I'm bringing over links from treehugger (that is closing 11/30/11)
It would be a shame for all of this information to be lost.
The bees need our help and awareness.
Read some or all. Thanks-SP
http://www.smh.com.a...91128-jxwm.html
http://velacreations.com/bees.html
http://www.bioone.or...10.1641/B580503
http://www.newscient...e-disorder.html
http://www.pbs.org/w...bees_2008-06-15
http://community.lso...NS.exe?A0=BEE-L
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Started by Shortpoet-GTD, Nov 10 2011 12:22 PM
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#3
Posted 13 November 2011 - 04:09 AM
AEF, on 12 November 2011 - 11:48 AM, said:
More importantly, we need our resident beekeeper, SgtMaj. He rarely posts this time of year and I sent him a message but the forum will be gone by the time he checks back in I'm afraid.
#4
Posted 24 November 2011 - 03:45 AM
Elephants and natives clashing over space?
Bees to the rescue!
"Dr. Lucy E. King has been conducting research on how conflict between humans and elephants can be reduced.
The research that King carried out was based around the premise that elephants are scared of being stung by bees.
This led to an innovative beehive fence to reduce conflict between the huge mammal and the local people in Kenya.
Dr. Kings work has proven to be hugely successful in developing an incredibly simple and natural way to deter elephants from coming into contact with humans and endangering lives and crops.
The beehive fence has performed so well in reducing conflict between elephants and humans that the same project is now being implemented in Uganda and Tanzania."
http://www.earthtime...ared-bees/1648/
Bees to the rescue!
"Dr. Lucy E. King has been conducting research on how conflict between humans and elephants can be reduced.
The research that King carried out was based around the premise that elephants are scared of being stung by bees.
This led to an innovative beehive fence to reduce conflict between the huge mammal and the local people in Kenya.
Dr. Kings work has proven to be hugely successful in developing an incredibly simple and natural way to deter elephants from coming into contact with humans and endangering lives and crops.
The beehive fence has performed so well in reducing conflict between elephants and humans that the same project is now being implemented in Uganda and Tanzania."
http://www.earthtime...ared-bees/1648/
#5
Posted 24 November 2011 - 04:39 AM
Bayer's top-selling pesticides continue to cause bee deaths worldwide
23 November 2011 -- "The worrisome deaths of bee populations worldwide is likely to continue as the German agrochemical company Bayer remains unrestricted in its manufacture and sale of neonicotinoid pesticides.
Bayer's accountability in the phenomenon known as the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is among the cases to be heard
at a landmark international tribunal, to be held from December 3 to 6, 2011.
"Bee deaths are a global problem, so it is crucial to discuss this issue and to find solutions on an international level. It is encouraging that the PPT as a global initiative is addressing this problem, which is both an environmental and an economic threat," said Philipp Mimkes, spokesperson of the Coalition Against Bayer Dangers, a Germany-based public interest group.
Mimkes revealed that imidacloprid (product name Gaucho) and clothianidin (product name Poncho) remain Bayer's top-selling pesticides, despite the fact that this class of pesticides, known as neonicotinoids, is strongly linked to CCD.
In 2010, Gaucho sales were valued at US$ 820 million while Poncho sales were valued at US$ 260 million. Gaucho ranks first among Bayer's best-selling pesticide, while Poncho ranks seventh. "This is the reason why Bayer, despite the serious
environmental damage they cause, is fighting tooth and nail against any application prohibition of neonicotinoids," said Mimkes.
The use of these pesticides is unrestricted in many countries,
including the U.S.
where one-third of the bee population has died every year since 2006.
Honeybees pollinate over 70 out of 100 crops that provide 90% of the world's food. They pollinate most fruits and vegetables-including apples, oranges, strawberries, onions and carrots. The declining bee population thus has potentially serious impacts on food security and livelihood of farmers.
Decline of bee populations
CCD is used to described the drastic decline of bee populations across the world, which started in the mid-1990s.
This was also the same period when neonicotinoids were introduced in the market. In 1994, honeybee populations started dying in France, and later in Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Poland, England, Slovenia, Greece, Belgium, Canada, U.S., Brazil, Japan, and India.
Neonicotinoids are a class of pesticides that are chemically related to nicotine. They are taken up by a plant's vascular system and released through pollen, nectar and water droplets from which bees then forage and drink.
While CCD is likely caused by a combination of many factors including the stresses of industrial beekeeping and loss of habitat, many scientists believe that exposure to pesticides is a critical factor.
Neonicotinoids are of particular concern because they have cumulative, sublethal effects on bees and other insect pollinators. These effects include neurobehavioral and immune system disruptions that correspond to CCD symptoms.
In 1991, Bayer began producing imidacloprid, which is now one of the most widely used insecticides for field and horticultural
crops. France banned imidacloprid as a seed dressing for sunflowers, after a third of French honeybees died following its widespread use.
Bayer then produced clothianidin, a successor to imidacloprid. This was brought into the American market in 2003,
and the German market in 2006. Clothianidin is also a neonicotinoid and highly toxic
to honeybees.
"Laboratory studies have shown that such chemicals can cause loss of sense of direction, impair memory and brain metabolism, and cause mortality," the UNEP report said.
Due to their high level of persistence, neonicotinoids can remain in the soil for several years. Thus, even untreated
crops planted in fields where the pesticides were previously used can take up the toxins from the soil via their roots.
Tests on the dead bees showed that 99% had a build-up of clothianidin.
"The most important development is that today there are thousands of reports, articles and studies around the world about the correlation of exposure to pesticides such as imidacloprid and clothianidin, and the widespread decline of bees.
Environmental and beekeeping associations worldwide have gathered 1.2 million signatures to demand
that clothianidin be removed from the market.
We hope that it brings additional momentum for the campaign to stop the mass death of bees.
The PPT Session on Agrochemical TNCs is the first to target
Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Dow Chemical, DuPont, and BASF
or the six companies currently in control of the world's food and agricultural systems."
http://www.cbgnetwork.org/4166.html
23 November 2011 -- "The worrisome deaths of bee populations worldwide is likely to continue as the German agrochemical company Bayer remains unrestricted in its manufacture and sale of neonicotinoid pesticides.
Bayer's accountability in the phenomenon known as the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is among the cases to be heard
at a landmark international tribunal, to be held from December 3 to 6, 2011.
"Bee deaths are a global problem, so it is crucial to discuss this issue and to find solutions on an international level. It is encouraging that the PPT as a global initiative is addressing this problem, which is both an environmental and an economic threat," said Philipp Mimkes, spokesperson of the Coalition Against Bayer Dangers, a Germany-based public interest group.
Mimkes revealed that imidacloprid (product name Gaucho) and clothianidin (product name Poncho) remain Bayer's top-selling pesticides, despite the fact that this class of pesticides, known as neonicotinoids, is strongly linked to CCD.
In 2010, Gaucho sales were valued at US$ 820 million while Poncho sales were valued at US$ 260 million. Gaucho ranks first among Bayer's best-selling pesticide, while Poncho ranks seventh. "This is the reason why Bayer, despite the serious
environmental damage they cause, is fighting tooth and nail against any application prohibition of neonicotinoids," said Mimkes.
The use of these pesticides is unrestricted in many countries,
including the U.S.
where one-third of the bee population has died every year since 2006.
Honeybees pollinate over 70 out of 100 crops that provide 90% of the world's food. They pollinate most fruits and vegetables-including apples, oranges, strawberries, onions and carrots. The declining bee population thus has potentially serious impacts on food security and livelihood of farmers.
Decline of bee populations
CCD is used to described the drastic decline of bee populations across the world, which started in the mid-1990s.
This was also the same period when neonicotinoids were introduced in the market. In 1994, honeybee populations started dying in France, and later in Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Poland, England, Slovenia, Greece, Belgium, Canada, U.S., Brazil, Japan, and India.
Neonicotinoids are a class of pesticides that are chemically related to nicotine. They are taken up by a plant's vascular system and released through pollen, nectar and water droplets from which bees then forage and drink.
While CCD is likely caused by a combination of many factors including the stresses of industrial beekeeping and loss of habitat, many scientists believe that exposure to pesticides is a critical factor.
Neonicotinoids are of particular concern because they have cumulative, sublethal effects on bees and other insect pollinators. These effects include neurobehavioral and immune system disruptions that correspond to CCD symptoms.
In 1991, Bayer began producing imidacloprid, which is now one of the most widely used insecticides for field and horticultural
crops. France banned imidacloprid as a seed dressing for sunflowers, after a third of French honeybees died following its widespread use.
Bayer then produced clothianidin, a successor to imidacloprid. This was brought into the American market in 2003,
and the German market in 2006. Clothianidin is also a neonicotinoid and highly toxic
to honeybees."Laboratory studies have shown that such chemicals can cause loss of sense of direction, impair memory and brain metabolism, and cause mortality," the UNEP report said.
Due to their high level of persistence, neonicotinoids can remain in the soil for several years. Thus, even untreated
crops planted in fields where the pesticides were previously used can take up the toxins from the soil via their roots.
Tests on the dead bees showed that 99% had a build-up of clothianidin.
"The most important development is that today there are thousands of reports, articles and studies around the world about the correlation of exposure to pesticides such as imidacloprid and clothianidin, and the widespread decline of bees.
Environmental and beekeeping associations worldwide have gathered 1.2 million signatures to demand
that clothianidin be removed from the market.
We hope that it brings additional momentum for the campaign to stop the mass death of bees.
The PPT Session on Agrochemical TNCs is the first to target
Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Dow Chemical, DuPont, and BASF
or the six companies currently in control of the world's food and agricultural systems."
http://www.cbgnetwork.org/4166.html
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