Our two Apis mellifera hive at the farm provide us with so much more than just incredible dear .
They also help to pollinate many of the yield tree , vegetable crop and efflorescence in our garden and landscape . In accession , they are simply absorbing and beautiful creature to follow .
I think by now everyone realizes how much honeybee add to all of our tables . They are pollinating automobile .
Without them in the picture show , our choices of fruit , vegetables and many other clean food would be exceedingly thin . And that is set it lightly .
But sadly , our bees , like many others all over , are in serious difficulty . It does n’t take a proverbial “ Rocket Scientist ” to see that honeybees are dying off everywhere at an alarming rate .
The Struggles Of Our Honeybee Hives
This leaping will mark the 4th metre in the last 5 year that we have had to supercede at least one of our two hive due to a settlement collapse .
It is the second time during that span that both hives have not made it through the winter . Our urticaria were absolutely thriving last twelvemonth and then suddenly , without warning , began to cave in .
It is the same physical process almost every season . The number get to return , the settlement grow weak , and they are ineffective to make it through winter .
We are certainly not professional beekeeping expert , nor scientists , bug-hunter or biologists .
But we are a duet of bee keeping enthusiasts who have struggled mighty over the last few years to keep our bees live from time of year to time of year . And it is certainly not from a lack of endeavor .
In fact , we have judge to help them in every way possible . We have strike our bees twice to fresh localization to aid provide maximal protection .
We ’ve tried winterizing their beehive in new way to provide better security from the elements .
We ’ve essay several different methods of hive direction as well , let in feeding later and earlier in the twelvemonth to help work up settlement strength .
But still they are die off . As are the hives of so many other beekeeper across the state .
There are a thousand theories as to why it is all happening and at the header of the list is the massive overutilization of pesticides . What is distressing is that many of them never call for to be spray in the first blank space .
Do we really need to spray lawns five times a yr to prevent a few mourning band from popping up ?
Do we need to spray crops every time we see a single bug take a few pungency out of leaves ?
I love watching our honeybees snaffle nectar each Spring from the dandelions in our yard .
But then I wonder how many others bees are probably die from have the inauspicious luck of landing in a just - spray yard , or a elephantine farm discipline being sprayed with insecticides .
So what is the stage of this article ? Well , to help oneself bees . Because I have to secern you it is utterly disheartening to watch over them shin and go every yr .
The simple fact is that we all need to do our part to avail bees . Whether it ’s set a field of wildflowers for them to have sources of ambrosia , or spray less – or not at all .
perhaps it ’s even trying to help by keeping a few hives in your own backyard . We need the honeybees ! Great Beekeeping Books : The Backyard Beekeeper – Storeys Guide To Keeping bee
Here ’s to a healthy year for the Apis mellifera hives ! – Jim & Mary .
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