Comments on: Understanding the Colony Collapse Disorder of the Honey Bee https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/colony-collapse-disorder-of-the-honey-bee/ Thu, 20 Jun 2019 14:19:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Susan https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/colony-collapse-disorder-of-the-honey-bee/#comment-87694 Thu, 20 Jun 2019 14:19:56 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2587#comment-87694 Great article, words of wisdom. Thank you for the bees!

]]> By: Kay Cumbow https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/colony-collapse-disorder-of-the-honey-bee/#comment-74536 Thu, 19 Apr 2018 12:50:55 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2587#comment-74536 Thanks for an excellent article! Just wondering if it’s possible to use the graphic “Plant These to Help Save Bees” for handouts at our local Earth Fair this year? Who would we get permission from, if it’s possible to do so?

]]> By: Vitor Jorge Rodrigues Santos https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/colony-collapse-disorder-of-the-honey-bee/#comment-51236 Thu, 18 May 2017 20:32:28 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2587#comment-51236 Obrigado pelas informações prestadas.

]]> By: Michelle https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/colony-collapse-disorder-of-the-honey-bee/#comment-47114 Wed, 22 Mar 2017 22:51:04 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2587#comment-47114 I have one hive…made it thru my first winter…live in GA and in the midst of a growing population of pecan orchard farms…from my own personal experience, I’ve seen a die off of dozens of bees when the orchard owners sprayed a pesticide, and even from a herbicide which was sprayed aerially…I soon learned if they were spraying to put a sprinkler on my hive which greatly diminished them foraging and stopped loosing so many bees at a time.

]]> By: Doug https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/colony-collapse-disorder-of-the-honey-bee/#comment-43840 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:36:31 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2587#comment-43840 This is pure activist science, and I hate it. I love the dozens of articles written by real beekeepers sharing their experience, knowledge and ideas, but this is just garbage.
Neonicotinoids are widely used in Australia, where there is no reports of colony collapse, there are also no Varroa mites. Hawaii had it’s first experience with colony collapse just a couple of years after the accidental introduction of Varroa . . . . you can see where I’m going with this so I’ll stop there.
I really enjoy this site and would hate to unsubscribe, but if I get annoyed enough I will. Leave activist science to blogs and trolls, it doesn’t belong amongst the really great articles you normally publish!

]]> By: Sabreena https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/colony-collapse-disorder-of-the-honey-bee/#comment-43506 Thu, 02 Feb 2017 13:54:03 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2587#comment-43506 I saw another video presentation about colony collapse where cell phones and cell towers were to blame, not the pesticides. Perhaps they are both to blame and one cannot point a finger at pesticides without also pointing it at the cell phones and towers. Hives were completely abandoned with the introduction of a cell phone to the hive. While I am not sure if one is any more deadly than the other, both should be noted in the fight to save the bees.

]]> By: Shelly https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/colony-collapse-disorder-of-the-honey-bee/#comment-29478 Fri, 17 Jun 2016 04:46:53 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2587#comment-29478 In reply to jay.

Uh, get a life, Jay! Obviously you are full of self importance and have a need to be right. Go bark up another tree, you’ve beaten the dead horse too long. Nobody cares…

]]> By: jay https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/colony-collapse-disorder-of-the-honey-bee/#comment-29059 Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:25:06 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2587#comment-29059 In reply to Christine.

Acknowledged, but not cited, even when using such blatantly biased sources like GM Watch and Soil Association.

]]> By: jay https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/colony-collapse-disorder-of-the-honey-bee/#comment-28476 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 21:22:50 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2587#comment-28476 In reply to Christine.

Why would Monsanto care about anyone’s judgment on neonics? Check the wikipedia article on neonics. Just past the table of contents it lists the active ingredient, manufacturer, brand name, and total sales of each neonic insecticide currently registered with the EPA. None are made by Monsanto.

Also, the EPA, not the USDA has the final say on pesticide approval.

Considering the above two points, 1. Monsanto does not have any registered neonics, and 2. The EPA, not the USDA, grants approval for pesticides, I wonder what any alleged relationship between Monsanto and the USDA has to do with neonics.

]]> By: Christine https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/colony-collapse-disorder-of-the-honey-bee/#comment-28470 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 18:12:13 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2587#comment-28470 Thank you for acknowledging the ties between the USDA and Monsanto and how it could be affecting their judgement on neonicotinoids.

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