http://www.xerces.org/2008/04/10/beekeepers-stung-by-disappearing-bees/ Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:47:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.xerces.org/2008/04/10/beekeepers-stung-by-disappearing-bees/#comment-1593 Beatriz Moisset Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:51:14 +0000 http://www.xerces.org/?p=288#comment-1593 '”One out of every three bites of food that we put in our mouths is put there by the honeybee pollinating those crops,” said Dave Hackenberg.' Honey bees should not take all the credit; actually the "one bite out of three" statement applies to all pollinators, not just honeybees. Native bees and even some flies do a significant portion of crop pollination. Tomatoes and eggplants cannot be pollinated by honeybees, squash bees do most of the work at the pumpkin patch, the industrious blueberry bee, Habropoda laboriosa, does a $20 worth of blueberry pollination per bee and several species of megachilids are very good at pollinating fruit crops. Certain flies have proved their prowess as pollinators of onions and cabbage. Nevertheless, I agree that honey bees have great value as pollinators and that their drop in numbers deserves concern by all of us. ‘”One out of every three bites of food that we put in our mouths is put there by the honeybee pollinating those crops,” said Dave Hackenberg.’
Honey bees should not take all the credit; actually the “one bite out of three” statement applies to all pollinators, not just honeybees. Native bees and even some flies do a significant portion of crop pollination. Tomatoes and eggplants cannot be pollinated by honeybees, squash bees do most of the work at the pumpkin patch, the industrious blueberry bee, Habropoda laboriosa, does a $20 worth of blueberry pollination per bee and several species of megachilids are very good at pollinating fruit crops. Certain flies have proved their prowess as pollinators of onions and cabbage.
Nevertheless, I agree that honey bees have great value as pollinators and that their drop in numbers deserves concern by all of us.

]]> http://www.xerces.org/2008/04/10/beekeepers-stung-by-disappearing-bees/#comment-166 b.white Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:52:14 +0000 http://www.xerces.org/?p=288#comment-166 Is there any help for the small beekeepers? As in 2007 we lost 150 out of 190 hives,2008 we only last 30 out of 150, and already this year we have 120 out of 150. Please let me know if there is any type of grants or held. Thank-you b. white Is there any help for the small beekeepers? As in 2007 we lost 150 out of 190 hives,2008 we only last 30 out of 150, and already this year we have 120 out of 150. Please let me know if there is any type of grants or held.
Thank-you
b. white

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