Haagen Dazs: Help the Honey BeesThis sad news from Scotland:
Tony Riome, vice president of Ayr and District Beekeepers Association, said it had been estimated every third mouthful of food consumed could be linked to pollination by bees.
He said: "If there are no bees there will be no steak.
"A lot of pollination is wind blown, but bees play a very large part in pollinating the plants that animals eat."
Bumblebees along with wild and managed honey bees are suffering following a poor summer last year.
Honey bees have also fallen prey to varroa mite.
The parasites leave bee larvae deformed and can spread a condition called Israeli Paralysis Virus.
These attacks in turn have been suspected as the cause of Mary Celeste Syndrome, named after a ship discovered deserted in 1872. BBC News
We have over 60 hives here in Nevada. Last week my husband took some new queens over to his hives in Yerington and he was concerned that he might find colony collapse there. Thankfully, upon arrival, he was greeted by hundreds of busy bees crawling all over the outside of their hives as if in anticipation of their queens.
