Give Bees a Chance....

[Robeson]

...This is a good article from Ode. As with all animal rights issues, this one needs to be front and center....

Excerpts:

...Our bees are dying—in record numbers. The recent disappearance of catastrophic numbers of bees from their colonies, in the U.S. especially but also in Europe, has been dubbed Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). The most striking symptom of CCD is that the bees appear to die away from the hive. One day they fly away and never return. Those few that are left behind, say scientists, are ill indeed. Virtually every known bee virus can be found in their bodies; some are carrying five or six viruses, as well as several fungal infections, at the same time....

...Migratory pollination is a multibillion-dollar industry. But transporting bees huge distances in giant 18-wheel juggernauts with the hives stacked on top of each other also stresses the insects out. Higher levels of stress in turn make them more vulnerable to disease. Studies show CCD is most prevalent in transported bees, with losses of up to 90 percent within the colonies....

...Bees are sensitive, social creatures that have achieved a high degree of harmony and productivity in their colonies. Their social structure is both dynamic and ordered. They are intelligent, and become more so with age. They learn and remember; they can use visual orientation to estimate the distance from a nectar source while in flight. They construct colonies that are warm in the winter and cool in the summer. They also suffer from occupational diseases, just like we do....

Article here... http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/50/give-bees-a-chance

Also, there are some little things we can do, such as putting out plants that help bees. Please check this link out, and think about some of these choices, especially with Spring and Summer coming up... http://www.bumblebee.org/helpbees.htm

[LaurenG]

1. Aw poor little things and what a frightening scenario

We are planning a garden this year and I've already bought some seeds which were on the list. Thank you for posting this. :cry:




edited because Ohio has been hit with CCD.

[defendandprotect]

2. Capitalistic stupidy is killing bees --- !!!

Just like it's killing everything else on the planet ---

Capitalism = death--!!