Wild bee decline 'catastrophic'

[John Headstrong]

the continuing story, the pesticides have been banned

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2 ... redspecies

[hamster]

Just noticed a few honey bees in my garden!

[contadina]

The chap who runs http://www.biobees.com has been raising awareness about the cosy relationship between the British Beekeeping Association and Bayer. With such high stakes he recommends people post comments at http://www.britishbeekeeping.com

He also recommends people take up small scale beekeeping to create a gene pool from which survivors may emerge. He has free plans on his site on how to create your own top bar hive (which means you don't have to invest in all the expensive honey extraction gear needed in commercially bought ones).

[contadina]

Those interested in the plight of honey bees should watch this short BBC news report.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b00c50fr.shtml

and for those not living in the UK, you can see it here

http://tinyurl.com/454q76

[the.fee.fairy]

i wish i had the room for bees!

Maybe when we move. I dlo like honeybees, and bumble bees. I hope that they do manage to survive.

[contadina]

Considering their importance in pollinating so many crops it beggars belief that short-term financial gain is being put ahead of their interests. With the apparent global food crisis, it's criminal not go out of our way to rectify any risk to crops.

[red]

is it just honeybees that are sposed to be in trouble?
cos my garden is swarming with bees of all sorts at the mo...