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How To Bee Successful in Beekeeping

June 28, 2016 By Ryan Harris

Bee pollinating a flower.

Learn how to handle bees.

(Mirror Daily, United States) – Beekeeping has become quite popular over the last few years. But this bee hobby is unique as it requires a lot of skill and dedication.

Still, it is good news that there is a growing interest in this activity because bees are facing a large variety of threats. Bees pollinate around 90 percent of the world’s crops which represent 70 percent of the entire planet’s source of food.

In other words, if all bees die, we will all starve. These insects have to deal with dangerous climate changes, pesticides, human ignorance, pollution, and other pests such as mites. Worse, around 44 percent of the bee colonies die every year, meaning that bees might not have such a bright future.

These top pollinators need our attention the most. To become a successful beekeeper, you need to have a basic knowledge about them and to follow a simple set of rules that will help you maintain not only the bees’ number but also improve the quality of your beehives.

First of all, if you want to start with the right foot, you have to be passionate about bees. Experts advise beginner beekeepers to purchase an excellent beehive as it will be the home of these insects. There are many sizes and shapes of beehives, so everyone can afford buying one.

You also need to protect yourself by purchasing a beekeeping suit that will prevent bees from getting any close to your skin. This suit is also safe for bees because they will not die trying to protect the hive from you. The full equipment includes a set of gloves, clothing, hat, and a veil.

Another important piece of advice for beekeepers is to place their beehive in a wide area, not too close to other people’s houses or your garden. In addition to this, the beehives should always have access to the sun. Bees can be acquired from more experienced beekeepers, local beekeeping association, or from online stores.

You need to make sure that your bees have enough plants and flowers in the surrounding area. Beginner beekeepers need to make a bee check a few times a week until they learn to do it perfectly. Still, this process might be stressful for bees so you might want to be quite delicate when you handle them.

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The Real Cause of Bee Decline

June 2, 2016 By Ryan Harris

Bee collecting pollen

Pesticides are killing bees for over a decade.

(Mirror Daily, United States) – Recent research has shown that there has been a massive bee decline over the last years in the US. However, entomologists seem to have finally found a cause.

The latest study has shown that not only the pesticides used by farmers are responsible, but also the sprays used by households to deal with insects. It means that people are not aware of the fact that they keep killing bees.

According to Professor Christian Krupke from Purdue University and Professor Elizabeth Long from the Ohio State University and co-author of the research, the data gathered after a 16 week period showed the exact sources of pollutants in the collected pollen.

After studying three hives from distinct areas, they established that the ones situated in areas with non-pesticide use were exposed to the exact level of pesticides discovered in areas where the pesticide was highly used.

Plus, they learned that the pollen collected from crop plants represented only a small part of all pollen resources. Therefore, the most of bees’ pollen originated from non-crop sources.

According to Dr. Krupke, there was a high amount of pesticide discovered in pollen samples. Nevertheless, urban landscape and homeowners have also a destructive influence related to the bee decline. In addition to this, the highest level of toxicity was found in pyrethroids, which are usually common pesticides used to deal with household pests.

Moreover, Purdue scientists found pollen from 30 plant families which contained nine chemical classes of pesticides, the neonics included, which are commonly used on soybeans and corn. Lowe’s, Home Depot and other garden centers have previously pledged against this pesticide as well. Furthermore, it was established that the plants were infused with neonics by farmers, turning them toxic and deadly to insects.

Even if honeybees do not rely on crop plants such as soybean and corn, they still collect most of their pollen from gardens, flowering weeds, and trees, which explains the harmful exposure of bees to so many types of pesticides.

A new kind of pesticide used on the crops of soybean and corn, known as neonicotinoids, is the primary cause of the huge drop off in honeybees’ number. Some of these pesticides have already been banned by the European Union and other countries. The situation has become critical because these pesticides are used from 2006 leading to such a massive bee decline.

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