Comments on: Bee Mine http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/06/29/bee-mine/ Crafting the Super-Natural Life Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:05:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tiny Choices http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/06/29/bee-mine/#comment-38797 Tiny Choices Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:07:20 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/06/29/bee-mine/#comment-38797 [...] The Worsted Witch has some great links to tips on how to invite bees into your garden. [...] [...] The Worsted Witch has some great links to tips on how to invite bees into your garden. [...]

]]> By: Another Beekeeper http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/06/29/bee-mine/#comment-33908 Another Beekeeper Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:50:05 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/06/29/bee-mine/#comment-33908 CCD is a really popular bogeyman right now, but NONE of the beekeepers I know have had it happen to them, and I'm part of a beekeeping club with about 150 members, and I'm on an organic beekeeping list with 1400+ members. Everyone who has thought they had CCD seems to have had mites, or winter-starved bees, or something else that is explainable-it's still sad to find a dead hive, but I'm not really convinced that CCD is as bad as the news makes it sound. We have enough problems with mites and pesticides, though, so I'm always grateful to anyone keeping an organic garden. Recently, my bees have been harvesting nectar and pollen from asparagus of all things-so don't feel like you just have to give them flowers! They also love raspberries, apples, soybeans, and lots of other tasty things. CCD is a really popular bogeyman right now, but NONE of the beekeepers I know have had it happen to them, and I’m part of a beekeeping club with about 150 members, and I’m on an organic beekeeping list with 1400+ members. Everyone who has thought they had CCD seems to have had mites, or winter-starved bees, or something else that is explainable-it’s still sad to find a dead hive, but I’m not really convinced that CCD is as bad as the news makes it sound. We have enough problems with mites and pesticides, though, so I’m always grateful to anyone keeping an organic garden.

Recently, my bees have been harvesting nectar and pollen from asparagus of all things-so don’t feel like you just have to give them flowers! They also love raspberries, apples, soybeans, and lots of other tasty things.

]]> By: AnnaMarie http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/06/29/bee-mine/#comment-33841 AnnaMarie Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:08:44 +0000 http://www.worstedwitch.com/2007/06/29/bee-mine/#comment-33841 I just read an article on Colony Collapse that basically came down to stress to the bees from being forced to work non-stop and year round. Plus commercial bee keepers take all the honey and feed them High Fructose Corn Syrup. Idiots. Backyard Beekeepers don't seem to be seeing the Colony Collapse, might be because we actually treat the bees like the partners in gardening they are. Just a thought. I just read an article on Colony Collapse that basically came down to stress to the bees from being forced to work non-stop and year round. Plus commercial bee keepers take all the honey and feed them High Fructose Corn Syrup. Idiots.

Backyard Beekeepers don’t seem to be seeing the Colony Collapse, might be because we actually treat the bees like the partners in gardening they are. Just a thought.

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