Bee's making a recovery?, page 1

They're back. But there was a lot of hype about what was happening.

“The honeybee decline observed in the USA and in other European countries including Great Britain, which has been attributed in part to parasitic mites and more recently to colony collapse disorder, could be misguiding us to think that this is a global phenomenon,” said Marcelo Aizen, of Universidad Nacional del Comahue in Argentina. “We found here that is not the case.”

www.timesonline.co.uk...



Apparently, the problem is with "managed" hives, not wild hives. It seems it may have been the beekeepers who weren't looking out for the best interests of their bugs that was the problem.

The suggestion is that poor nutrition has weakened the bees’ immune systems, making them more vulnerable to viruses and other parasites. Feeding bees supplements, rather than relying on their ability to forage in the wild, costs time and money. Many beekeepers therefore try to avoid it. Anecdote suggests, however, that those who do fork out find their colonies are far more resistant to CCD.

www.economist.com...



[edit on 8/29/2009 by Phage]

reply to post by VitalOverdose

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To tell you the truth, I've noticed the lack of bees myself. But this summer, there numbers increased. I've never really heard the conspiracy of TPTB killing off bees. I guess there's a conspiracy for everything wrong in the world.

reply to post by VitalOverdose

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Relocating bees does havoc on their systems, though. That's why some managed hives had problems to begin with. The proper name for the loss is Colony Collapse Disorder.

If you're interested on some possible causes of the problem, see my thread from the winter. Honeybees.

I'm glad that they seem to be returning in your area.

Also see my good friend Animal's thread on CCD, very recent. The Bee Genome and CCD

For awhile I've hypothesized that the issue was immune related, making the bees more susceptible to mites, parasites, and viruses. Animal found a really awesome source on the issue, saying a specific virus alters the honeybee genome, thus weakening the immune system.

[edit on 8/29/2009 by ravenshadow13]

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Thank you for this thread


We've been seeing MANY more bees this year !


We're having an early Spring, here in Sydney Australia and have been noticing LOTS of bees in the garden, thank God

During the past few years, bees and butterflies were almost non-existent. Same garden, same plants.

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