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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_77298_13116719.1182706398017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline further to the following quote, i have read that all organic farms that use bees have not experienced collony collapse disorder. -m "The reason for the public to be concerned about CCD: Agricultural practices over the latter half of the Twentieth Century have reduced the population of indigenous pollinators in North America through the use of pesticides and the commercial use of honeybees as crop pollinators. The use of honeybees brought increased competition for resources to the native pollinators, thus further reducing the already depressed population. With reliance now so heavy on honeybees as pollinators, any serious reduction in their numbers would have devastating effects on North American Agriculture, and therefore have serious implications for the North American population at large." On 6/20/07, Kent Mullin <kmullin@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > Hi All, > As most of us are aware, the problem of collapsing > honeybee colonies appears to have begun slowly in the U.S. in late > summer and fall of 2006, becoming more rapidly apparent in early > 2007, when it was given the name of Colony Collapse Disorder. > > The article "Colony Collapse Disorder(CCD) in Canada: Do we have a > problem?" recently placed on naturens highlights many possibilities > for individual hive collapse, but offers little to critically address > the cause(s) of epidemic hive collapse that is currently affecting > beekeeping in the United States (and possibly soon in Canada). In > short, what the article fails to state is that of the stressors and > threats to colony viability that it mentions, all were in existance , > and stressing and threatening bee colonies, for years before the > advent of CCD. > > Indeed what is needed for resolution of the CCD problem is > identification of a change, an indication of something happening on a > widespread basis, either just before, or in conjunction with the > advent of CCD as an epidemic. Something that was not prevalent before. > > The article does mention one thing however that is extremely > significant, and that is the fact that the stored honey and pollen > has no appeal, either to the young inhabitants of the collapsed hive > or to the adjacent hives (which would normally raid an unprotected > hive for it's stored honey and pollen). In this anomalous behaviour > is a hint, that possibly the same inhibitor (whatever it is) could be > what is keeping the foraging bees from returning to the hive which > isolation would ultimately result in their death. > While the honey in the collapsed hive, in and of itself, may not > yield a cause, it can, with a little investigation indicate the > direction in which to look for one. > > Kent > > ------=_Part_77298_13116719.1182706398017 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline further to the following quote, i have read that <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">all organic farms</span> that use bees have not experienced collony collapse disorder. <br><br>-m<br><br>"The reason for the public to be concerned <br>about CCD: Agricultural practices over the latter half of the<br>Twentieth Century have reduced the population of indigenous<br>pollinators in North America through the use of pesticides and the<br>commercial use of honeybees as crop pollinators. The use of honeybees <br>brought increased competition for resources to the native<br>pollinators, thus further reducing the already depressed population.<br>With reliance now so heavy on honeybees as pollinators, any serious<br>reduction in their numbers would have devastating effects on North <br>American Agriculture, and therefore have serious implications for the<br>North American population at large."<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Kent Mullin</b> <<a href="mailto:kmullin@ns.sympatico.ca"> kmullin@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi All,<br> As most of us are aware, the problem of collapsing <br>honeybee colonies appears to have begun slowly in the U.S. in late<br>summer and fall of 2006, becoming more rapidly apparent in early<br>2007, when it was given the name of Colony Collapse Disorder.<br><br>The article "Colony Collapse Disorder(CCD) in Canada: Do we have a <br>problem?" recently placed on naturens highlights many possibilities<br>for individual hive collapse, but offers little to critically address<br>the cause(s) of epidemic hive collapse that is currently affecting<br> beekeeping in the United States (and possibly soon in Canada). In<br>short, what the article fails to state is that of the stressors and<br>threats to colony viability that it mentions, all were in existance ,<br>and stressing and threatening bee colonies, for years before the <br>advent of CCD.<br><br>Indeed what is needed for resolution of the CCD problem is<br>identification of a change, an indication of something happening on a<br>widespread basis, either just before, or in conjunction with the <br>advent of CCD as an epidemic. Something that was not prevalent before.<br><br>The article does mention one thing however that is extremely<br>significant, and that is the fact that the stored honey and pollen<br>has no appeal, either to the young inhabitants of the collapsed hive <br>or to the adjacent hives (which would normally raid an unprotected<br>hive for it's stored honey and pollen). In this anomalous behaviour<br>is a hint, that possibly the same inhibitor (whatever it is) could be<br> what is keeping the foraging bees from returning to the hive which<br>isolation would ultimately result in their death.<br>While the honey in the collapsed hive, in and of itself, may not<br>yield a cause, it can, with a little investigation indicate the <br>direction in which to look for one.<br><br>Kent<br><br></blockquote></div><br> ------=_Part_77298_13116719.1182706398017--