The American Honeybee is being killed by hive mites for sure but millions more are killed by pesticides and the residual effect of chemicals used on everything from flowers to grass in lawns. The Bumblebees had taken over a great deal of the work honeybees do and pollinated crops that ends up as food on our tables. Without bees pollinating food crops and everything else our diets would change in a drastic way and there would be mass starvation around the world. Don't believe it? Look it up.
You can help and so can I by planting a multitude of flowers–not all the same species but a different blend of flowers–that helps keep the bees in your area interested and healthy. Wallmart sells packs of wildflower seeds and wildflowers are much better than those hybrid flowers most people love to look at and plant.
I have seen a couple of documentaries about the plight of the honeybee. Great picture!
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DeleteHi Abe. Been a long time since I stopped by your blog! Great macro photo of the bee... really excellent.
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ReplyDeleteThe frendh honey bees have the same problems. A lot of them died because of the cemicla treatment in the countryside.
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