To Bee Or Not To Bee . . .
One of my biggest worries the last couple of years has been the disappearance of bees. Below you can read more about this epidemic. One solution I have found in this dilemma
is to place a hive in my garden to try to attract a colony that needs a home. Stephen Steere
builds hives from reclaimed wood and uses natural paints to beautify them. These hives can be placed in the garden and eventually a homeless bee colony will find them. I am experimenting now will let you all know what transpires.
The Story: To Bee . . .
“If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man,” said Albert Einstein.”
As a child growing up I have fond memories of my mother dressed in her beekeeping suit going to forage for honey for my brother and I. We would eat the honey comb and delight in the sticky mess. She raised bees for years, and because of this I always had great respect for the little insects. Among the things that wake me up in the middle of the night Bee Colony Collapse is right up there with the Smart Meter situation. Most of us don’t realize that 90% of the wild bee population in the US has died out, and therefore so have the wildflowers that used to bloom in various areas. There are many theories about what is causing this epidemic like pesticides, molds, diseases, GMO fields, cell phone towers, etc. It’s hard to stay optimistic but there are things we can do. We can plant plants and flowers that attract bees like clover, sage, buttercup, thyme and lavender. We can stop the use of pesticides. We can also set up bee hives like listed above or even just plain wood boxes with holes drilled into them. We must save the bees . . . in order to save ourselves
