Comments on: Interview: Dennis van Engelsdorp (June 2008)

By: Mary Darling

Mary Darling — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:02:54 +0000

Graham White did it get right when he laid responsibility for CCD on the neonicotinoid pesticide. When sprayed it becomes airborn. The airborn particles drift around the world depositing their toxins through rain, sleet, snow, and other conditions. Honeybees are affected world wide despite other countries insectide banning. The active residues from pesticide spraying unfortunately will be part of the planet for a long time and will not be easily irradicated as Dennis Van Engelsdorp suggests.

By: Linda EdD

Linda EdD — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:17:24 +0000

For those of you who recommend starting your own hives, you will be surprised to know that it is actually very easy and not very time consuming. You reap the bounty of larger vegetable and flower productivity as more fruits will be produced. Additionally, there is evidence that eating honey from local bee production may prevent allergic reactions to local airborne allergens.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:04:45 +0000

We have experienced a decline in wild bees due to pesticides sprayed for mosquito control by the city of Tampa, FL. It has affected the pollination of squash in people’s gardens. The flowers just fall off the plant. You have to pollinate them with a little paintbrush to get squash.

By: Sisay

Sisay — Sat, 02 May 2009 07:34:30 +0000

Dear :Dannis van

How do you do ?

I am sisay Gobessa ,graduate of Animal Production and range land Management in BSc From Debub University in July 5,2005, currently I am just studying animal production in MSc at Haramaya university and Development Management from alpha university college. I want to carry out my MSc thesis on Challenges and opportunities in honey bee production around Homosha wereda /specific place/ in Benishangul Gumuz Regional State which is one of the nine states that are found in Ethiopia plus I had worked as senior Expert of Animal and Fish Resource Development in Benishangul Gumuz Regional State of Agricultural Bureau from Sept 24-Oct 30,2008.
During my employment I was the supervisor of bee keeping project that was supported by international NGOs, like WORLD VISION Ethiopia , ZOA and OXFAM GB.

Finaly my attention is looking for Major advisor or co- advisor,I am ready to hear your kindly reply.

with regards,

sisay gobessa
Haramaya university,P.o.BOX : 282,
Haramaya EHIOPIA

I saw your name on DSTV while you are talking about bee keeping.

By: sisay

sisay — Sat, 02 May 2009 06:59:22 +0000

Dear :All

How do you do ?

Finaly my attention is looking for Major advisor or co- advisor,I am ready to hear your kindly reply.

with regards,

sisay gobessa
Haramaya university,P.o.BOX : 282,
Haramaya EHIOPIA

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:39:33 +0000

Are there studies being done on affects from other possibilities. For example, could it be possible that climate change may also play a role? And/or sunspot activity (the 11 year cycle)? Perhaps these may be additional ’straws’ pressuring the ‘camel’s back’. Is a more ‘wholistic’ perspective, involving more than pathogens and pesticides, being addressed?

By: robert tormey

robert tormey — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:43:56 +0000

Graham White got it right. It’s the neonicotinoids. See “A Spring Without Bees” by Michael Schacker. Since the French banned these chemicals they’ve seen the Bees’ come back. IAPV is a ruse as it has been around before CCD anyway. But Bayer, the makers of neonicotonoids like imidacloprid (IMD, Gaucho,) keep it going. The US isn’t going after this one I’m afraid the beekeepers are on their own until they sue Bayer and the EPA over it all.

Kim, the neonicotinoids didn’t mutate into a virus. Virus’ are a lifeform. The chemical is behaving in bees just as it is engineered to behave. See any of the bulletins on Gaucho and its effects on pollinating bees e.g.
see
http://www.bulletinofinsectology.org/pdfarticles/vol56-2003-069-072greatti.pdf

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:01:01 +0000

I don’t know much about the matter, but is it possible that the neonicotinoids somehow mutated into a virus?

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:30:24 +0000

i also am in 7th.
same as mariah.this teacher talks a lot!!
Go honey bees

By: April

April — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:14:34 +0000

I’m becoming totally overwhelmed the more I learn how intricately every last thing on Earth is interconnected and interdependent. I had absolutely NO idea that so many important food crops depended on BEES for pollination.

Perhaps the last thing that should ever have gone global was industrialization. As long as industrial and government policies are morally vacuous, they should not be allowed to spread. I think the quality of our air, water and food supply are more important than profitability.