Free The Bees

yep a crop duster killed my folks bees.
my mom musta had 3 hives out behind the garage.
heck this was what, 25-28 yrs ago back in rural iowa.
we had honey all the time.
and it was really cool watchin those bees work.
in and out of the hives all day, busy as heck.
one day some stupid a-hole crop duster came flyin by.
spraying this one field with pesticide.
you wanna talk about being pissed off and sad.
every single bee died, no more.
the end.

eddie's Tone rocks wrote:

i was taking sky photos a few days ago and these bees flew over me and headed straight to a neighbors shed...~

a swarm.
my moms bees did this a few times.
bees swarm when the queens runs off.
many reasons why the queen bees take off from their hives.
maybe the bee population is to big for the hive.
the queen might be dieing so they over over throw her like.
she dies, they always have queen cells=royal cells.
these are baby queen bees.
one will be groomed to become the queen and do all the mating.
the male bees that mate with the queenbee do nothing but that.
they dont go flower hoping/kissing.
they just torque on the queen.haha
oddly enough during the winter all the male honeybees are kicked out of the hives.
they die in the cold.

Byrnzie wrote:

I agree with what he says. I used to go into a supermarket on the way to work in London and if I bought so much as a fucking bar of chocolate the cashier clerks used to put it in a carrier bag.
I used to stand there and take my stuff back out of the carrier bag and then just drop the bag on the floor in front of the till and walk off. They got to know me eventually and so knew better than to put my stuff in carrier bags. I know it may sound petty, but it really used to piss me off. I mean, it wasn't just the waste aspect of it. It was also the principle. I didn't ask them for a fucking bag. Pthhhh!! :rolleyes:

P.s, I'm also a right grumpy bastard first thing in the morning - especially if I'm on my way to work!

I am forever saying " I don't need a bag thank you" It is really quite simple.

Stop being such a grumpy ol' bastard

eddie's Tone rocks wrote:

i was taking sky photos a few days ago and these bees flew over me and headed straight to a neighbors shed...~

COOL PIC MAN . im keeping that.

threre might b some bees that fly away. but the loco ones will stay

The next time you make a phone call on a cell phone (especially whilst driving in front of me!) think about these bees!!

I saw a news report that the radiation from cell phones and their satellites is causing the bees to become dis-oriented; and therefore not having the ability to return to their hives....

Something to ponder.....

boxwine_in_hell wrote:

I don't give a rat's ass what the bees do as long as the honey keeps flowing.

What are you talking about?? There is never a stupid quote just stupid people.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070426/ap_on_sc/bee_parasite

Destructive mite threatens Hawaii bees

By TARA GODVIN, Associated Press WriterThu Apr 26, 4:24 AM ET

A tiny mite that has devastated mainland honeybee populations showed up in Honolulu hives for the first time this month and has now been confirmed in bee colonies across Oahu.
The infestation by varroa mites has led the state to ask beekeepers to restrict transport of bees around the islands. There are concerns it could threaten the Big Island's thriving queen bee export industry, which has so far tested free of the mites.
"This is going to be for us a nightmare," said Michael Kliks, head of the Hawaii Beekeepers' Association and owner of Manoa Honey Co. "When I saw that mite I knew exactly what it was. I knew exactly what it meant and I fell to my knees and almost began to weep because it's inexpressible what that sea change is for us in Hawaii."
The parasites are blamed for destroying more than half of some mainland beekeepers' hives and wiping out most wild honeybees there.
Kliks discovered the mites April 6 on a pupa contained in an abandoned hive he recovered from the Makiki section of Honolulu and immediately notified state agriculture officials.
Since then the mites have been confirmed in hives in Waimanalo, Ewa, Kunia, Kahaluu and Punaluu.
Hives are still being checked elsewhere on Oahu but it is too late to hope to eradicate or even contain the infestation, Kliks said.
"The only thing we can try and do is keep the levels of infestation in our managed colonies below what's called the threshold level ... so that we can still produce honey. But keeping it at that level will certainly require quite regular, heavy application of permitted pesticides," he said.
That may mean the end of certified organic honey production on the island.
The appearance of the mites could also hurt island crops that depend on wild bees for pollination, such as coffee, macadamia nuts and pumpkins, Kliks said.
Originally from Asia, varroa mites were first discovered in Wisconsin and Florida in 1987. By the next year, the mites were found in 12 states and have since spread throughout the continental U.S.
The pinhead-sized insects, which are spread through contact between bees, feed off the blood of honeybee adults, larvae and pupae.
Bees cannot legally be imported into Hawaii, and officials do not know how the mites made it to the state.
Beekeepers are being asked not to move their bees between islands or even within the same island. Once authorities have confirmed where the mites have spread, they can then work on a possible quarantine for bees throughout the state, said Janelle Saneishi, spokeswoman for the state Department of Agriculture.
"But you know a bee flies. So that's the wild card," she said.