I mean… We still don’t know why the honey bee is dying (yes, specifically the honey bee. Other bees seem to be doing OK).
Yes, it could be the industry, or it could be climate change, or it could be the use of pesticides… But while it could be all of those things, none of those things fit entirely.
So even if a whole lot of people are willing to do something to prevent the honey bee population from going poof… We wouldn’t know what to do exactly.
Wait, this is not true. At least not in Europe. Honey bees are not dying, on the contrary. There are too many of them and biodiversity drops around their hives. Save the bees has never been about the honey bee.
My understanding is that honey bees are dying in farmed environments in the USA. Basically farmers will pay these large bee hive companies to bring bees in tractor trailers to their farm and let them out for a period of time to help pollutant their fields. These bees are the ones having record die offs, but from what I understand the die offs are less than the number of new bees being made.
Basically the efficiency of the corporate farming operation is decreasing, but the captive bee population is fine.
If someone out there knows better and has source information I would love to be corrected.
I mean… We still don’t know why the honey bee is dying (yes, specifically the honey bee. Other bees seem to be doing OK).
Yes, it could be the industry, or it could be climate change, or it could be the use of pesticides… But while it could be all of those things, none of those things fit entirely.
So even if a whole lot of people are willing to do something to prevent the honey bee population from going poof… We wouldn’t know what to do exactly.
Wait, this is not true. At least not in Europe. Honey bees are not dying, on the contrary. There are too many of them and biodiversity drops around their hives. Save the bees has never been about the honey bee.
The conflation of Apis Mellifera with the native species that we actually need is one of my biggest pet peeves.
My understanding is that honey bees are dying in farmed environments in the USA. Basically farmers will pay these large bee hive companies to bring bees in tractor trailers to their farm and let them out for a period of time to help pollutant their fields. These bees are the ones having record die offs, but from what I understand the die offs are less than the number of new bees being made.
Basically the efficiency of the corporate farming operation is decreasing, but the captive bee population is fine.
If someone out there knows better and has source information I would love to be corrected.