators and Parasites".

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Published on Dec 14, 2014
A lecture given by Ann W. Harman at the 2014 National Honey Show entitled "Bees like sugar too!".

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[william r sanford72]

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Published on Dec 15, 2014
A lecture given by Jamie Ellis at the 2014 National Honey Show entitled "Biology of the Honey Bee".


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[william r sanford72]

worth the time to listen in my op.for beekepers and protectors alike..:nod:
Published on Dec 15, 2014
A lecture given by James Ellis at the 2014 National Honey Show entitled "How Honey Bees Helped me Answer 4 of Life's Most Important Questions".


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[william r sanford72]

recall this has been posted elsewhere on the forum and felt it an interesting added perspective n a multi leveled illness.as I feel there are multi reasons for the bee decline ..my op.
Resonance ~ Beings of Frequency (as the bees go, so goes humanity... )

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[Aspen]

I am a new member of Avalon, and a beekeeper, so I am delighted to be introduced to this thread! Bees are like the canary in the coal mine, they are very sensitive to toxins. Many have disappeared because of pesticides in the US being approved that are known to kill bees in the tests done before approval by a government office (EPA?? FDA, not sure which). They were approved anyways. I think it has to do with the depopulation agenda of the cabal. In Germany bee colonies were dying in massive numbers because of the introduction of GMO corn for animal consumption. The pollen in the GMO corn is commonly sprayed with a type of pesticide that research shows kills bees, including wild bees and other insects such a butterflies. When the bees collected the pollen, as they always do, the bees died. The Germans love their honey so the use of these pesticides is banned for three years. These pesticides are neurotoxins. I wonder if they have an effect on humans as well?

It is possible that the chemtrails are also poisoning the bees. It is similar to the frogs, they also disappear when there are lots of chemical toxins in the environment. So by saving the bees we are also protecting our own health.

I will try the meditation and let you know how it goes. I would love to be able to remotely help other parts of the world and appreciate the opportunity to learn how to do this!!!

By the way it is possible to encourage the flourishing of wild bees by giving them homes. http://www.foxleas.com/bee_house.htm

Correction: it is the EPA that approved the use of pesticides commonly used on GMO crops. Apparently the insecticide is not part of the DNA of the GMO crops as I had thought. ( I was getting confused about the GMO plants that contain Round up in them, which is a herbidide). The historical pattern of colony collapse disorder in the US is very strongly connected to the use and approval of these pesticides. Its in the pollen which causes bees to die both right away and afterwards as well as the ingestion of these chemicals even in small amounts makes the bees less resistant to a virus commonly found in them. http://www.globalresearch.ca/neonicotinoid-pesticides-ongoing-death-of-the-beas-epa-slapped-with-lawsuit/5334816 http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/genetic-engineering/Bees-in-Crisis/
Apparently some of the top chemical producers have been paying millions in PR (including fake documents on the internet) to cover up the fact that it is their chemicals that are directly responsible for colony collapse disorder. It is NOT as mysterious a disease as previously thought!

The following quote is from this article http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/gmo-corn-treated-with-neonicotinoids-pesticides-manufactured-by-Bayer-Syngenta-kill-honeybees.php

"While countries in EU put a three year ban on Neonicotinoid class of pesticides including thiamethoxam, imidacloprid and clothianidin, the US Department of Agriculture fails to ban these classes of pesticides that are killing millions of bees. Keep in mind that the US secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack is the former pro-biotechnology governor of Iowa who was awarded as governor of the year by biotech companies. Giant biotech Bayer and Syngenta who manufacture neonicotinoids are spending millions of dollars lobbying to prevent the ban on neonicotinoids and they have sued the European Commission for banning these insecticides. These corporations have also posted thousands of fake documents all over the internet misleading everyone that neonicotinoids are perfectly safe and other problems including lack of biodiversity and increase in pathogens are the main causes behind bees’ decline. Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, DuPont and Dow are lying. GM crops treated with neonicotinoids are related to colony collapse of bees and 94% of US corn is treated with either imidacloprid or clothianidin pesticides." - See more at: http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/gmo-corn-treated-with-neonicotinoids-pesticides-manufactured-by-Bayer-Syngenta-kill-honeybees.php#sthash.6evv6b7r.dpuf

[Aspen]

Apparently GMO crops that are resistant to Round Up affect the gut bacteria of bees and of humans. Researchers are concerned that babies and fetuses may be particularly at risk by humans eating crops that have been sprayed with Round Up and then eaten by us. They are also concerned about the effects of DNA found in these GMO plants (it seems it is mostly canola, corn and soybeans) being transferred into the bacteria that grows in the human gut. I wonder if it is really an oversight that these crops were approved for use in human consumption? I wonder if its not part of the plan to lower the population of humans. After all, wouldn't any scientist studying crops consumed by humans, be aware that many of the microorganism in our gut are going to be affected by Round Up?? We have both flora and fauna in our gut, and the beneficial flora is at risk of being killed by Round Up residue on food. But in addition to the actual glysosyte (Round Up) the genetic material that has been inserted into GMO crops can also wreak havoc in our gut:

"But one study on the pat gene raises all sorts of red flags. German scientist Hans-Heinrich Kaatz demonstrated that the pat gene can transfer into the DNA of gut bacteria. He found his evidence in young bees that had been fed pollen from glufosinate-tolerant canola plants. The pat gene transferred into the bacteria and yeast inside the bees' intestines. Kaatz said, "This happened rarely, but it did happen." Although no studies have looked at whether pat genes end up in human gut bacteria, the only human GM-feeding study ever conducted did show that genetic material can transfer to our gut bacteria. This study, published in 2004, confirmed that portions of the Roundup-tolerant gene in soybeans transferred to microorganisms within the human digestive tract.

Since the pat gene can transfer to gut bacteria in bees, and since genetic material from another GM crop can transfer to human gut bacteria, it is likely that the pat gene can also transfer from Liberty Link corn or soybeans to our intestinal flora. If so, a key question is whether the presence of the pat gene confers some sort of survival advantage to the bacteria. If so, "selection pressure" would favor its long term proliferation in the gut." from https://www.organicconsumers.org/scientific/genetically-engineered-crops-may-produce-herbicide-inside-our-intestines

[Aspen]

Apparently B1 corn has been banned in Europe because it was found that the plant produces a toxin that kills insects. ITS NOT JUST THE INSECTICIDE SPRAYED ON THE CORN THAT IS THE PROBLEM! It is the genetic modification that includes genes from specific microorganisms ( found in the soil) being inserted into the DNA of a variety of corn. This genetic material appears to have been specifically chosen because it was an insecticide! One wonders if any thought at all was given to the welfare of beneficial insects that are attracted to this corn??? One also wonders how much human testing, if any, was ever done on this product. Researchers are raising alarm bells about fetuses and babies possibly being affected by consuming these GMO products. Some people think it was an "oversight" to not give consideration to how these products would affect microrganisms in our gut or how neurotoxins found in the insecticides could possibly affect the human brain, but is that really the case????? Maybe these things were allowed to be slipped through as part of a population control program????

"A second major innovation involved the insertion of genetic material from a soil bacterium known as Bacillus thuringiensis into corn which allows the plant to produce an insecticide known as Bt toxin. Also known as Cry toxin, when Bt enters the gut of an insect it causes the lining of their gut to break down, allowing for admission of Bt spores into the general circulation. Because Bt toxin is known to be very species specific, it was thought to be an excellent candidate for targeted genetic modification that, was also deemed to be safe for humans in the general body of research available."

http://www.drmattnd.com/digestive-health/do-gmo-crops-harm-gut-bacteria.html

So in conclusion, the bees need us, but by caring for them we end up improving the entire web of life - that also includes us.

[william r sanford72]

Apparently B1 corn has been banned in Europe because it was found that the plant produces a toxin that kills insects. ITS NOT JUST THE INSECTICIDE SPRAYED ON THE CORN THAT IS THE PROBLEM! It is the genetic modification that includes genes from specific microorganisms ( found in the soil) being inserted into the DNA of a variety of corn. This genetic material appears to have been specifically chosen because it was an insecticide! One wonders if any thought at all was given to the welfare of beneficial insects that are attracted to this corn??? One also wonders how much human testing, if any, was ever done on this product. Researchers are raising alarm bells about fetuses and babies possibly being affected by consuming these GMO products. Some people think it was an "oversight" to not give consideration to how these products would affect microrganisms in our gut or how neurotoxins found in the insecticides could possibly affect the human brain, but is that really the case????? Maybe these things were allowed to be slipped through as part of a population control program????

"A second major innovation involved the insertion of genetic material from a soil bacterium known as Bacillus thuringiensis into corn which allows the plant to produce an insecticide known as Bt toxin. Also known as Cry toxin, when Bt enters the gut of an insect it causes the lining of their gut to break down, allowing for admission of Bt spores into the general circulation. Because Bt toxin is known to be very species specific, it was thought to be an excellent candidate for targeted genetic modification that, was also deemed to be safe for humans in the general body of research available."

http://www.drmattnd.com/digestive-health/do-gmo-crops-harm-gut-bacteria.html

So in conclusion, the bees need us, but by caring for them we end up improving the entire web of life - that also includes us.

great post and ..Welcome to Avalon Aspen.. Beekeeper/protector...:nod:
blessings..
truth and balance.
William.

[william r sanford72]

I began gettn that ol gut song about the focus being on just one type of pesticide...so I waited.:suspicious:
it wasn't long afterward that I began seeing a trend emerge that was in fact bending to a new disinfo/divide..plan from the media and was curious to see how it played out.brief as it was...there are several trending articals as of late that throw doubt on the Harvard studys..and just about anything else pertaining to said pesticide and its derivatives.i wonder if all that focus on just one factor/pesticide is and or was a method of destraction?
as in from the gmos..fungacides..herbacides..to...electromagnetics...ect.that the ptb are willing to take a hit on a pesticide that they already made millions/billions off of.???no big loss or hair off there back as the saying goes.the pesticides are bad....real bad...tho..what about the other obvious factors????
cant complain...as any focus or light brought on to the bees and pollinators is a good thing in most respects..tho..being aware of how monsaton,,and there lackys..unfold there agendas is always a positive???
sorry just thinking out loud.
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[donk]

Guess ya gotta balance exposing information about them & the situation with actually GIVING IT POWER. It's always good (imo) to take a step back to see if we are being lied (or lying to ourselves).

It'd be nice to think the monsatans and poisons COULD NOT STOP THE BEES...that no matter what gets thrown at them, they will survive--and eventually thrive, as long as we believe in them. Now the question is...how to stop the collective consciousness from perpetuating this lie to ourself, that monsanto/corporations/"our non-negotiable" way of life is more important, more powerful than the bees and natural order of things....???

[Nat_Lee]

Hi !

I did not go thru all this thread so sorry if i'm mayBEE posting it in double !

Have you heard of this organisation :

http://www.bees.nyc/beekeepers-journal-2/

Thanks for this thread !

[william r sanford72]

wrote and thought of a 100 replys..
Gratitude............:wave:
is what it broke down to every time.so....
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William and tribe.

[giovonni]

Solitary Bees

http://www.growingagreenerworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Mason-Bee-e1405783013479.jpg

"For several years now, we’ve heard and talked about the significant and ongoing loss of the honeybee population. It is a mystery as to why these bees are disappearing, but we are starting to tap into the use of other types of pollinators. One of these types of pollinators is the solitary bee, or Mason Bee.

In this vast world of bees, there are many different types of species. All of these types are classified as either social or solitary. Social bees, like honeybees, live with thousands of others and have very specific job duties. Solitary bees, like Mason bees, spend their entire life living along, and every female bee is considered a queen, so all queens are worker bees.

Today, Joe takes us to meet Dave Hunter in Seattle, WA, who has turned his backyard hobby of bee keeping into a solitary bee business. With the help of like-minded employees, Crown Bee helps increase awareness of mason bees and how they are an alternate pollinator to the commercial orchard and food producers" ...


Series Description: GROWING A GREENER WORLD blends the latest trends in eco-friendly living with traditional gardening know-how. The series highlights the diverse people, organizations and events that seek to raise environmental awareness and encourage better stewardship of the planet. GROWING A GREENER WORLD combines the expertise and engaging styles of veteran television host and nationally recognized authority on gardening and sustainability, Joe Lamp'l (a.k.a. joe gardener), with the "Most Watched Gardening Personality on the Web," Garden GirlPatti Moreno. Each episode contains one compelling feature story and one how-to segment for growing your own food, followed by a four-minute segment with chef Nathan Lyon (A Lyon in the Kitchen) who uses fresh-from-the-garden fruit, vegetables or herbs to create simple and delicious dishes. Lyon, a finalist for the 2006 The Next Food Network Star, believes the fresher the ingredients, the better the food.

Watch > Here (http://www.growingagreenerworld.com/solitary-bees-pollinators/)

[william r sanford72]

The elegance of the honeycomb was not fully appreciated until modern mathematical methods were applied. A case history in scientific method and bionics
Mathematics of the Honeycomb (Part 1 of 2)
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Mathematics of the Honeycomb (Part 2 of 2)
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[william r sanford72]

very interesting perspective and worth the time to view..my op.:cool:
Paul Stamets - How Mushrooms Can Save Bees & Our Food Supply | Bioneers
In this 6th Age of Extinctions, the biosphere’s life-support systems that have allowed humans to ascend are collapsing. Visionary mycological researcher/inventor Paul Stamets illuminates how fungi, particularly mushrooms, offer uniquely powerful, practical solutions we can implement now to boost the biosphere’s immune system and equip us with benign breakthrough mycotechnologies to accelerate the transition to a restored world.
This speech was given at the 2014 Bioneers Annual Conference.

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[william r sanford72]

Garlic as a Varoa Mite Treatment
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Beekeeping: Mite control Using Powdered Sugar
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[william r sanford72]

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WALNUT AS MITES TREATMENT
using walnut shavings in your smoker to kill mites
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WinterGreen and Tea Tree Oil Treatments for the Bee Hive
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[william r sanford72]

Japan..
Health ministry OKs plan to ease regulations on suspected 'honeybee killer' pesticide:(
A decision by the health ministry to relax restrictions on an agricultural chemical pesticide triggered outrage from an environmental group, which said it would endanger honeybee populations.

A ministry panel gave the green light on Dec. 24 to a plan to relax regulations on the amount of residual clothianidin, a neonicotinoid agrochemical, in response to requests to expand the scope of the pesticide’s use from chemical manufacturers.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201412250040

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[william r sanford72]

the war on truth continues...:sad:
The Neonicotinoid View -This Week's Buzz 12-11-2014

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[william r sanford72]

FOULbrood..sounds bad and is bad....tho itsnt a death sentence in my op.
the spoors can last up 40yrs...as ive come across commercial beekeepers who treat to others that would prefer out right burning of equipment..can still remember some beekeepers talking about diggn a hole pushing there equipment into it and setting ablaze then burying it...and counting there loss.
as a new beekeeper these storys were discouraging to say the least.as the antibiotics were the only known treatment at the time.
there are other methods of treatment.. and antibiotics or burning the equipment and such should bee last on the list in my op.tho equipment can always bee replaced.
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Foulbrood disease: Discovery aims to fight bee killer
University of Guelph researchers hope a new discovery will help combat a disease killing honeybee populations around the world. The researchers have found a toxin released by the pathogen that causes American foulbrood disease -- Paenibacillus larvae (P. larvae) -- and developed a lead-based inhibitor against it.

The finding provides much-needed insight into how the infection occurs, said Rod Merrill, a professor in Guelph's Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and a study co-author. It also could lead to natural and more effective approaches for fighting the most widespread and destructive of bee brood diseases.

"We are the first to do this," said Merrill, who conducted the study with graduate student Daniel Krska. Also involved were post-doctoral researchers Ravi Ravulapalli and Miguel Lugo, technician Tom Keeling, and Harvard Medical School's Rob Fieldhouse.

American foulbrood is found throughout Ontario and Canada, and affects both the honeybee industry and pollinator populations. Honeybees are among the world's most important pollinators, and their numbers are already falling globally because of disease, pesticide use, climate change and other factors.

The disease spreads readily through spores transmitted within and between colonies by adult bee carriers,
http://www.sciencecodex.com/discovery_aims_to_fight_destructive_bee_disease-147614

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[Walter]

This same Great Spiritual Master also gave us the key's to bind on Earth as in Heaven, and that we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against rulers of darkness. We are to put on the full 'Armor of God', and turn the keys of heaven that is within us, and these principalities, rulers of darkness, and spiritual wickedness in high places will be loosened, and bound from all their assumed positions of power.

Walter

p.s. This may help bees... but I don't know;)

[william r sanford72]

Thank you to Bill ryan and northstar for letn me roll with this thread.and for all the others who visited and maybe received some truth or at the very least inspiration.
Also to the Avalon tribe for there patience and understanding.
and love.
many blessing.
Truth and balance always.
William.

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[william r sanford72]

Hmmm..
The Genetics of Society
Researchers aim to unravel the molecular mechanisms by which a single genotype gives rise to diverse castes in eusocial organisms.
Eusocial insects are among the most successful living creatures on Earth. Found in terrestrial ecosystems across the globe (on every continent except Antarctica), the world’s ants alone weigh more than all vertebrates put together. Bees are key pollinators of major crops as well as many other ecologically important plants. Termites construct thermoregulating homes that can dominate the landscape, and that are inspiring new energy-efficient skyscraper designs. The organization and collective decision making of eusocial insects is even yielding new insights into human behavior and what it means to be part of a society. But one of the biggest unanswered questions in our understanding of these complex insect groups is how a single genome can produce such diverse and contrasting physical and behavioral forms, from egg layers, provisioners, and caretakers to soldiers.

In a eusocial colony, reproduction is dominated by one or a few individuals adapted to egg laying, while their offspring—colony workers—display physical and behavioral adaptations that help them perform their subordinate roles. These phenotypic adaptations can be extreme. A leafcutter ant queen is 10 times larger than her smallest workers, for example. (See photograph below.) And some carpenter ant species have evolved a “kamikaze” caste, born with a self-destruct button that causes the insect to explode upon colony attack, killing itself and covering the invading animals in toxic chemicals. Remarkably, differences in the behavior and morphology of insect castes are usually generated through differences in the expression of identical sets of genes. (There are a few cases of genetically determined castes, but this is the exception, not the rule.)
We are now entering a new era of research into eusocial insects. For the first time, scientists are investigating the molecules that underlie eusocial behavior at a depth that was previously unimaginable. New, affordable sequencing technologies enable scientists to examine how genes across the entire genome are regulated to generate different caste phenotypes, the roles of DNA methylation and microRNAs in this differential expression, and what proteins are synthesized as a result. This burgeoning area of research, dubbed “sociogenomics” in 2005 by Gene E. Robinson,1 is revolutionizing our understanding of the evolution of eusociality from a solitary wasp-like ancestor to the million-strong colonies we see today. New work is yielding insights into how genomes interact dynamically with the physical and social environment to produce highly adapted, specialized castes with remarkable phenotypic innovations. These findings are, in turn, illuminating the importance of gene regulation and epigenetics in controlling behavioral plasticity across the animal kingdom.
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/41704/title/The-Genetics-of-Society/


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[donk]

Was pondering their name...and wondered: do we call them that, cuz if they weren't around, we would cease to?

[william r sanford72]

Was pondering their name...and wondered: do we call them that, cuz if they weren't around, we would cease to?

it feels that way to me phil.
the connection.the song I feel/hear every waking moment.
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[william r sanford72]

The Bees...
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[william r sanford72]

Interesting perspective and worth the listen ifn you hadn't heard Andrews work before.
Andrew Gough -- The Hidden Hive of History: The Forgotten God of the Ancients
The lecture explores a sacred tradition that has existed for over 100 million years and which reveals new insights into Atlantis, the fabled labyrinth of Knossos, the Sphinx and much more. It explores the foundation of religion, politics, the Illuminati and the mysterious seafarers who became the drug lords of the ancient world and rulers of souls in the afterlife. It is about the honeybee, the real lost tradition and the forgotten god of the ancients.

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[william r sanford72]

interesting..my op.:cool:
Of all the countries in the world, probably none has a longer tradition of beekeeping than Ethiopia. The hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt refer to this land as the source for honey and beeswax. It is thus assumed that the keeping of bees in baskets may have started about five thousand years ago in the northern regions along with the early settlements.
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[william r sanford72]

"Honey for the Maya", a short film by Stephen Buchmann
Deep in the rainforest of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, in the shadow of his ancestors' great stone pyramids, one of the last Mayan beekeepers guards an ancient secret. It was passed on to him directly from his fathers in the Mayan language from long before the time of Cortez. He is one of very few modern Maya upholding the beecraft skills of keeping stingless bees. All is unveiled as Emmy award-winning cinematographer Keith Brust (Planet Earth, etc.) takes us deep inside the bees' hidden world and this ages old Mayan tradition for the first time.

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[william r sanford72]

Bees Drink with Expandable Mop Tongues...:cool:
A perennially fascinating question to scientists is how animals get liquids into their faces without cups, straws or hands. In recent years they’ve cracked the puzzle in dogs and cats, two creatures that often do their noisy drinking near us. Bees, too, sip nectar in plain sight of humans. But their methods are more subtle and mysterious.
Shaoze Yan, a mechanical engineering professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, and his colleagues took a very close look at Italian honeybees to see how they drink nectar. The researchers combined high-speed photography with images from a scanning electron microscope, which revealed the bees’ intricately built mouthparts.
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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/inkfish/2015/01/13/bees-drink-with-expandable-mop-tongues/

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[william r sanford72]

Free download of Langstroths classic.. Hive and the HoneyBee...great insight into the first steps of modern beekeeping..from then until now.true classic.great read.my op.:cool:
https://archive.org/download/langstrothonhiv00lang/langstrothonhiv00lang.pdf

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[william r sanford72]

for those just wantn to glance through it...enjoy.:o

https://archive.org/download/langstrothonhiv00lang/langstrothonhiv00lang.pdf

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[william r sanford72]

Another modern classic and interesting..Tickner Edwardes The Lore of the Honey Bee..enjoy.:cool:
https://archive.org/stream/cu31924003200874
https://archive.org/download/cu31924003200874/cu31924003200874.pdf

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[william r sanford72]

Another free book..and a modern classic. pdf..download...A.I and E.R.Roots The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture.:thumb:
http://kyanabees.com//wp-content/uploads/2013/12/The%20ABC%20&%20XYZ%20of%20Bee%20Culter%20by%20A.I%20&%20E.R.%20Root.pdf

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[william r sanford72]

couple more books for the collection.:cool:
C.C Millers (1911) 50 years Among the Bees
http://kyanabees.com//wp-content/uploads/2013/12/50%20Years%20Among%20the%20Bees%20by%20C.C.%20Miller%20(1911).pdf

G.M.Doolittle(1908)..A Years Work in an Out-Apiary.
http://kyanabees.com//wp-content/uploads/2013/12/A-Years-Work-in-An-Out-Apiary-by-G.M.-Doolittle-1908.pdf

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[william r sanford72]

Published on Jan 20, 2015
The state of Colorado is once again in the news regarding legislation that will impact applicators as well as beekeepers. The Sunset Review Hearing for the Pesticide Applicators' Act is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 21, 2015. There has been a great deal of concern by the beekeeping community, scientists and concerned citizens that the legislation does little to protect or improve the existing law. In this special series produced by The Organic View Radio Show called “The Neonicotinoid View”, which is the only show that focuses on the impact of neonicotinoids, host, June Stoyer and special guest, Colorado beekeeper, Tom Theobald talk to the President of the Colorado State Beekeepers Association (CSBA) Beth Conrey about the Colorado Pesticide Applicators Act Sunset Renewal Bill and what this means regarding the protection of honeybees.

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[william r sanford72]

another interesting perspective in my op..
HiveMind Bee Pollen founder, Steven Breitbach explores the origins and outer limits of human/honeybee relations. Sit back, relax and let your imagination unwind. Let Steven take you on a journey through time and space examining the esoteric mysteries; inherent, but not so obvious, in the hive

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[william r sanford72]

Sacred Path of the Bee with Layne Redmond and Debra Roberts:cool:

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[donk]

another interesting perspective in my op..
HiveMind Bee Pollen founder, Steven Breitbach explores the origins and outer limits of human/honeybee relations. Sit back, relax and let your imagination unwind. Let Steven take you on a journey through time and space examining the esoteric mysteries; inherent, but not so obvious, in the hive

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I love what this guy has to say…but jeez, I feel like I picked up a whole bunch of subliminal programs!! WTF was that background crap?? Horribly distracting and downright creepy…

You should suggest he lose that nonsense…and the second suggestion is that he should have you as a guest…he had so many interesting ideas and you are “smitten with the same thing” as he was suggesting what he wanted in a guest.

[william r sanford72]

another interesting perspective in my op..
HiveMind Bee Pollen founder, Steven Breitbach explores the origins and outer limits of human/honeybee relations. Sit back, relax and let your imagination unwind. Let Steven take you on a journey through time and space examining the esoteric mysteries; inherent, but not so obvious, in the hive

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I love what this guy has to say…but jeez, I feel like I picked up a whole bunch of subliminal programs!! WTF was that background crap?? Horribly distracting and downright creepy…

You should suggest he lose that nonsense…and the second suggestion is that he should have you as a guest…he had so many interesting ideas and you are “smitten with the same thing” as he was suggesting what he wanted in a guest.

Almost didn't post the vid for the very reason you pointed out tho found it a bit distracting and a bit unpleasant.. guess it was suppose to bee back ground noise/soundtrack????.decided to overlook it and hope others could or would do the same.

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[william r sanford72]

For viewing enjoyment.....:cool:
Documentary in which Professor James Gould argues that ants and bees have important things to tell us about human society and its future chances.
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[william r sanford72]

Following natural law....
Bumble Bees, Levitation and Earth's Magnetic Grid.
Ralph Ring explains how bumble bees really "fly" or rather levitate. Like today's air traffic which travels along predefined invisible highways, bumble bees do the same, however they use the invisible magnetic grid lines of the Earth maintaining perfect flight paths like magnetic trains, no matter the weather. Travel distance while ignoring closer food sources seems to also show that their destinations are based on calculated harmonic points within this grid.
In the video Ralph Ring mistakenly states that the frequency is 8.5Hz however in another interview he states it to be the "Schumann Resonance". This resonance is the Earth's rotational frequency due to it's spin and is measured on today's devices as 7.83Hz.
However, Bruce Cathie states that due to the magnetic grid lines of the Earth this 7.83 figure is incorrect as it is not related to "light", which is the force which initiates spin on all matter, thus frequency. To get the correct frequency one must convert these figures to a curved measurement as nothing in Nature operates in a straight line. Taking the current straight line value of 864,000 seconds in one day against the curved arc seconds of the Earth's Grid of 97,200 of one day, it gives you a difference of 0.8888. So you need to convert all "human" measures to "curved light", 7.83 * 0.8888 = 6.95, which equals the exact value for the reciprocal of the harmonic speed of light on the Earths surface at the equator. (1/1439 = 0.000694927032662).

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[william r sanford72]

:o
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[william r sanford72]

enjoy...
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[william r sanford72]

interesting study..lecture.my op.
Honey Bee Stop Signal - it's purpose | Dr James Nieh | UCSD | New Mexico Beekeepers Association |

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warning about the studys..as is..there pretty rough on the bees.:(
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[william r sanford72]

following from the last show and a update...
The Neonicotinoid View This Week's Buzz 01-22-2015
Published on Jan 23, 2015
In this special series produced by The Organic View Radio Show called “The Neonicotinoid View”, which is the only show that focuses on the impact of neonicotinoids, host, June Stoyer and special guest, scientist, Richard D. Andrews, will discuss the recent hearing for the Colorado Pesticide Applicators Act Sunset Renewal Bill. This show is dedicated to the memory of beekeeper, Paul Hendricks, who recently lost his battle to cancer.

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[william r sanford72]

full show...
Rich Andrews Reviews CO Pesticide Applicators Act Sunset Renewal Bill
Does the state of Colorado have something to hide? Why does a review of key legislation only take place once every 10 years? Why are people limited as far as their ability to take action? Why are applicators being protected as opposed to bees and children?

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[william r sanford72]

and some thing to take the edge off....tho some would say a bit outdated....
Blooming Secrets (1986)
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[william r sanford72]

The Neonicotinoid View This Week's Buzz 01 29 2015
In this special series called “The Neonicotinoid View”, host June Stoyer and special guest co-host, Colorado beekeeper, Tom Theobald, discuss current events and news about neonicotinoids. Some of the topics for this evening’s show will include a discussion about EPA’s decision to register a supposed new “neonicotinoid alternative” called Flupyradifurone which they claim is “safer” for bees, GMO mosquitoes to be unleashed in Florida, more industry propaganda and more! Stay tuned!

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[william r sanford72]

www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/fvmhoney.pdf

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[william r sanford72]

something to kick back and enjoy watching.:cool:.
Treehouse Masters | Season 3, Episode 3 - “Treehive Beehive

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[william r sanford72]

CZECH BUMBLE BEE....:cool:

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[Caren]

CZECH BUMBLE BEE
Wonderful!
Thank you William :)

[giovonni]

will share this here ...


Farmers Feel The Sting Of Bee Rustlers — California’s New Outlaws

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Here is the latest on the bee crisis. As bee populations decline bee rustling is a growing problem.
Even here on my island it has become an issue.

Cate Cauguiran - CBS News - San Francisco Bay Area

YOLO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA — It’s a crime straight out of the wild west with a with a California twist. Bee rustlers have become the state’s new outlaws. It’s the farmers who are getting stung.

The gentle hum of bees is music to farmers in California’s heartland. Farmers do the planting but bees are the key to their crop’s success.

Farmers know it, and in Yolo County, so do criminals. One good hit, and the bad guys can net $350-$600 in just one minute.

In the middle of night, thieves steal boxes of bees in hopes of renting them out to farmers as their own for thousands of dollars, or starting their own colonies ... Read more (http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/02/01/farmers-feel-the-sting-of-bee-rustlers-californias-new-outlaws/)

[william r sanford72]

:cool:
About Bashkirian wild honey from Burzyan
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[william r sanford72]

Odd...:cool:
Sweet Rythyms - Kazimierz Urbanski 1965
Best of Polish Experimental Film and Animation.
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[william r sanford72]

Published on Jan 7, 2015
The Liquid Gold of Urban Beekeeping
For London beekeepers Chris Barnes and Paul Webb, honey is money—literally. The pair install and manage beehives in postcodes across the city, providing top-notch raw, ultra-local honey to the people. MUNCHIES follows the pair as they set up and expand their urban beekeeping business; just follow the buzz.

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[william r sanford72]

Top bar beekeeping expert and author Les Crowder sat down with HoneyLove President & Co-Founder Rob McFarland at the 2014 California State Beekeepers Association Conference in Valencia, CA to discuss his life as a beekeeper, his advice for beekeepers at every level, how urban beekeepers can help the situation for bees, his experience's beekeeping in Jamaica, and of course his embrace of the top bar beehive.
Les Crowder is a top bar, treatment-free beekeeper from New Mexico. Les has been keeping bees since he was 15 years old, and offers his readers over 40 years of observations and insights about honey bees. Les works to bring the lessons he has learned to the growing number of beekeepers who have embraced alternative methods and a new way forward. Careful not to alienate any members of the beekeeping community, Les emphasizes that his approach is not always the best fit for all beekeepers and shouldn't be seen as such. Rather than focusing on what we do differently and framing it as a 'versus' relationship, Les urges all beekeepers to work together for better solutions.

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[william r sanford72]

The Brothers Grimm at there best..:cool:

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[Aspen]

http://www.foe.org/news/archives/2014-04-follow-the-honey-7-ways-pesticide-companies-are-spinning-bee-crisis this article might be on this thread already. But just in case it isn't here is an article about how the major drug companies, especially the ones that manufacture neonicotinoids, are spinning misinformation and funding fake science to hide the truth about how neonicotinoids are a major factor in bee decline.

[william r sanford72]

Dr Chris Connolly Discusses Impact of Neonicotinoids On Bee Brains and Colony Health
Published on Feb 9, 2015
In this special series called “The Neonicotinoid View”, host, June Stoyer talks to Dr. Christopher Connolly, from the Division of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Dundee, about his new research about bee brains and colony health that is being jeopardized by pesticide exposure.

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[william r sanford72]

Bee-Keeping On The Move ..1947.New South Wales.
Made by The National Film Board 1947. Directed by Shan Benson. Migratory beekeepers move their hives around the country, following the blossom. This film follows two apiarists from the Bega region of New South Wales, who take their bees to a stand where the trees are flowering. They set up their hives and the bees are released to take their store of honey from the surrounding bush. The keepers themselves go bush while the bees are on the job. The honey is then extracted from the combs on the spot by means of a portable extractor. After a few weeks, when the stand has been worked out, the beekeepers and their hives move on.

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Urban pollinators get the job done
Native bees in San Francisco provide adequate pollination to crop plants such as tomato plants, new research shows. Plants left open to the air produced more and larger tomatoes than those that self-pollinated only, and even matched the production of artificially pollinated plants. The research also found that the density of flowers in a garden -- and not the garden's size -- is the key factor in attracting more pollinators.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150212154533.htm

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[william r sanford72]

Young honeybees may be growing up too fast
Honeybees around the world are struggling to cope with colony collapse disorder, a mysterious malady that can turn a seemingly healthy hive into a ghost town. While the decade-old plague seems to have a variety of causes — including pesticides, parasites and habitat loss — new research reveals a "major factor" that can speed up a colony's downfall: baby bees growing up too quickly.

Read more: http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/young-honeybees-may-be-growing-up-too-fast#ixzz3Re7TZNNg


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[william r sanford72]

Stressed Young Bees Linked To Colony Collapse
Scientists studying bee Colony Collapse Disorder that's decimating hives of the vital pollinating insects around the globe say environmental stressors on the hive's inhabitants may be to blame.
Those stressors can push honeybees to start foraging for pollen earlier in life, and when too many young bees leave the hive it can bring on a tipping point in the tightly regulated social dynamics of a hive, a team of British, Australian and U.S. researchers says

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/32029/20150210/stressed-young-bees-linked-to-colony-collapse.htm


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[william r sanford72]

Thirties Beekeeping Part 1
Hiving a package

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Colony build up
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Swarming, nothing changes really....
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Clearing and extraction
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Moving to the heather and getting ready for winter
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[william r sanford72]

Although Einstein has been misquoted...we all get the message..
If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would have only four years left to live. - Albert Einstein

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[william r sanford72]

..Chemicals in nectar can fight bee disease: study:cool:
PARIS – Flower nectar contains a bouquet of chemicals that may help fight parasite infection in bumblebees, a study said Wednesday.
The findings throw up clues for helping honeybee colonies that are battling mysterious but catastrophic decline.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/02/19/world/science-health-world/chemicals-in-nectar-can-fight-bee-disease-study/#.VOYKLmx3t2w


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[william r sanford72]

The wonder of Bees with Martha Kearney (Ep1)
Episode 1/4 Martha Kearney's year gets off to a bad start when unseasonal snow in spring threatens to kill the bee colonies she keeps in her garden in Suffolk. With help from a master beekeeper Martha feeds her bees and takes one of the hives to a wildflower meadow at a neighbour's house along with two brand new hives.
She discovers the intricate hierarchy within the bee colony and learns how the organisation of the hive has become a metaphor for human society. At a London school she learns the secrets of urban bees' success even while bees in the country as a whole are in decline. The episode ends with three new hives established on a wildflower meadow, ready to start producing classic British wildflower honey

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:cool:
Great step forward in breeding Varroa Resistant Honeybees

Boxmeer, February 12, 2015. Honey bee populations worldwide, important for pollination of our food crops, are being challenged by a highly damaging mite: Varroa destructor. In an effort coordinated by the Arista Bee Research Foundation a group of European beekeepers has, during last spring and summer, bred a first generation of European honey bees that can detect the Varroa mite, clean out infested brood and by doing so are expected to keep the number of Varroa mites under control. This is an important step in breeding healthier, Varroa resistant honey bees that can much better survive in an already challenging environment.

The Varroa mite creates a hole in the armor of the bee and directly weakens the bee by sucking out hemolymph (“insect blood”). In addition, viruses and bacteria can now enter through this hole causing diseases and even an early death of the bee. Chemical treatments are used on colonies, but this is laborious, has variable results, can leave residues and does not only effect the mites but can also harm the bees. Untreated colonies often collapse within 2 years from the consequences of the fast growing Varroa population. The Varroa mite is therefore considered to be the largest contributor to winter losses.

VSH-illustration-MdJThe United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has shown that it is possible to select honey bees with Varroa Sensitive Hygiene (VSH) behavior: these bees can detect reproducing Varroa in brood. As these VSH bees remove the infested brood, no Varroa offspring is produced. Selection has only been limited to this trait and no resources were available yet to structurally integrate this trait in a broader base of the honey bee population.

In the spring of 2014, the European team created more than one hundred small colonies, a quarter with a USDA-VSH background and the others with a European background. The queens were artificially inseminated with only one drone, instead of the approximate ten which are normally used, ensuring that all worker bees had not only the same mother, but also the same father, so that they inherit the same traits. The EU queens and drones were selected from colonies with lower amounts of Varroa and good hygienic behavior.

After an extra infestation with Varroa mites, the colonies were investigated at the end of the summer for the fraction of non-reproducing mites in the brood, this being the key measurement for establishing the level of VSH. In total more than 20 colonies were identified with high levels (more than 75%) of the VSH behavior. Half of these colonies are from the European background, so these results show that the VSH behavior, previously shown in the USDA research colonies, is also present in European bees. The results also show that VSH behavior can be brought to a high level in a short period of time using the Single Drone Insemination technique.

The next step in the breeding program, starting in the 2015 season, will be to further select towards 100% VSH in the EU breeding stock. Once this level is reached, normal sized, multi-drone colonies will be created and thoroughly tested on other important traits like honey production, gentleness and swarming tendency. Also the selection has to be done in as many different lines of honey bees as possible to ensure a rich biodiversity and to enable its broad application in the beekeeper community worldwide.

About the Arista Bee Research Foundation

The Arista Bee Research Foundation was established at the end of 2013 with the goal to breed healthier, Varroa resistant, honey bees. The foundation is a non-profit organization, scientifically supported by senior researchers from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA, Baton Rouge), the Kirchhain Bee Institute (Germany), the Hohen Neuendorf Bee Institute (Germany) and the Wageningen University (The Netherlands). The Arista Bee Research foundation is looking for financial support to enable the continuation of this important work.

www.aristabeeresearch.org

http://aristabeeresearch.org/


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Historical Pesticide Overview

In 1983, USDA bee researcher Eric Erickson, along with Barbara Erickson and Peter Flottum, wrote an extended series of articles on pesticides and honey bees which I feel are still appropriate today. I wish to than ABJ editor Joe Graham for granting me permission to share these documents on this site.

ScientificBeekeeping.com

Honey Bees and Pesticides
Part 1 of a 4-Part Series
About the Past and Present

By Eric H. Erickson, Jr. and Barbara J. Erickson

http://scientificbeekeeping.com/scibeeimages/Erickson-1983-ABJ-Part-1.pdf


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[william r sanford72]

Honey Bees and Pesticides Part 2
Facts and Common Sense

By Barbara J. Erickson and Eric H. Erickson, Jr.
http://scientificbeekeeping.com/scibeeimages/Erickson-1983-ABJ-part-2.pdf


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[william r sanford72]

Honey Bees and Pesticides Part 3
Misconceptions and an Economic Analysis Viewpoint

By Eric H. Erickson, Jr., Barbara J. Erickson and Peter K. Flottum
http://scientificbeekeeping.com/scibeeimages/Erickson-1983-ABJ-part-3.pdf

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[william r sanford72]

and for those interested...

Honey Bees and Pesticides Part 4a
Guidelines for Future Honey Bee/Pesticide Research

By Barbara J. Erickson and Eric H. Erickson, Jr.

http://scientificbeekeeping.com/scibeeimages/Erickson-1984-ABJ-part-4a.pdf

Honey Bees and Pesticides Part 4b
Guidelines for Future Honey Bee/Pesticide Research

http://scientificbeekeeping.com/scibeeimages/Erickson-1984-ABJ-part-4b.pdf


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[william r sanford72]

The Neonicotinoid View This Week's Buzz 02 19 2015
Published on Feb 20, 2015
In this special series called “The Neonicotinoid View”, which is the only show that focused on the impact of neonicotinoids, host June Stoyer and special guest co-host, Colorado beekeeper, Tom Theobald, discuss current events and news about neonicotinoids. Some of the topics discussed today will include new research by Dr. Dave Goulson about 'Crop-yields of Sunflowers and Oilseed Rape higher than ever without use of neonics', new research on bee brains and colony healthy by Dr. Chris Connolly, the Ontario government's position on neonicotinoids, new emergency exemptions for Sulfoxaflor and more. Stay tuned.

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[Selkie]

Growing up too fast...hmmm. That makes me think of soy, because soy is a legume, and needs to be pollenated by bees to set seed (soy beans). Soy is full of phytoestrogens. Soy phytoestrogens make little girls grow up too fast, too. There have been cases of little girls, fed on soy formula as babies, sprouting breasts, pubic and axillary hair, and with menstrual flow, starting as young as age 3. Look into a book called The Whole Soy Story http://www.wholesoystory.com/ Not to mention that more acreage is planted in soy now than ever before, which means more honey bees are feeding on its nectar and pollen. And not also to mention that most soy is "Round-up" ready and sprayed with glyphosate.

btw, I did not read the whole thread, so my apologies if someone mentioned this aspect of the subject already.

[william r sanford72]

Pesticides & Bees a Dangerous Mix by Robert Paxton
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[william r sanford72]

'When the logic of history hungers for bread and we hand out a stone,
we are at pains to explain how much the stone resembles bread.'
Aldo Leopold, The Land Ethic, 1948........

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[william r sanford72]

Published on Feb 13, 2015

By Dr. Juliana Rangel from Texas A&M University. Sponsored by Southern Region Risk Management Education Center. There has been many debates on the role of neonicotinoids, a group of very effective insecticides used in ornamental production and landscapes, on honeybee colony collapse. This first webinar of two focuses on facts about honeybees, their role in agriculture and health of bee colonies.

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Published on Feb 18, 2015
There has been many debates on the role of neonicotinoids, a group of very effective insecticides used in ornamental production and landscapes, on honeybee colony collapse. This second webinar of two focuses on factors affecting bee health and the role of neonicotinoids on this issue.

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[Wind]

I though that this was pretty cool.

Flow Hive: Honey on Tap Directly From Your Beehive (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/flow-hive-honey-on-tap-directly-from-your-beehive)

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[william r sanford72]

Published on Feb 26, 2015
In this special series called “The Neonicotinoid View”, host June Stoyer and special guest co-host, Colorado beekeeper, Tom Theobald, discuss current events and news about neonicotinoids. Joining the conversation will be Mr. Tim Tucker, President of the American Beekeeping Federation. Some of the topics for this evening’s show will include the recent EPA’s Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Webinar, emergency registration for Clothianidin in citrus, how Bayer intends to tackle Sudden Death Syndrome and more!

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[william r sanford72]

www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/fvmhoney.pdf

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[william r sanford72]

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[Selkie]

I just wanted to say that it was my delight, one time, to be in the midst of a swarm of bees. I was standing on the terrace of my house, in the hills of Andalucía**, when I heard buzzing. I looked up to see that a swarm of bees was passing by right over my head, headed up further into the hills. It took them perhaps 15 seconds or so to pass by. An awe-inspiring sight.

**I don't live there anymore.

[william r sanford72]

Published on Mar 5, 2015
June Stoyer and Tom Theobald talk to Miles McGaughey (former president of the Boulder County Beekeepers Association) about the latest news about neonicotinoids including the recent National Academy of Sciences webinar on Genetically Engineered Crops: Past Experience and Future Prospects, new threats to wild bees, Hawaii’s new “Right To Know” pesticide disclosure law, Wyoming Food Freedom Act, industry’s continuing efforts to distort facts about neonicotinoids and more

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4 Million People Demand Obama Administration to Protect Bees from Toxic Insecticides
“The EPA plans to wait until 2018 before reviewing the registration of neonicotinoids. But America’s bees cannot wait three more years. Neither can the thousands of farmers that rely on pollinators,” said Representative Conyers. “Our honeybees are critical to ecological sustainability and to our economy. I am urging all of my colleagues to please protect our pollinators and support the Saving America’s Pollinators Act.”
http://ecowatch.com/2015/03/04/obama-save-bees-toxic-insecticides/


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[Selkie]

4 Million People Demand Obama Administration to Protect Bees from Toxic Insecticides
“The EPA plans to wait until 2018 before reviewing the registration of neonicotinoids. But America’s bees cannot wait three more years. Neither can the thousands of farmers that rely on pollinators,” said Representative Conyers. “Our honeybees are critical to ecological sustainability and to our economy. I am urging all of my colleagues to please protect our pollinators and support the Saving America’s Pollinators Act.”
http://ecowatch.com/2015/03/04/obama-save-bees-toxic-insecticides/
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Would it help the bees' health if more people kept one or two hives in their yards, and furnished the kinds of plants that bees like that are natural to the specific area? Because there is a kind of bee hive that mimics more closely the bees' natural way of living. It kind of mimics a fallen log, and is supposed to be very easy to maintain.

[william r sanford72]

Published on Mar 5, 2015
Lecture: Honey Bees of the World - A Uniform Diversity given by Nikolous Koeniger at the National Honey Show 2014.

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[william r sanford72]

4 Million People Demand Obama Administration to Protect Bees from Toxic Insecticides
“The EPA plans to wait until 2018 before reviewing the registration of neonicotinoids. But America’s bees cannot wait three more years. Neither can the thousands of farmers that rely on pollinators,” said Representative Conyers. “Our honeybees are critical to ecological sustainability and to our economy. I am urging all of my colleagues to please protect our pollinators and support the Saving America’s Pollinators Act.”
http://ecowatch.com/2015/03/04/obama-save-bees-toxic-insecticides/
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Would it help the bees' health if more people kept one or two hives in their yards, and furnished the kinds of plants that bees like that are natural to the specific area? Because there is a kind of bee hive that mimics more closely the bees' natural way of living. It kind of mimics a fallen log, and is supposed to be very easy to maintain.

encouraging bees to nest or planting for native bees is always good.gettn a couple hives would bee even better.
any action focused on improving and healing....the land/earth...:yes4:
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[william r sanford72]

Published on Mar 10, 2015
On Monday, March 9, 2015, MinnPost’s Earth Journal Circle presented "Pollinators in Peril: Helping our bees back onto their own six feet," featuring Marla Spivak, director of the University of Minnesota’s Bee Lab, and Earth Journal writer Ron Meador. This clip features a Q&A exchange about supplemental feeding, and how we're losing not only commercial honeybees in droves these days, but their human keepers,too

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Published on Mar 10, 2015
On Monday, March 9, 2015, MinnPost’s Earth Journal Circle presented "Pollinators in Peril: Helping our bees back onto their own six feet," featuring Marla Spivak, director of the University of Minnesota’s Bee Lab, and Earth Journal writer Ron Meador. This clip features Marla talking about why flowering plants are the critical food source for all bees, and why restoring natural forage is therefore the foundation of bee health and disease resistance.

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Pollinators in Peril: Inert ingredients in commercial pesticides
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[william r sanford72]

Published on Mar 12, 2015

In this special series called “The Neonicotinoid View”, host June Stoyer and special guest co-host, Colorado beekeeper, Tom Theobald, will talk to bee health advocates Bonnie Raindrop and Bill Castro about efforts in Maryland to restrict use of neonicotinoids by passing Senate Bill 163/House Bill 6055, The 2015 Pollinator Protection Act. Bonnie Raindrop is the Legislative Chair for the Central Maryland Beekeepers Association (CMBA). CMBA is a member organization of the Smart on Pesticides Maryland coalition which has over 60 organizations who are working together to pass the Pollinator Protection Act in Maryland in the 2015 legislative session. She has been a beekeeper for 9 years. Bill Castro is a full-time urban treatment-free beekeeper in Baltimore City who has been involved with bees in one way or another for nearly 40 years, and a military spouse. He owns and operates Bee Friendly Apiary. His love of nature and deep respect for honey bees has also been shared through volunteering in Baltimore City classroom education for school age children as well as speaking publicly to civic groups and garden clubs. He promotes honey bee stewardship and a chemical free environment.

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It's All About the Queens.....
The first fruit trees are breaking bud, but the apple trees remain smug, tightly under wrap, quietly mocking the apricot, peach and cherry for blooming so early, for they know that Jack Frost will soon return to give another show. But these early bloomers are not fazed or concerned by the haughty attitude of the apple, for they know the strings of Christmas lights carefully stretched throughout their branches will be a castle wall against Jack Frost. While the apple stands with crossed arms and bides its time, the cherry and apricot will reward their owner with the sweet blessing of first fruits.
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Editorial/Blogs/Homesteading%20and%20Livestock/Its%20All%20About%20the%20Queens.aspx

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[william r sanford72]

Published on Mar 18, 2015
In Europe, a victory for bees was announced as the German chemical giant Bayer Crop Science lost a legal battle to sue Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND) over its claims that two of its pesticides are harmful to bees. Tune in to this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, as host, June Stoyer talks to professional beekeeper, Walter Haefeker about a new victory for bees in the pesticide battle to protect bees. Walter is President of the European Professional Beekeepers Association, Board of Directors of the German Professional Beekeepers Association coordinator of the International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations (Apimondia) Working Group 10 on GMOs

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[william r sanford72]

Iowa water quality and bees made it on the organic view....
briefly worked and hung with Ivan while a volunteer some ten years or so ago.

Published on Mar 19, 2015
In this special series called “The Neonicotinoid View”, host June Stoyer and special guest co-host, Colorado beekeeper, Tom Theobald, will talk to commercial beekeeper and bee advocate, Ivan Rickers about water quality concerns in Iowa. Mr. Rickers is a member of the Iowa Honey Producers Association and has been president, vice president and a board member. In 1980, he was named Iowa Beekeeper of the Year. In 2004 he was awarded the Pioneer Award

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[william r sanford72]

Groups sue EPA for approving insecticide despite threat to endangered species

Conservationists who argue a newly approved insecticide is a known killer of bees and other pollinators plan to sue the federal government for letting it go to market.

The groups, including West Linn-based Defenders of Wildlife, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Center for Food Safety, notified the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday of their intent to sue over flupyradifurone, a compound manufactured by Bayer CropScience.
The plaintiffs allege EPA regulators disobeyed federal rules requiring them to consult with federal wildlife agencies before approving a substance known to kill endangered animals.
Flupyradifurone is part of a growing class of insecticides engineered to seep into a plant's system, rather than simply coating the outside. These so-called systemic insecticides include neonicotinoids, chemicals that have been implicated for playing a role in mass bee die-offs in Oregon and other states.
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/03/groups_sue_epa_for_approving_i.html

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[william r sanford72]

The so called EPA....shame full.

EPA Registers New Insecticide Alternative to Neonicotinoids, Safer for Bees

For Release: January 21, 2015

The EPA is registering a new insecticide, flupyradifurone, that is safer for bees. It is expected to be an alternative to more toxic products including certain pyrethroid, neonicotinoid, organophosphate and avermectin insecticides.

As an insecticide, flupyradifurone is unusual in that laboratory-based studies indicate that the compound is practically non-toxic to adult honeybees. Studies show no adverse effect on overall bee colony performance or overwintering ability when compared to untreated colonies.

EPA’s decision meets the rigorous Food Quality Protection Act standard of "reasonable certainty of no harm" to human health. On the basis of protective and conservative human health and ecological risk assessments for the uses of the pesticide, EPA confirmed the safety of the use for the public, agricultural workers and wildlife. EPA coordinated its evaluation with our counterparts in Canada and Australia.

This decision was one of the first to incorporate newly-required bee studies and involved evaluating the largest number of bee-related studies ever for the registration of a new chemical. EPA reviewed 437 studies including 38 different tests on bees to analyze the potential exposure and effects of flupyradifurone. These included evaluation of the sublethal effects of pesticides on all life stages of bees, as well as effects on colony health in field studies. The field studies examined pollinator-attractive crops while bees were actively foraging after the crops had been treated through various application methods (seed, soil and foliar) to demonstrate very high exposure.

Flupyradifurone is registered for a large number of crops such as citrus, cotton, potatoes and many others to protect against piercing and sucking insects such as aphids, whiteflies, thrips, and pysllids, all of which have become increasingly resistant to other pesticides and are difficult to control. The registration of flupyradifurone will provide growers across the U.S. with a new pest resistance management tool that presents an effective countermeasure to resistance development. No residential uses have been proposed.

More information on this regulatory action can be found at www.regulations.gov, Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0226-0044.

To learn more about EPA’s actions to protect pollinators, visit our Pollinator Protection website.
http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/cb/csb_page/updates/2015/alt-neonicotinoids.html

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[william r sanford72]

www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/fvmhoney.pdf

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[william r sanford72]

The Neonicotinoid View: Is The Media Manipulating Pesticide Research...
Published on Mar 27, 2015
In this special series called “The Neonicotinoid View”, host June Stoyer and special guest co-host, Colorado beekeeper, Tom Theobald, talk to Dr. Dave Goulson, Professor of Bumblebee Ecology and Conservation at the University of Sussex will talk about his reanalysis of a FERA field study titled, “Neonicotinoids impact bumblebee colony fitness in the field; a reanalysis of the UK’s Food & Environment Research Agency 2012 experiment

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[william r sanford72]

Have not had a chance to review the book..its on thee list...:yes:
Published on Apr 2, 2015
If you loved A Sting In The Tale, you are going to love today's show! World-renowned bumblebee expert, Dr. Dave Goulson, Professor of Bumblebee Ecology and Conservation at the University of Sussex, is back to discuss his new book, A Buzz In The Meadow on The Organic View Radio Show with host, June Stoyer.

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[william r sanford72]

The Passing of a Queen has left me pondering and viewing this spring somewhat sweetly sad..springs energy/tune invokes a healing.like awaking from a long slumber... thank creation..its here vibe...I feel like bursting with the buds and sprouts.like a dim fog I didn't even know had settled was suddenly lifted.SPRING....truly grateful for all I have been blessed with and the ever evolving nature of my reality..our reality.
the queen that passed..was from a long line of serious heart and spirit work I was blessed to have a part in.survival for the bees..healing on my soul and mind.wonderful and hard lessons learned.and her passing reminds of what spring realy means for some.
don't have a point..just some passing thoughts and feelings as I glance out my window and see her sister hive thriving...
may we always remember the true gift of the spirit/heart.
truth and balance.
William.

[giovonni]

Here's to Spring ~ :tea:

May long live the new Queen !

[Selkie]

I have been thinking about keeping bees for years; it is something I have always wanted to do. Now, I am very lazy; but I have a section of hollow log, and I think I'm going to make a simple bee hive.

[william r sanford72]

The Thread and accessing and reviewing lectures and keeping up on the latest Honeybee news can get heavy.as others already know...the nature and vibe of the purpose/intent and..the little ladys themselves more often then not lift this burden.ifn it gets real bad then I always have the tribe and there love waiting..
Was not wired to quit..or made to give up..its not in my coding man.wouldnt know how and don't wanna...so
the key to being a good keeper/protector is... love.. adaptability..change...overcoming..as is with all things in life.

Published on Mar 30, 2015
A lecture given by Nikolaus Koeniger at the 2014 National Honey Show entitled "Varroa-Gate: How to Prevent re-Infestation".

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[william r sanford72]

Hmmm...
Studying Pollinators With 3D-Printed Flowers:
"Now, to explore the interaction between flower shape and pollinator behavior, scientists at the University of Washington figured out a way to manufacture flower shapes using a 3D printer. While no one would argue that 3D-printed flowers should replace the real thing, the fact that the scientists can control the exact size and shape of the flower helps standardize experiments, making them easily reproducible anywhere in the world."

http://www.popsci.com/studying-pollinators-3-d-printed-flowers

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[danegeroussacredgeometry]

The Passing of a Queen has left me pondering and viewing this spring somewhat sweetly sad..springs energy/tune invokes a healing.like awaking from a long slumber... thank creation..its here vibe...I feel like bursting with the buds and sprouts.like a dim fog I didn't even know had settled was suddenly lifted.SPRING....truly grateful for all I have been blessed with and the ever evolving nature of my reality..our reality.
the queen that passed..was from a long line of serious heart and spirit work I was blessed to have a part in.survival for the bees..healing on my soul and mind.wonderful and hard lessons learned.and her passing reminds of what spring realy means for some.
don't have a point..just some passing thoughts and feelings as I glance out my window and see her sister hive thriving...
may we always remember the true gift of the spirit/heart.
truth and balance.
William.

Sounds as if seeing your queen leave was bittersweet... I really enjoyed your story and I am immensely grateful that you have brought up this much needed subject on the survival of bees! I have been doing all I can to learn and coexist with them for quite some time now. I have always felt a special affinity toward them. I do not mean to uproot the entire discussion of this thread but thought you may find this story interesting or be able to give some insight into it. I have yet been given a clear answer up unto this point.
Recently, I was walking through a nearby beekeepers hives on my way to my (now) new favorite meditation spot :) I was with a friend of mine and felt this STRONG desire to bee with the bees.. pun intended lol I have had some crazy unexplained experiences with bees before and have a special love in my heart toward them. As I walked into the center where most of the bees were crossing I stood in complete silence. I felt "the peace that surpasses all understanding" in that moment. I didn't question why I was there or what I was feeling. I simply was. It was then that something spectacular happened! The bees began to move direction around me in a vortex like pattern. Some came to me to crawl on my legs and arms leaving me with nothing but the shaking of their bums in what I call "the dance of the bees" very original term, I know ;) ... My friend at this point was sort of freaking out by what he was seeing and tried to approach me and bees immediately began attacking him and many of them chased him outside of the area. It was then that I began to feel something I have only felt twice in my life. I began to see rainbow colors come from my fingertips and I felt beyond my body in a sense...
The most important thing I realized from this is that bees in general have no intention of harming us when we mean them no harm whatsoever. Fear was something completely absent from my mind when I was surrounded by them. And in turn, I felt like they accepted me as their own. Would love to hear your thoughts on this or even better a wonderful experience you have had with them!
Much love to you all.
Temet Nosce

[william r sanford72]

thanks for sharing an amazing gift.as that's first foremost what you were presented with.sorta an offer and a nod all at the same time from the bees.long before the madness set in so deep there were lotts of gifts and offers from the bees and others.Guidance.we stopped listening and accepting there guidance.I guess there eager to dance and sing for those who are willing or are capable to listen again.benifits for all.have seen the light you mentioned...
When I got my first hives I was hurtn from surgerys done on my spine and had a large tumor removed that had caused major damage..my left leg was eaten up/nerves were dead.and or dying.
couldn't lift anything over fifty pounds and was in a worst way.mind/body/spirits/soul...
permanent damage and life as I knew it I thought was gone.
the first healing gift came from a swarm that called me from my house.
was fixing dinner when a honey bee appeared.
it kept bouncing off my forhead and the window to the north of the house..so I went to let it go and noticed a large swarm hanging from a low branch on an elm tree close to the house.
gathered up my equipment to catch it..no bee suite at that time..and went out and approached the swarm...
within about 10 feet of the swarm it lit up suddenly all at once from the branch.and began forming a cloud..they began swirling..and began surrounding me..in a large spirial like pattern.and then they landed slowly in increments onto my back.up and down my spine.
a warm electrical vibrating biological energy filled me up..and I will carry that feeling forever..grateful...
i was so happy and nervous.
when i was just starting to get nervous on how to get em off they began to fly again following the same type of pattern.
when they went back to the branch and waited for me to gather em up and give em a home.
it wasn't until i got in the house after the work that becca noticed about twenty stings in a straight line pattern form the middle of my spine to the lower tail bone section.
she was a bit upset as she had witnessed what the bees had done and was adamant that it wasn't normal behavior and i should bee more careful..and how the hell couldn't i have Not noticed the stings.
It wasn't until the next morning that i noticed my left leg didn't hurt anymore.no limp.and i could bend over withput wanting to wince..
the recovery was pretty much steady after that.
its been a love affair ever since.
Have a few storys..the bees are always singing...there bees... and always busy.
truth and balance.
william

[danegeroussacredgeometry]

What a spectacular event to experience my friend! Thank you for sharing that story with me. It only furthered my love and appreciation for the bees. It seems as though the bees knew your heart as well as mine. I agree that the spiritual experience I encountered with them was by no means a "holier than though" account. But rather, it was the bees showing me what we are ALL capable of; the synchronicity of life! You certainly have a kinship with them and they knew to look to you when they were in need. It appears them healing you was their way of saying thank you for something they knew was a selfless act. You would've helped them regardless of whether you received anything in return and they value that the most :)
It brings joy to my heart to hear that you began the process of healing your spine after your interaction with them. I hope you are still very happy and well.
Much love,
Temet Nosce

[giovonni]

From Seattle a tragic and sad story ...

http://media.komonews.com/images/150417_bee_crash_gal_lg6.jpg

I-5 abuzz with millions of bees after semi truck tips over (http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Millions-of-bees-swarm-I-5-in-Lynnwood-as-bee-truck-crashes-300280101.html)

[william r sanford72]

Published on Apr 17, 2015

In this special series called “The Neonicotinoid View”, host June Stoyer and special guest co-host, Colorado beekeeper, Tom Theobald, discuss current events and news about neonicotinoids. Some of the topics for this evening’s show will include a discussion about whether or not Lowe’s decision to phase out products treated with neonicotinoids really is a victory, a recent study from the University of Maryland on imidacloprid, neonicotinoids on social media, why 100 young leaders from across the globe are meeting in Australia to discuss how to feed a hungry planet, a future with GMO’s and more

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[william r sanford72]

Having worked the African/MANmade hybrids..mixed feelings on this.

Killer bees test a double win for Australian honeybees
"The researchers developed a test that identifies how much of three main ancestral lineages - Eastern European, Western European and African - are present. To lower the risk of killer bees coming to Australia, those with high African ancestry will be denied entry."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-04-killer-bees-australian-honeybees.html#jCp
http://phys.org/news/2015-04-killer-bees-australian-honeybees.html


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[william r sanford72]

Its still all about the Queens...:heart:
Bumblebee Genomes Create A Buzz In The Pollination Field

Read more: http://www.science20.com/news_articles/bumblebee_genomes_create_a_buzz_in_the_pollination_field-155083#ixzz3YXsVe2Sq

"The catalog of genes involved in immune defence responses is well conserved among different bee species regardless of their level of social organisation," explained Dr. Robert Waterhouse from the University of Geneva and the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, "but it is much smaller than in solitary insects such as flies and mosquitoes that often live in more pathogen-rich environments." Nevertheless, variations in evolutionary signatures of selection amongst immune genes from bumblebees and honeybees may point to different pressures exerted by the distinct pathogens that threaten these bees.
http://www.science20.com/news_articles/bumblebee_genomes_create_a_buzz_in_the_pollination_field-155083


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[william r sanford72]

Very Interesting..add it to the list...cool...

How does a honeybee queen avoid inbreeding in her colony?

"By sequencing the entire genome of 30 African honeybees, the research team has been able to study recombination at a level of detail not previously possible. The frequency of recombination in the honeybee is higher than measured in any other animal and is more than 20 x higher than in humans."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-04-honeybee-queen-inbreeding-colony.html#jCp

http://phys.org/news/2015-04-honeybee-queen-inbreeding-colony.html


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[william r sanford72]

musical intermission..courtesy To Mr.Musselwhite...:Music:

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[william r sanford72]

and at the end of the day its being human that we were best at...:o
Energy, Honey Bees & Humans
CABK Lecture: Energy, Honey Bees & Humans by Prof. Robert Pickard

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[william r sanford72]

Ouch...

Bee collapse is the result of their enslavement in industrial monocultures
The real problem - industrial agriculture

However, while CCD poses a significant problem, the sensationalist reactions that such occurrences evoke have effectively clouded over the much greater issue of industrial beekeeping - or in other words, that honeybees are generally confined to living out their lives amongst fields of monocultures.

With the creation of monocultures encompassing hundreds and sometimes thousands of acres, farms are no longer able to provide the living environment necessary to maintain wild honeybee colonies.

Although, say, a large blueberry 'farm' may provide an immense supply of flowers for nectar and pollen, being a monoculture means that there is only one plant, and this sole plant may only flower for a few weeks or even a few days of the year.

This doesn't provide enough time for the honeybees to collect their needed supplies for the remainder of the year while the monoculture fields are essentially floral deserts. It also eliminates the various 'wild pollinators' from bumblebees to beetles, who are likewise unable to survive amongst the dearth of flowers.

In fact, there are now parts of China where bees have already gone extinct, requiring apple orchards to employ between 20 and 25 people to pollinate a hundred trees - something wild pollinators or a couple of hives worth of bees would normally do.

But rather than being generally seen as an example of bad farming and something to rectify, these circumstances have resulted in a whole new industry of their own, for honeybee pollination has become big business indeed.

http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2847847/bee_collapse_is_the_result_of_their_enslavement_in_industrial_monocultures.html


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[Selkie]

Ouch...

Bee collapse is the result of their enslavement in industrial monocultures
The real problem - industrial agriculture

However, while CCD poses a significant problem, the sensationalist reactions that such occurrences evoke have effectively clouded over the much greater issue of industrial beekeeping - or in other words, that honeybees are generally confined to living out their lives amongst fields of monocultures.

With the creation of monocultures encompassing hundreds and sometimes thousands of acres, farms are no longer able to provide the living environment necessary to maintain wild honeybee colonies.

Although, say, a large blueberry 'farm' may provide an immense supply of flowers for nectar and pollen, being a monoculture means that there is only one plant, and this sole plant may only flower for a few weeks or even a few days of the year.

This doesn't provide enough time for the honeybees to collect their needed supplies for the remainder of the year while the monoculture fields are essentially floral deserts. It also eliminates the various 'wild pollinators' from bumblebees to beetles, who are likewise unable to survive amongst the dearth of flowers.

In fact, there are now parts of China where bees have already gone extinct, requiring apple orchards to employ between 20 and 25 people to pollinate a hundred trees - something wild pollinators or a couple of hives worth of bees would normally do.

But rather than being generally seen as an example of bad farming and something to rectify, these circumstances have resulted in a whole new industry of their own, for honeybee pollination has become big business indeed.

http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2847847/bee_collapse_is_the_result_of_their_enslavement_in_industrial_monocultures.html


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I have often wondered about that, so thanks for this post, William.

[william r sanford72]

USDA..lackys...go do what your told..kind of compromised..???

USDA Urged to Launch Thorough Investigation Into Scientist Censorship

Federal Scientists’ Research on Bee-killing Pesticides Compromised

WASHINGTON— Environmentalists, beekeepers, farmworkers, farmers, fisheries and food-safety organizations sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Inspector General and the co-chairs of the White House Task Force on Pollinator Health today urging an investigation into recent reports that USDA scientists are being harassed and their research is being censored or suppressed, especially research related to neonicotinoid insecticides — a leading driver of bee declines globally. The White House Task Force on Pollinator Health, co-chaired by USDA, is expected to release a plan for bee protection in the near future. More than 25 citizens’ groups are concerned that the plan will lack meaningful protections for pollinators if USDA’s research has been compromised.

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2015/scientist-censorship-05-05-2015.html


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[Selkie]

An aside, although it ties in, I think, is that when I was a kid, there were small dairies all over the place. Now the farmers around here all send their milk to Ohio. No wonder they need the abomination of ultra pasteurization :(

[william r sanford72]

speaking of dairy farms...back in the early days of my bee keeping adventure beekeepers from this neck of the woods would gather at a master beekeepers converted barn.eves cadwaller was his name..76 when I ment him back then...retired dairy farmer turned beekeeper.
and I agree silkie it all ties in..
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[william r sanford72]

Interesting......

Newly named bacteria help honey bee larvae thrive

Honey bees are under constant pressure from a whole host of stresses—diseases, poor nutrition, sublethal effects of pesticides, and many others. While researchers have been aware for a number of years of a community of bacteria in adult bees that may aid with some of these stresses, Agricultural Research Service researchers have identified the first bacteria that offer a benefit to bee larvae.

http://phys.org/news/2015-05-newly-bacteria-honey-bee-larvae.html


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[Alekahn2]

Wanted to thank you, william r sanford72, for all that you do for the sacred bees and your continuing efforts to bring us all this bee knowledge. May they thrive!

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[william r sanford72]

...time for a change.

U.S. beekeepers lost 40 percent of bees in 2014-15

Beekeepers across the United States lost more than 40 percent of their honey bee colonies during the year spanning April 2014 to April 2015, according to the latest results of an annual nationwide survey. While winter loss rates improved slightly compared to last year, summer losses--and consequently, total annual losses--were more severe. Commercial beekeepers were hit particularly hard by the high rate of summer losses, which outstripped winter losses for the first time in five years, stoking concerns over the long-term trend of poor health in honey bee colonies.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150513093605.htm


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[william r sanford72]

cool..
Bees Are More Than Honey And Hives
“Social solitaries”
There is one family of wild bees often categorized as solitary bees, which contains some species that are not solitary. I like to call this confusing group the “social solitaries”, though in some parts of the world they are known as “sweat bees” as some species have developed a habit of licking sweat from people’s skin.

Some of these species appear to always be social, while others display both behaviors. Halictus rubicundus is a good example of this, as it is usually social in warmer areas and solitary in cooler ones

Read more: http://www.science20.com/the_conversation/bees_are_more_than_honey_and_hives-155483#ixzz3a2VOzNNb

http://www.science20.com/the_conversation/bees_are_more_than_honey_and_hives-155483


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[william r sanford72]

Brother Adams life and story/origins of the Buckfast can bee seen in previous post here on the thread...have to go back a bit tho its there and interesting.
As is.....

Quest for a Superbee
Can the world’s most important pollinators be saved? How scientists and breeders are trying to create a hardier honeybee.



A different, potentially nontoxic treatment is envisioned by Beeologics, an arm of the agribusiness giant Monsanto, which uses RNAi (the last letter stands for “interference”). RNA molecules in cells carry the information from genes—that is, particular segments of DNA molecules—to the cellular machinery that makes proteins, the chemical building blocks of life. Each protein has a unique makeup, as do its associated RNA and gene. In RNA interference, cells are targeted with a substance designed to attack a specific variant of RNA. Crippling that RNA snaps the link between a gene and its protein. In the Beeologics version, bees would be fed sugar water containing RNAi, which disables mite RNA. In theory the doctored sugar water should not affect the bee. But when mites drink the bees’ hemolymph, the mites will also take in RNAi—and it should affect them. It’s as if you could kill vampires by eating pizza with garlic sauce.

Jerry Hayes of Monsanto Honey Bee Health hopes to have something on the market within five to seven years. The biggest challenge, he says, is creating a stable product—something beekeepers “can ride around with in a truck in Montana when it’s a hundred degrees out.”

Problem is, Marla Spivak says, RNAi is still a single-purpose tool. Spivak, of the University of Minnesota, is the only bee researcher ever to receive a “genius” grant from the MacArthur Foundation. “If you target one specific area,” she argues, “the organism will always make an end run around it.” Staving off the beepocalypse, in her view, ultimately requires a “healthier, stronger” honeybee, one that can fight mites and disease on its own, without human assistance.

In parallel efforts, two groups of researchers—Spivak and her collaborators, and John Harbo and his colleagues at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s research center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana—sought to breed mite-resistant bees. Although their approaches were different, they took aim at the same target: “hygienic” bees

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/building-bees/mann-text


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[william r sanford72]

published last year.interesting how the research is going.

Bee Killers: Using Phages Against Deadly Honeybee Diseases

BYU researchers have identified five new phages that can potentially treat honeybee hives infected with American Foulbrood, a deadly disease that costs the industry millions of dollars each year. Read more here: http://news.byu.edu/archive14-oct-bee...

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[william r sanford72]

Published on May 18, 2015

Have Pollinator Health Issues Been Resolved

Almost a year ago, a Presidential Memorandum was issued in June requesting that all federal agencies work together to develop a cohesive plan for pollinator protection. Recently, it was reported that just over 40% of US Colonies had to be replaced last year which is interesting considering that commercial beekeepers reported losses approaching 90% over the course of the year. Has EPA and USDA created a resolution for protecting pollinators? In this special series called “The Neonicotinoid View”, host June Stoyer and special guest co-host, Colorado beekeeper, Tom Theobald talk to Michele Colopy, Program Director, Executive Director of the Pollinator Stewardship Council.

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[william r sanford72]

no surprise.
Issue...not resolved...real change in the task force plan...shallow and owned by the corps..the government bows down to there corporate leader/scum...again.
SHAMEFULL.

White House pollinator health initiative falls short on key issues

"The actions of governments are sometimes (usually?) at least a bit contradictory, and the issue of potentially banning neonicotinoids no different. Last year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made the decision to phase out the use of these pesticides in national wildlife refuges in Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon and Washington (fully implemented by January 2016), and yet the new Task Force documents aren't nearly as decisive, and the agencies involved in evaluating the use of neonicotinoids may take years to finish their studies."

"It isn't just the bees and other insect pollinators that are affected by neonicotinoids, as a recent report from the American Bird Conservancy states that songbirds are also dealt a low blow from these pesticides, and that "A single corn kernel coated with a neonicotinoid can kill a songbird. Even a tiny grain of wheat or canola treated with the oldest neonicotinoid, imidacloprid, can poison a bird."

http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/white-house-pollinator-health-initiative-conveniently-avoids-pesky-pesticide-issue.html


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[william r sanford72]

Will Task Force Protect Pollinators Or Chemical Industry
Published on May 22, 2015


A Presidential Memorandum was issued requesting that all federal agencies work together to develop a cohesive plan for pollinator protection. It was stated, “The problem is serious and requires immediate attention to ensure the sustainability of our food production systems, avoid additional economic impact on the agricultural sector, and protect the health of the environment.” This was the memorandum issued last June. Bee populations continued declining as well as other pollinators such as the Monarch butterfly. On May 19th, it was announced that under the leadership of the U.S. EPA and USDA, the Task Force was releasing its Strategy, with 3 overarching goals: Reduce honey bee colony losses to economically sustainable levels; Increase monarch butterfly numbers to protect the annual migration; and Restore or enhance millions of acres of land for pollinators through combined public and private action. As we continue our special series called “The Neonicotinoid View”, host June Stoyer and special guest co-host, Colorado beekeeper, Tom Theobald talk to Larissa Walker, the Pollinator Campaign Director and a policy analyst at the Center for Food Safety about this new strategy.

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[william r sanford72]

Swarm season is here...so bee aware fellow protectors/keepers.
musical intermission..brought to you...via Sun Ra.enjoy.

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[william r sanford72]

Changes in forest structure affect bees and other pollinators

The study shows how common present-day forest conditions affect pollinators, especially bees. "Bees prefer open forests," says Jim Hanula, a research entomologist at the Southern Research Station (SRS) Insects, Diseases, and Invasive Plants research unit. "We found that total tree basal area was the best predictor for how many bees would be present." Tree basal area describes the amount of space occupied by tree stems within a given piece of land.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-05-forest-affect-bees-pollinators.html#jCp

http://phys.org/news/2015-05-forest-affect-bees-pollinators.html

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[giovonni]

hitching a ride ...

Swarm of bees takes over vehicle in Poland

"A motorist in Poland got a bit pf a sting when he returned to his parked van only to discover
it was covered in a swarm of bees. . Report by Sarah Kerr."

Published on May 30, 2015


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24D698bfeHc

[william r sanford72]

The continuing plight of the honeybee

Honeybee Habits

Most researchers pin the decline in honeybee populations on a combination of factors like pesticides, viruses vectored by mites and environmental shifts. Still, neonicotinoids—insecticides that include imidacloprid and clothianidin—are thought to play such a leading role in bee disappearance that the European Commission recently banned them for two years. Neonicotinoids are the world's most widely used insecticides and are sprayed on approximately 75 percent of U.S. crop acres. To limit their use would require air-tight studies and irrefutable scientific links, Dr. Doebel said.

Building on their observation of honeybee behavior, Dr. Doebel's team is taking a deceptively simple approach to connecting the dots between neonicotinoids and CCD.

Foraging honeybees rely on memory to repeatedly locate food patches. They associate a flower with a particular smell, color or even shape. And they learn to return to that same food source again and again.

"They don't just randomly fly around," said research assistant Michael Stover, a junior chemistry major. "They know where they are going."

But, the team theorized, neonicotinoids could damage the bees' cognitive abilities, affecting their nervous systems and blocking both their foraging and communication capabilities.

In Dr. Doebel's lab, students trained honeybees to associate certain scents— essential oils like lavender, lemon grass and rosemary—with a reward. Holding the insects in a tiny "bee harness," they touched a sugar water-coded glass rod to their antennae receptors. At the same time, they used a syringe to release a puff of the oil-scents. Eventually, the bees recognized the scent and expected a treat. Exhibiting a reaction called Proboscis Extension Reflex (PER), the scent caused them to stick out their tongues, even when the sugar water wasn't present


Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-06-plight-honeybee.html#jCp

http://phys.org/news/2015-06-plight-honeybee.html


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[william r sanford72]

A smelling bee?

If there were an international smelling bee, a deadly mite would be a favorite to win.
New research has revealed that Varroa mites, the most-serious threat to honeybees worldwide, are infiltrating hives by smelling like bees.

The Michigan State University-led study, appearing in the current issue of Biology Letters, shows that being able to smell like their hostess reduces the chance that the parasite is found and killed.

The parasites were originally found on Asian honeybees. The invasive species, however, revealed their versatility when they began infesting and killing European honeybees

http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2015/a-smelling-bee/


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[william r sanford72]

The clumsiness that makes wild pollinators indispensable

The critical role of our wild pollinators for agriculture and biodiversity has been overlooked, but this is changing. Scientists are now cottoning on to the usefulness of wild pollinators, and arguing that we are missing a trick in not doing more to help them.

“Honeybees are really important, and we can move them around and manage them, but we’ve begun to appreciate that the vast majority of pollination in wild plants and crops is coming from wild pollinators,” says Dr Tomás Murray at the National Biodiversity Data Centre in Co Waterford.

There are 20 species of bumblebee and one species of honeybee in Ireland, but there are 76 kinds of solitary bee. Honeybees live in hives of thousands, bumblebees can have nests a few hundred strong. Solitary bees live, well, solitary lives, but make big contributions. Together, they all boost crop production.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/the-clumsiness-that-makes-wild-pollinators-indispensable-1.2227612


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[william r sanford72]

An Open Letter To American Beekeepers
Published on Jun 4, 2015


Last month, the White House announced a new strategy to protect pollinators. However, last year, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum directing an interagency Task Force to create a Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators.

The Presidential Task Force Report on Bee and Pollinator Health has been widely condemned for failing to address the primary cause of bee-deaths in America: pesticides. Environmental NGOs have strongly criticized the Task Force Report including: PANNA, Beyond Pesticides, Center for Food Safety, Friends of the Earth, National Resources Defense Council and EcoWatch. The central criticism is that this report gives pesticides a free pass in relation to bee colony deaths. Has any progress been made? Beekeepers, bee advocates and concerned citizens are concerned that this is an effort to appease them while enabling industry to continue to sell neonicotinoids.
with guest graham white

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[william r sanford72]

Pretty decent vid on beekeeping Using Nuc hives.

Sustainable Beekeeping through Nucleus Colonies by Joe Lewis Susquehanna Beekeepers 2015
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[Cidersomerset]

Bees suffer dementia due to metal pollution: Aluminium contamination may be behind insect decline

new Sunday 7th June 2015 at 04:24 By David Icke

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Bees suffer dementia due to metal pollution: Aluminium contamination
may be behind insect decline
Bumblebees found to be contaminated with elevated levels of aluminium
Scientists found they had levels that would cause brain damage in humans
Researchers say metal pollution may be contributing to decline of insects

By Colin Fernandez, Science Correspondent For The Daily Mail

Published: 18:07, 5 June 2015 | Updated: 20:20, 5 June 2015

‘Bees may be declining because they are suffering dementia compared to
Alzheimer’s caused by eating large amounts of aluminium.A scientific study
found high amounts of aluminium contamination in bees at levels that would
cause brain damage in humans.

Bees rely on their tiny brains to navigate to flowers to collect pollen and nectar to eat.’

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Biologists at Keele University and the University of Sussex found aluminium
contamination in bumblebee pupae at levels that would cause brain damage
in humans. The insects have been found to not avoid flowers that are contaminated
with aluminium when foraging for nectar, like in the photograph of a bumblebee above

Researchers from the universities of Keele and Sussex studied the levels of aluminium
in pupae – the bag-like form bumblebee larvae before they emerge as fully grown adults.

The scientists found that the pupae contained levels of between 13 and 200 ppm (parts per million).

ARE BEES HOOKED ON NICOTINE?

Bees may be getting hooked on nectar laced with nicotine-related chemicals in a similar
way to how humans are addicted to the drug in cigarettes. Many insecticides contain
traces of so-called neonicotinoids, which translates to 'new nicotine-like insecticides'.
And despite not being able to taste them, studies have discovered bees - especially
those with parasites - will seek out plants laced with such chemicals.

Like nicotine, the neonicotinoids act on certain receptors in the nerve synapses of insects.
They are more toxic to invertebrates than they are to mammals and birds.Initially,
neonicotinoids were used due to their low-toxicity to many so-called beneficial insects,
such as bees. 'To put it in context, just 3ppm would 'be considered as potentially
pathological in human brain tissue.' Previous research has found when bees forage
for nectar they do not actively avoid nectar which contains aluminium.

Researchers at University of Sussex collected pupae from colonies of naturally foraging
bumblebees and sent them to Keele University where their aluminium content was determined.
Pesticide residues have been seen as one of the most significant causes of a decline in
bee numbers.But the researchers, whose work is published in the journal Public Library of
Science One, suggest the possibility that this aluminium is also contributing to the decline.

Professor Chris Exley an expert on human exposure to aluminium, from Keele University
said: 'It is widely accepted that a number of interacting factors are likely to be involved in
the decline of bees and other pollinators – lack of flowers, attacks by parasites, and
exposure to pesticide cocktails, for example.

'Aluminium is a known neurotoxin affecting behaviour in animal models of aluminium
intoxication. Bees, of course, rely heavily on cognitive function in their everyday behaviour
and these data raise the intriguing spectre that aluminium-induced cognitive dysfunction
may play a role in their population decline – are we looking at bees with Alzheimer's disease?'.

The Alzheimer's society advise that although aluminium was linked initially with Alzheimer's
disease in humans 'the link has not been proven despite continuing investigation'.


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Researchers say the elevated levels of aluminium they found in bumblebees, similar to
the one shown above, may be contributing to their decline. They say it is possible the
aluminium could be interfering with their brains


Read more: PLOS ONE: Bumblebee Pupae Contain High Levels of Aluminium
Bees suffer dementia due to metal pollution: Aluminium contamination may be behind insect decline

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3112575/Bees-suffer-dementia-metal-pollution-Aluminium-contamination-insect-decline.html#ixzz3cMKY1T5P
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[william r sanford72]

:muscle:..Alaskan bumblebees...tough little ladys.

Bumble bees in the last frontier, Alaska

"Alaskan bumble bees, for example, are so well adapted to their environment that they have been observed in temperatures as cold as -3.6°C during snowfall, during the night, and above the tree line. Many of the berries, nuts, and seeds consumed by birds, mammals, and other insects are also a result of bumble bee pollination of native woody and herbaceous plants"

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150615132940.htm


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[william r sanford72]

we need a moral argument??..cause economics isn't enough....How about compassion and logic dancing hand in hand.

Study Finds Very Few Wild Bee Species Pollinate Major Crops

"The study gives a powerful economic rationale for conserving wild bees. It calculates the value of wild bee pollination to the global food system at $3,000 per hectare of insect-pollinated agricultural land, a number in the billions globally.
But the findings also offer a warning to conservation advocates hoping that economic arguments can justify the preservation of all species. Moral reasons are still needed, researchers say."

http://entomologytoday.org/

http://entomologytoday.org/2015/06/17/study-finds-very-few-wild-bee-species-pollinate-major-crops/

truth and balance

[william r sanford72]

interesting..

Wright-Patterson Launches Effort to Replenish Honey Bees

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- Behind a fence topped with barbed wire sits a secret weapon at Wright-Patterson buzzing inside a makeshift hive: 40,000 honey bees.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/06/17/wright-patterson-launches-effort-to-replenish-honey-bees.html

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[william r sanford72]

Honey Bees' African Ancestors May Hold Cure for Biting Mite Plague

"If we can understand the genetic and physiological mechanisms that allow African bees to withstand parasites and viruses, we can use this information for breeding programs or management practices in U.S. bee populations," said Christina Grozinger, director of the Center for Pollinator Research at Pennsylvania State University.

In 2010, a team of researchers from Penn State and the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) in Kenya discovered the deadly Varroa mite was present on Kenyan bees. A tiny red beast that attaches, shield-like, to the back of a bee, Varroa feeds on bee hemolymph (bee blood). The blood-sucking in itself is akin to a (rather large) tick bite on a human, but the process can transmit diseases and wreak havoc with a bee's immune system. The parasite's full name — Varroa destructor — is apt; it is the culprit for many bee deaths in North America and Europe."

http://www.livescience.com/51279-why-are-blood-sucking-bee-parasites-less-deadly-to-african-bees.html


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[william r sanford72]

Hummm.........

British World Expo pavilion has visitors swarming into Expo sculptural hive

The World Expo in Milan is all abuzz about a giant aluminium hive that hums in harmony with 40,000 bees making honey 1,400 kilometers away in Nottingham, England.

Artist Wolfgang Buttress' innovative work is the centerpiece of a bee-themed British pavilion that is pulling in nearly four times as many visitors as anticipated and has become one of the must-sees of the six-month world fair in Italy's economic capital.

Steve Jewlitt-Fleet, the pavilion's deputy director, told AFP that, since its May 1 opening, over 500,000 visitors have come to admire a creation designed to highlight the importance of bees to the environment and showcase scientific research that could help reverse an alarming decline in their numbers.

"It's been a real word-of-mouth success," said Jewlitt-Fleet.

Visitors to the 100 meter x 20 meter pavilion follow the dance of a bee through British orchard and meadow landscapes featuring native apple trees and wild heather, buttercups and sorrel, before arriving at Buttress' hive.

As they enter the 43-ton structure, they start to pick up the amplified hum of the bees in Nottingham Trent University physicist Martin Bencsik's experimental hive in England, where he is using accelerometer technology borrowed from high-tech engineering to monitor what is going on inside.

Accelerometers are highly sensitive devices used to monitor vibrations in rotating machinery, notably in the automobile and aviation industries.

Now mass produced for use in smartphones (they allow automated portrait/landscape display functions) Bencsik uses them to track the evolution of vibrations within the hive over days, weeks and months and translates them as changes of the colony status.

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/928205.shtml

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[william r sanford72]

The last Free Italian colonys...

A New Zealand beekeeper plans to develop a global bee sanctuary on Niue to act as a "bee bank" as honey bee populations fall into stark decline.

When beekeeper Andy Cory went to Niue in 1999 in search of a honey business, he had to hack his way through a jungle to find a collection of beehives which had been abandoned 30 years previously.

He remembers finding 240 hives.

"They were all rotten and had fallen on their sides. The bees were still in them and they were fine."

The bees have been living isolated in their tropical island paradise since being brought to Niue from New Zealand in the 1960s, and are thought to be the last colony of Italian honey bees in the world that are free of the destructive varroa mite.

http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=208723

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[william r sanford72]

Tackling The Global Honey Bee Crisis

The world is experiencing a global bee crisis, with Australia the only country not yet affected. With bees responsible for almost a third of the food on our plate, this is a crisis that could affect us all.

In the winter of 2013, Europe saw its bee populations fall by 53%. This year the US has seen populations fall by 42%. Astonishingly, Australia is the only country in the world where the bee population continues to thrive. As commercial beekeepers are pushed out of business elsewhere, Australian bees are exported to pollinate foreign farmlands. However, the fate of Australian bees hangs in the balance. It seems that the bee crisis is intricately tied to the way we have changed our planet. Preventing the migration of the varroa mite from Asia remains the biggest challenge: "Once that arrives here, we'll have about three to five years before the massive collapse of potentially commercial beekeeping", explains breeder Tiffane Bates. In an attempt to save the bees, scientists are now trying to breed resistant bee populations, and understand the complex genetics of the hives. This insightful report reveals the fascinating and secret lives of bees, and explores the ground-breaking methods being used to preserve them.

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[william r sanford72]

:Music: intermission....Lee Doresy.:highfive:

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truth..:heart:

[william r sanford72]

Honey Market for month of May.2015

www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/fvmhoney.pdf

www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/fvmhoney.pdf


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[william r sanford72]

A Discussion About Neonicotinoids And Bee Losses
Published on Jun 26, 2015

Should neonicotinoids be banned? What is the impact on honeybees? In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, June Stoyer will host an in-depth discussion about neonicotinoids with Randy Oliver, a biologist and owner of ScientificBeekeeping.com and Walter Haefeker, President of the European Professional Beekeepers Association, Member of the Board of Directors German Professional Beekeepers Association.

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[william r sanford72]

with the wet and strange year rolling out for this part of the country I would suggest swarm season will bee extendend..so bee aware Protectors/Keepers..
and the vids below..just like the vibe..is all..enjoy.

Halesworth Honeybees and a Song - June 2015

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[william r sanford72]

BEEWATCH 2015 - Honeybee Swarming Time!!

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truth and balance...:flower:....

[Cidersomerset]

100,000 beekeepers urge Germany to ban GMOs as biotech industry destroys their livelihood and environment

By ickonic on 2nd July 2015 Activism, Corporate Crime, Medical/Health

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100,000 beekeepers urge Germany to ban GMOs as biotech industry destroys their livelihood and environment

Thursday, July 02, 2015 by: Daniel Barker
Tags: beekeepers, GMO ban, pesticides


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‘Nearly 100,000 German beekeepers are calling for a nationwide ban on the cultivation
of GMO crops. The beekeepers are represented by the German Beekeepers Association
(DIB), which is pursuing the ban after the introduction of legislation allowing member
states to opt out of GM planting schemes that have been approved at the EU level.

The new law allows a member state to ban GMO agriculture in all or part of its territory.
The legislation is strongly opposed by GM proponents and has become a controversial
issue throughout the EU.

The DIB is urging Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt (CSU) to enact a ban throughout
the entire country, but the minister is calling for each state or region within Germany to
decide on an individual basis.’

The beekeepers argue that this will not be an effective solution because of the range that
bees travel to collect nectar. The DIB maintains that such a "piecemeal" approach involving
some areas that are GM-free and others that are not is "environmentally and agriculturally
unacceptable," adding that "bees have no borders."

The threat to the honeybees created by GM agriculture comes from the widespread use of
certain pesticides by the industry that contain neonicotinoids, which have been proven to
be toxic to bees and other forms of life.

The Guardian reports:

Neonicotinoids are already known as a major cause of the decline of bees and other pollinators.
These pesticides can be applied to the seeds of crops, and they remain in the plant as it grows,
killing the insects which eat it. The quantities required to destroy insect life are astonishingly
small: by volume these poisons are 10,000 times as powerful as DDT. When honeybees are
exposed to just 5 nanogrammes of neonicotinoids, half of them will die. As bees, hoverflies,
butterflies, moths, beetles and other pollinators feed from the flowers of treated crops, they
are, it seems, able to absorb enough of the pesticide to compromise their survival.

Many experts believe that these pesticides are at least partly responsible for the continuing
deaths of millions of bees due to what has been termed Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). In
2014, 37 million bees in Canada suddenly dropped dead after nearby cornfields were planted
with GMO crops.

GM supporters and apologists rushed to explain that the bees were not killed by the GMO corn,
but experts believe that the deaths were due to the neonicotinoid pesticides used by the industry.
Although the bee deaths were perhaps not directly due to the effects of GM plants, there is ample
evidence indicating that they were indeed killed by the pesticides used in conjunction with the GM
corn cultivation.


German beekeepers face a tough legal battle
Even though the new legislation allows member states to ban GMO crops in part or all of their territory,
legal experts say that Germany will face an uphill battle in having a nationwide ban approved.

If the GMO industry challenges such a ban, which it almost certainly will, the European Court of Justice
will be called on to make a decision. The ECJ "has a presumption in favour of the EU single market,"
according to GMWatch.org.

It will be very interesting to see what happens in Germany because the case could set a precedent for
the rest of the EU. It is hoped that the beekeepers will be able to force the implementation of a nationwide
ban. GMWatch also reports that the "GMO industry may go down in history as having broken apart the
European Union and set one sector of the food and agriculture industry against another."

Sources:

http://gmwatch.org

http://www.organicconsumers.org

http://www.theguardian.com

http://naturalsociety.com

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/050269_beekeepers_GMO_ban_pesticides.html#ixzz3ejfApUbK

Read more: 100,000 beekeepers urge Germany to ban GMOs as biotech industry
destroys their livelihood and environment

http://www.naturalnews.com/050269_beekeepers_GMO_ban_pesticides.html#

[Selkie]

It is always so exciting and wonderful to see a swarm of bees.

[Gardener]

Just to report in that we have a good number this week, better than usual with the weather here in northern England. And my son had a swarm in a pine tree, called a local bee-keeper, all good news, hope it holds.

:)