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  • Subject: [Livingontheland] Surprise! Organic Beekeepers Reporting Zero Losses
  • Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:51:49 -0700


Surprise! Organic Beekeepers Reporting Zero Losses
http://www.groovygreen.com/groove/?p=1388

By Michael d'Estries in Green Living, Pollution | May 11, 2007

With all the frightening news over bee losses throughout the world, it
appears that one tiny minor piece of information was overlooked: the losses
are occurring in colonies besieged with chemicals and artificial additives.
Organic bees are fairing quite nicely, thank you. From the article,

“‘I’m on an organic beekeeping list of about 1,000 people, mostly Americans,
and no one in the organic beekeeping world, including commercial beekeepers,
is reporting colony collapse on this list,’ said Sharon Labchuck. ‘The
problem with the big commercial guys is that they put pesticides in their
hives to fumigate for varroa mites, and they feed antibiotics to the bees.
They also haul the hives by truck all over the place to make more money with
pollination services, which stresses the colonies.’”

In our efforts to make larger bees that are resistant to more predators or
diseases — have we crossed the line in how far we could go? As the article
states, “Who should be surprised that the major media reports forget to tell
us that the dying bees are actually hyper-bred varieties that we coax into a
larger than normal body size? It sounds just like the beef industry. And,
have we here a solution to the vanishing bee problem? Is it one that the CCD
Working Group, or indeed, the scientific world at large, will support? Will
media coverage affect government action in dealing with this issue?”

Or, even better: Would this current administration dare trample on the
industry that has risen to supply the pesticides and inorganic alternatives
to these bee keepers? Can they afford not to?





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