Worldwide Beekeeping

Beekeeping => Bee News => Topic started by: Perry on February 19, 2014, 08:29:31 pm

Title: Bumble bees hit by Honey bee diseases
Post by: Perry on February 19, 2014, 08:29:31 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26242960

Title: Re: Bumble bees hit by Honey bee diseases
Post by: riverbee on February 19, 2014, 09:22:09 pm

thanks for posting this perry......

"the team says that beekeepers should keep their honeybees as free from disease as possible to stop the spread.
"These pathogens are capable of infecting adult bumblebees and they seem to have quite significant impacts,"

Title: Re: Bumble bees hit by Honey bee diseases
Post by: Jen on February 19, 2014, 10:34:39 pm

Neonics are the Purge From hades!

Title: Re: Bumble bees hit by Honey bee diseases
Post by: apisbees on March 19, 2014, 05:38:55 am

I was wondering when the ailments and pests that effect honey bees were going to be found in the native pollinators. As beekeepers we have managed to spread any and every pest and disease known to affect bees all around the world. Picking up ones that were never native to the honey bees in the first place. It was only a matter of time before some of these would jump to other native species.
The honey bees have the beekeeper and political pull from farmers and government to fund research in combating the rash of ailments we have subjected the bees to over time. Who is going to look after the wild pollinators? And even if we wanted, how would we treat when you don't have access to it in a manner to implement change?

Title: Re: Bumble bees hit by Honey bee diseases
Post by: riverbee on March 19, 2014, 10:27:29 pm

"Who is going to look after the wild pollinators? And even if we wanted, how would we treat when you don't have access to it in a manner to implement change?"

a very good point apis, WHO is going to care and look after the wild pollinators.....only those who care and there are not enough of us, change?......
won't happen. our wild pollinators will continue to decline. just my humble opinion and i have seen it in my own 'backyard'.

Title: Re: Bumble bees hit by Honey bee diseases
Post by: Ziffa on March 20, 2014, 10:59:14 am

Maybe we should start considering ourselves "Pollinaterkeepers" .  We spread information and public relations for bees all of the time, we can do it for pollinators too.

It's sad, but riverbee is probably right.  Finger in the dike.  :(

love,
ziffa