The death of bees puts the world in danger

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by freddau » 10/09/07, 09:38

Sacred little animals.

You have not yet mentioned the Asian hornet, had been on the news earlier this year.
This frelon has been imported from China and is rife in the southwest. Its peculiarity, it feeds on bees and it is brown, I think, unlike hornets home.

He is very resistant and the bees of China managed to kill him by sticking to him to raise the temperature. The hornet died at 37,5 ° and the bees held up to 39 ° (unrepresentative figures).

The problem is that Southwestern bees do not yet know this mode of defense.
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by jean63 » 10/09/07, 11:38

There was recently the testimony of a lady from the Bordeaux region where the bees were dying by the thousands in her garage whose door had remained open. And this several times: she gave to analyze .... no news since.

There is no question of hornets; they would die slowly in the night ...... why ???
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by abyssin3 » 10/09/07, 12:34

former oceanic wrote:On France Info (Friday 8 / 9 / 7) they said that researchers have shown that it was probably viral. A virus affecting Australian bees.

This is what I also seem to have heard, but not only for a virus, there would also be bacteria and fungi, rather rare in insects. But I have the impression that the reason remains unclear and / or that there is no a main reason but many that converge towards a massive death.

former oceanic wrote:many queens were sold for export

At least now we know how Queen Elizabeth got there ...
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by jean63 » 10/09/07, 22:58

In fact, there is a colony of bees that has been home since 2 years under the wood cladding of my house (wood frame) and they look very well.

It must be said that it is natural Red Cedar wood (from Canada in British Columbia) never treated with harmful products because rot naturally.

There is nothing like the natural to save this planet.

I regularly monitor their coming and going, they look very vigorous for now.
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by the middle » 10/09/07, 23:28

jean63 wrote:In fact, there is a colony of bees that has been home since 2 years under the wood cladding of my house (wood frame) and they look very well.

It must be said that it is natural Red Cedar wood (from Canada in British Columbia) never treated with harmful products because rot naturally.

There is nothing like the natural to save this planet.

I regularly monitor their coming and going, they look very vigorous for now.

The "wild" bees, are in general in better health than the others, and are also a little more aggressive. A little ... :D
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by Calvet jeans » 08/10/07, 16:50

jean63 wrote:It must be said that it is natural Red Cedar wood (from Canada in British Columbia) never treated with harmful products because rot naturally.

There is nothing like the natural to save this planet.


: Mrgreen: I also thought it was the top, the Canadian woods.
Except that, by scratching a little, we quickly find that in terms of ecology, there is much to complain about, in terms of Canadian "industrial" forests.

:? Be careful, I do not come here to argue, ac? I pass on what I did not know myself a short time ago.

That said, on the bees side, can someone give me links to the latest studies on bee navigation?
(the bees would use a frequency identical to those used by the telephone (???))
If it exists; I did not find anything.

Thank you. Jeans
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by jean63 » 09/10/07, 10:26

I also thought it was the top, the Canadian woods.
Except that, by scratching a little, we quickly find that in terms of ecology, there is much to complain about, in terms of Canadian "industrial" forests.

In agreement with you but in 1982, it is my architect who indicated me this imputrescible wood, whereas there is in France in the Alps: it is called larch.
But at the time we were not aware of these problems of slaughter and transportation.
If it were today I would not put red Cedar.
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by Woodcutter » 06/05/08, 17:05

lejustemilieu wrote:[...] The "wild" bees, are in general in better health than the others, and are also a little more aggressive. A little ... :D
Apparently, for the aggressiveness it is not true.
A recent issue of "La Salamandre" indicates: Most wild bees show little aggression and their stings are rarely as painful as those of honey bees.

(n ° 185 April-May 2008)
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by the middle » 06/05/08, 18:34

ok, maybe you're right,
There is wild and wild ....
Normally, in Belgium, if I remember correctly, there are no bees that form colonies naturally .....
Except the bees that come from the Romans, imported 2000 years ago, and which need special care; especially in winter.If you do not take care of them in winter, they end up dying out.
Me, I spoke of a hive, which had been made alone, without any help from me, (a mixture of several races). So, I called them "wild"
The only bees that exist naturally in Belgium (so wild), and still if my memory is good, are so-called solitary bees.
They lay an egg here, and another by the ... but do not live in a group.
Here... :?
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by I Citro » 06/05/08, 22:42

jean63 wrote:In 1982, it's my architect who told me this wood rot, while there are in France in the Alps: it's called larch.
But at the time we were not aware of these problems of slaughter and transportation.
If it were today I would not put red Cedar.


I just spent a week in Auvergne (Ambert, St Anthème).
I visited a distillery of essential oils. In winter they distill the softwoods of the region: pines, douglas, and it seemed to me also the red cedar ... :?:
I do not find any trace in their catalog, have I heard wrong? Yet it seemed to me that red cedar was grown in this region. :?:
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