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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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