zunshynn Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 We started keeping bees at OLAM a few months before I left. They're fascinating... a hive almost works like a monastery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherie Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 I'm sorry, I hate bees. My husband is deathly allergic to them. If he gets stung, he could die. If he gets stung by more than one at a time, he will definitely die. I saw a documentary on those crazy "killer" (Africanized) bees a few weeks ago. Makes me hate bees even more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffpugh Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 [quote name='zunshynn' date='24 March 2010 - 07:41 PM' timestamp='1269474118' post='2079382'] We started keeping bees at OLAM a few months before I left. They're fascinating... a hive almost works like a monastery. [/quote] Plus one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morostheos Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 The mother general of a community I'm discerning with is also their beekeeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benedictaj Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 I love bees too!! We have a hive at home. It's beautiful. The predominant theory about why the bees are disappearing around here is because of the chemical sprays. I live in a region where a lot of experimental spraying done. Also, further down country I've heard it's got something to do with "chem-trails" -- very unusual flight patterns of planes. These aren't restricted to my area, but have been documented all over the world. There are some interesting videos on youtube. I'm not sure if the moderators would let them be posted here, some of them have polemical titles challenging more than the chem-trails (swine flu etc). Just PM me. The most imporant consideration is.... if this information is correct and 1/3rd the world's bee population is rapidly disappearing (I've heard estiimates as high as 80%) that means 1/3 of the world's HUMAN population will starve. Just think about it for a minute. Bees pollinate the huge majority of our fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains.... If we lose 1/3 of the bees that daily pollinate our food.... We will lose 1/3 of our food supplies. The question to is ask is: why is this happening? Who or what would allow this to happen? Even Einstein is reputed to have have said: "If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamiller42 Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 The bees are dying because they are uninsured. They need healthcare NOW! Seriously, how difficult is it to breed bees? Or is the problem bees are being bred and the colony dying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benedictaj Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 [quote name='kamiller42' date='25 March 2010 - 04:51 PM' timestamp='1269489108' post='2079552'] The bees are dying because they are uninsured. They need healthcare NOW! Seriously, how difficult is it to breed bees? Or is the problem bees are being bred and the colony dying? [/quote] From what I've seen, the bees are healthy, normal bees. They fly out each day to do what they need to do.... But they don't return back to the hive. They just disappear. Bees use the natural magnetic fields to navigate to and from the hive. If the magnetic fiels are disturbed, they could get confused, lost and die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slappo Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 [quote name='memtherose' date='24 March 2010 - 08:55 PM' timestamp='1269489311' post='2079555'] From what I've seen, the bees are healthy, normal bees. They fly out each day to do what they need to do.... But they don't return back to the hive. They just disappear. Bees use the natural magnetic fields to navigate to and from the hive. If the magnetic fiels are disturbed, they could get confused, lost and die. [/quote] We could just build bee hives around a big magnet j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilianus Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Last year the shrubs around our house were inundated with honey bees, I hope they come back this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus_lol Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 [quote name='memtherose' date='24 March 2010 - 08:55 PM' timestamp='1269489311' post='2079555'] From what I've seen, the bees are healthy, normal bees. They fly out each day to do what they need to do.... But they don't return back to the hive. They just disappear. Bees use the natural magnetic fields to navigate to and from the hive. If the magnetic fiels are disturbed, they could get confused, lost and die. [/quote] i think there was some research suggesting the cellphone towers were at least partially to blame for interference with the bees navigation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aalpha1989 Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 [quote name='Sacred Music Man' date='24 March 2010 - 03:23 PM' timestamp='1269458584' post='2079165'] Bees are awesome. Hey--didn't Budge say that the disappearance of bees meant the end times? lawl. Seriously, though... we gotta do something! They're still muchly needed in our world! Honey is awesome! [/quote] Could be the end of times... the bee is a symbol of Our Lady (how appropriate given today's Solemnity!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKolbe Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 at quick glance, i thought the title of this thread was I Love BeeGees. and there's some merit in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God Conquers Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 There were signs on a bunch of doors in the basement of the communications building at my University. (now officially "bush league" - yay) They said: Danger Bees. It was weird. ALthough I'm sure they were being used for experiments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilde Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 One time there was a bumblebee sitting on a chair. I stepped on that chair. Ouchie on the foot. I feel like we have a lot of bees here, even fake wasps. We've had nests both in the attic and the shed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherie Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Thanks to this thread I had a REALLY WEIRD DREAM last night about my cousin being a beekeeper and making me tend them! (She isn't at all, btw!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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