At 08:07 PM Monday 6/18/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: >http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_5194.cfm > >First part of article: > >Colony Collapse Disorder in domestic honey bees is all the buzz lately, >mostly because honey bees pollinate food crops for humans. > >However, we would not be so dependent on commercial non-native factory >farmed honey bees if we were not killing off native pollinators. Organic >agriculture does not use chemicals or crops toxic to bees and, done >properly, preserves wildlife habitat in the vicinity, recognizing the >intimate relationship between cultivated fields and natural areas. > >While no one is certain why honey bee colonies are collapsing, factory >farmed honey bees are more susceptible to stress from environmental >sources than organic or feral honey bees. Most people think beekeeping >is all natural but in commercial operations the bees are treated much >like livestock on factory farms. > > Julia
While on the local news tonight (I looked for a link but couldn't find one) there was a piece about a guy who bought some property east of here a couple of months ago and found a wild beehive on one of the buildings and since he bought the property the beehive has about tripled in size . . . -- Ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
