The Vanishing of Bees video

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When my Dad had Bees sometimes he had to feed sugar and water if honey was low. He didn't like to. He would rather buy honey from another keeper if he could.

When they did testing on imported "honey" from the developing countries the results were quite shocking. A long list of chemicals and stuff that had been blended in to make the original "honey" go farther. It shouldn't be called honey more like honey substitute.
Hardly any nutritional value.
At 9 cents per pound it cannot be real honey.

I hope people will buy from the local Bee Keeper or from a source that is practicing ethical bee keeping. Definitely not cutting the real honey with garbage.
 
Mainly honey bees.

There are other native bees that can pollinate, but the tend to be ignored since they don't produce honey. Mason Bees and Leaf Cutter Bees are two that come to mind.
 
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Yes it is depressing and serious.

According to the Bee Farmer who spoke after the film and he has been a honey and mead producer for quite a long time, decades actually, other wild pollinators are in peril as well, wasps, wild bees, moths, butterflies, hummingbirds, bats etc. But it is the insects that are getting the worst of it.

The giant North American Bumblebee, not sure of its latin name, has taken a devastating blow.
He said that the Greenhouse industry imports African Bumblebees to use in the pollination of Greenhouse crops. Some of those escape through open vents and then colonize and compete against our Bumblebee.
 
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Yes it is depressing and serious.

According to the Bee Farmer who spoke after the film and he has been a honey and mead producer for quite a long time, decades actually, other wild pollinators are in peril as well, wasps, wild bees, moths, butterflies, hummingbirds, bats etc. But it is the insects that are getting the worst of it.

The giant North American Bumblebee, not sure of its latin name, has taken a devastating blow.
He said that the Greenhouse industry imports African Bumblebees to use in the pollination of Greenhouse crops. Some of those escape through open vents and then colonize and compete against our Bumblebee.

Why are the other pollinators dying off? Is there something wrong with the flowers? Sorry for my childish questions.
 
Its the honey bee that reeks havoc on the native bee population. I haven't seen any sign of the native bee populations going down in places that dont have honey bees. My apples were covered with native bees this year.
 
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No question is childish.
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It is a complicated problem with too few answers. Lots of speculation.
The Scientists think it is a combination of Roundup, GMO, pollution, disease, competition etc.. As well as what Wifezilla posted .......HFCS for the domestic bees.
Maybe soon they will find the answer and then a solution.
 

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