Nature's sting.- Ask the chinese farmer.

[Nature's Babe]

What those of us with common sense have known for ages the scientists
and economists are just discovering

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11495812

[Johnboy]

Hi NB,
I very much doubt that you listen to the farming report at 5.45am each weekday morning but yesterday the President of Bee Keepers Association in UK said that this year there has been an upward movement where Bees are concerned this year. The first time for several years and a very hopeful sign.
JB.

[Nature's Babe]

Thats good news for us Johnboy, obviously conservation efforts are
helping in UK. However the article wasn't just about bees, but an accellerated loss of species generally.

[Johnboy]

Hi NB,
It surprised me but most advances are due to people like Madasafish in the more urban area because there are so many more urban dwellers willing to have a go at Bee Keeping. Which is wonderful!
Sadly this still leaves the underlying problem with the Rural areas.
You really could not live much more rural than me and the amounts of bees have increased vastly this year over the previous cold and very wet summers we have had. We have had the wet and the cold this year but what we have also had the year is "SUNSHINE!"
JB.

[Nature's Babe]

I agree, Masdafish is doing sterling work. Also recent research cites greater bio diversity in urban areas suits bees who need at least 5 different sources of pollen in their diet to maintain strong immunity, monoculture does not suit them so well, and moving hives stresses them apparently.

http://www.dhushara.com/Biocrisis/10/fe ... ersity.pdf