Comments on: How can you help the bees?

By: christine

christine — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:01:15 +0000

Very interesting show. Never realized the importance of bees. I use to be afraid of bees because I had been attacked by a hive, I believed were yelllow jackets or hornets at a young age. I actually fell into an under ground hive while building a treehouse. Now I welcome them and watch them as they fly by. I have avoided using stong pesticides and have planted plants /flowers to maybe help them multiply. I will pass the word to adults and children when their is opportunity, especially when I teach. Thank you so much.

By: pdwebb

pdwebb — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:29 +0000

I planted lavender extensively as landscaping and the first couple of years enjoyed the variety of bees that came around. Every year the bee population grows less and less. Very disturbing. My family thought the bee disappearance was inconsequential. This program illuminates very clearly we need to become more globally responsible for our actions.

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:21:27 +0000

I too plan on starting two hives next April when you can buy package bees. I recommend the yahoo organic beekeepers website to learn how to keep bees. One can use top bar hives that are easy to make and inexpensive. Bees have been forced to become too large for commercial interests by being raised in large cell hives. Let your bees regress down to their normal size. They will then be resistant to most bee diseases, tracheal mites, varroa, etc. You can learn about this on the yahoo site. Best wishes. Let us each get a couple of hives in our backyard.

By: matt

matt — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:48:17 +0000

Excellent Show! We try to have a variety of healthy flowering plants in our garden and yard. We add plants each year. Can someone tell me, does commercial fertilizer have an effect on bees too?

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:46:44 +0000

It doesn’t surprise me that this is happening, with everything that we do to the environment. I’m surprised that everyone who owns a farm, doesn’t own at least 2 beehives.

By: tristan

tristan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:30:31 +0000

I am a 7 yere old i haleping the beeies.
i will look.
but can YOU?

By: Mark Toliver

Mark Toliver — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:28:08 +0000

I am a small beekeeper is their a cure for the virus and medicine to stop this virus. I have just a few hives. I do not use any pesticides I am a organic farmer. We need to get this under control or our society will die to.

By: ray

ray — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:07:09 +0000

Perhaps the farmer could grow one acre of flowers for every so many acres of fruit trees……Or a people could initiate flower-growing projects and plant unused areas ..

By: ray denoble

ray denoble — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:46:40 +0000

RE the bees..
This seems to be a universal problem..as the Queens sends out messages to the workers I believe this to be a message of distress ..confusion (pesticide cause) Inbreeding ???? The emphasis should be on the queen bee’s behavior..during the exodus of bees… The queen bee should be examined death for chemicals and . ..dna .. or hormonal changes .during the destructive process…

By: Terri Robbins

Terri Robbins — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:37:14 +0000

My husband is a beekeeper. We are also organic gardeners. One way we keep rabbits out of our veggie gardens was spread clover seed. Triple benefit: rabbits prefer clover to my tomatoes; bees love the clover flower; and you don’t have to mow clover!!