Solutions to the bee crisis

A few years ago,
there was a "bee mite" infestation, which killed off many hives,but
the bee populations were starting to come back until this latest
"collapse".

New research on GMOs is finding adverse effects on the immune systems
of bees AND humans, and anything else that eats or comes into contact
with them. The bees have been abandoning their hives with young still
in the honeycombs, in the larval and pupae states. "It's like they
have AIDS and are going off to die", one Pasco County beekeeper
recently reported to the St. Pete Times.

Beekeepers across the nation are bending together and consulting with
scientists to find the causes and long-term solutions.
Here's a short-term solution- take your surviving hives and "split"
them. A bee larve becomes either a queen or a worker depending on what
it is fed while in the larval state. Beekeepers are feeding royal
jelly to larval bees in order to produce more queens and re-stock
their hives. Some of these hives will be transported to the northern
states to pollinate the fruit trees.

I know that my wife has been having some strange allergic reactions
lately to foods which she has eaten for 50 years without any problem.
She has eliminated many things she had enjoyed from her diet and the
rashes and hives have gone away.

As far as pollination, farmers may have to pick up the slack and
utilize hand-pollination of their crops until the bee population
rebounds back. Short-term solution, yes. Time-consuming, yes, but 1/3
of the food crop is at stake. Our ancestors found ways to solve their
problems, and did what they had to do to survive. We will too.

Serious threats to the bees and to humanity!!!!

Honey bee colonies all over the U.S., and in European countries as well, are
collapsing at a seemingly alarming rate. What's being called 'Bee Colony
Collapse Disorder' (Google it for yourself) is mystifying agricultural
scientists and entomologists alike. Millions and billions of bees are dying,
most abandon the hive to die, but those that are left seem to have their immune
systems completely destroyed. Most have been found with many diseases and
viruses, and fungal infections of all sorts. While it's not clear that this is
a new phenomenon, it does seem to be happening at a faster rate in the last year
or two.

Another threat in the Southern states are Africanized Honey Bees. For example,
in the state of Florida, if a known colony of African bees is found within a
certain area, the state will completely destroy any hives within that area.
Meaning, gas the bees and smash the hive structure to tiny pieces. Some
beekeepers have already lost their hives in this way.

Currently about a third of our food supply is pollinated by honey bees. We face
some serious problems in the very near future if this keeps up.

Spiritually speaking, it is said that nature will thrive as long as the bees
keep humming. In our own ways let us join together and lend aid to give
them the strength to survive.