Comments on: What's Killing The Honeybees?

For A Second Year, Bees Are Dying Off And America's Farmers Are Getting Stung

[tygota]

When the farmer behinds us plants corn, the apple trees don''t do so well. When he plants soybeans, the apple trees do much better. Could be the pesticides used on corn. When he plants corn, I don''t see many bees, when he plant soybeans, I see more bees. Some of that new corn has pesticides built into it.

[downsteamjim]

The trees in California are homosexual, so bees are no longer have a purpose.

[thewillofgod]

I wonder where the bee''s are going to?

[watcher269-2009]

Oh NO - it''s Osama BEE laden killing our bees.

Or, maybe its the companies who genetically modify seeds. They have just developed a self pollinating seed - so they don''t need bees now. Hmmmm, just a coincidence?

[pupil26]

To bee or not to bee? That is the quest.
Maybee you should cut down on your eating in the US, so that everyone could have at least one bite a day.

[knight-mason]

I would suggest that scientist closely look at the fluctuations in our electromagnetics around the earth for it is not just the bees but also many other animals including the bat.

[fayelindasue]

Here in Maine there have been tons of honey bees. In the last two summers we have had large swarms of them getting into our house by way of every nook and cranny. I am deathly allergic to them so this is a problem. I really do not believe the honey bees are a bad off as we are hearing. Maybe they just moved to another climate!

[susanweigel1]

There is another side to the honeybee story. The beekeepers who actually "keep" bees--feeding them, wintering them, managing them appropriately, and knowing about this wild insect, are not having the problems outlined in the news story. I would guess that beekeepers having trouble keeping their bees are moving an insect that needs environmental stability to thrive. Our agricultural practices that do not allow bees to be left in fields and orchards because of spraying, cause some beekeepers to move their bees often. Every time they are moved a 25%+ loss can be expected. Often the moved hives are too far from the beekeeper to be checked and managed--bees do not do well under these conditions.
Are some beekeepers hoping that the government will step in like it did in the past and subsidize the industry? Are some beekeepers looking for a government subsidy so they can retire with big profits because they are tired of the hard work? I believe past government subsidies have caused millions of gallons of honey to be purchased by the government and stored while consumers used cheaper honey imported from foreign countries.
CBS should look into this story in more detail. Talk to beekeepers that are doing well with their bees! See what they have to say. Not all beekeepers tell the same story of loss--why?

[vancouverboo]

How come the hard-working, useful honey bees die and the worthless,crappy deadly African bees propagate like rabbits? Anyone see the movie, Idiocracy? There''s an interesting parallel there.

[beehive21-2009]

The Bees are leaving for better jobs in India,over worked and under appreciated.The USA is producing lots of food ,we may be feeding the whole population of the Earth. Time to stop the big producers are selling pretty produce with out any taste , so a red pepper tastes the same as a cucumber etc.Time to start producing your own gardens and the time is ripe .Lots of honey Bees around here you can plant lots of plants that attract Bees and they will pollinate your garden or you may need to do it by hand .The value for your body to get out in the yard in make a garden is great, for the mind ,body and soul,it''s spring time, get out the shovel or whatever else,start gardening you''ll be happy you did.