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[Day_Tripper]

I read a few years ago that organic bee farmers had no problem with their bees dying off.  I've also read that conventional bee farmers will feed their bees high fructose corn syrup to help with honey production.  Considering that 70% of the corn in the US is genetically modified, I'm personally convinced that the GM corn is killing the bees, at least in part.  But, the pesticide theory is quite probable as well.


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Does Film Solve Honey Bee Mystery?
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(Sept. 29) – In recent years, scientists have been grappling with a biological mystery: the death of honey bees throughout the world. Now a new film proposes a culprit, reports The Independent.
According to 'Vanishing of the Bees,' which will be released in Britain next month, the latest generation of pesticides is at fault.
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Honey bees around the world have been mysteriously dying off for the past five years. Some argue that pesticides called neonicotinoids have contributed to their demise.
More specifically, the filmmakers pin the rap on neonicotinoid pesticides, said the paper. These compounds, many of them made by Bayer, are used widely in Britain and the U.S., although they have been banned in France.
In theory, neonicotinoids should not affect honey bees, said The Independent. But George Langworthy and Maryam Henein, who made the film, believe that even a low-level dose may be taking a toll.
After years of being weakened by the nosema fungus, the varroa mite, and other viruses, the film argues, the honey bees can no longer cope with the additional strain of neonicotinoid exposure.
Langworthy and Henein are not the first to blame these particular pesticides, along with one of their primary manufacturers, Bayer. More than two years ago, both researchers and commercial beekeepers expressed similar concerns.
But then as now, the pharmaceutical giant defended its product.
"Everybody knows this is about the varroa mite, the nosema pest and a number of fungal and viral diseases," a Bayer spokesman told The Independent. "The healthiest bees in the world are in Australia, where they have lots of neonicotinoids but they don't have varroa."
The British Beekeepers' Association was unwilling to assign definitive blame to the pesticides. "All the data we have seen so far is inconclusive," the group's president told the paper.

[Mr. TOP SECRET]

The honey bee is another tool for the Al Gore foundation to use against us that we are creating global warming which are dying off the bees.

[Day_Tripper]

I've got to find it, but I've read that mad cow disease is also caused by pesticides.  That would explain why wild deer have gotten mad cow.

[pandasex]

My husband and I have been planning a bee colony for the past year and plan next spring to start the hive. I cant wait and will post pics as the process continues. I hope to encourage others around me to do the same.

Great video very inspiring. It made me super excited to see my own bees in action

[Day_Tripper]

I hope it's going to be organic.  Are you going to make mead?  I love homemade mead.

[pandasex]

oh yeah we are not doing the garden or the comb with anything that will taint them in anyway. We are totally trying to get BACK to nature and not confuse it or break it anymore.

whats mead? (if its something to do with the bees My husband knows more.....im the garden person LOL)

but i plan on learning more through him and the bees

[Day_Tripper]

Mead is honey wine.  It's alcoholic, but I think it's got some good in it too if it isn't pasteurized.  There are recipes for it on line and it takes longer to brew than beer, but it's so worth it.

[Mr. TOP SECRET]

Mead is honey wine.  It's alcoholic, but I think it's got some good in it too if it isn't pasteurized.  There are recipes for it on line and it takes longer to brew than beer, but it's so worth it.

Does it taste good and does it have a kick? lol

[Day_Tripper]

I've gotten drunk off of it, but no hangover.   Honey rocks!  Especially raw honey.

[lashmar]

I'm personally convinced that the GM corn is killing the bees,

Well it fucking kill’s everything else.



Ps. Though Mead was honey beer?