Help The Honeybees

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Here are a few bee facts to get you started:

1. Honey bees are responsible for pollinating one-third of all the foods we eat, including many of our favorite fruits, nuts and vegetables.

2. Alarmingly, more than 25 percent of the Western honey bee population has disappeared over the last several winters, threatening our food supply and our way of life.

3. Many of the honey bee deaths are being attributed to a mysterious threat called Colony Collapse Disorder, which causes bees to suddenly leave their hive and die. Unfortunately, not much is known about this new threat.

4. Researchers are working to find a solution to Colony Collapse Disorder, but there are ways that we can all help the honey bees today. Learn more about bees and what you can do to help at helpthehoneybees.com.

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2 Bee Board Contributor. Informational Correspondence. February 4, 2008
3 Fact confirmed by Häagen-Dazs® ice cream, February 1, 2008
4 Bee Board Contributor. Informational Correspondence. February 4, 2008
5 Bee Board Contributor. Informational Correspondence. February 4, 2008
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14 Bee Board Contributor.
Informational Correspondence. January 9, 2008

NATURE | Silence of the Bees | The Importance of Bees | PBS

Vanishing honeybees mystify scientists.
• Billions of bees have mysteriously
vanished since late last year in the U.S.
• Disappearing bees have also been
reported in Europe and Brazil
• One-third of the U.S. diet depends on
pollination, mostly by honeybees
• Some beekeepers are losing 50 percent of
their bees to the disorder

Links to articles on the topic:

Vanishing Honeybees Mystify Scientists
April 22nd 2007.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/04/22/vanishing.bees.reut/index.html

Bee Sickness Investigated in California
February 14th 2007.
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Feb14/0,4670,FarmSceneDyingBees,00.html

Chasseurs d'éternel

Deux très beaux films composent ce DVD, "Chasseur de Miel" et "Chasseurs des Ténèbres". Ils ont en commun l'acrobatie de leur sujet et des conditions de tournage, car dans les deux cas, il s'agit de récolter des produits naturels accrochés à flanc de falaise.
En voir plus sur : http://www.vodeo.tv/2-62-260-chasseurs-d-eternel.html?PARTID=9085

Dancing Honeybee Using Vector Calculus to Communicate

How honeybees communicate with each other.
Waggle dance of bees

NATURE | Silence of the Bees | Inside the Hive | PBS

NATURE | Silence of the Bees | Preview | PBS

Bijbelse Bijen

Waar leefden de eerste imkers?
In het land van melk en honing. Amihai Mazar van de Universiteit van Jeruzalem vond bij een opgraving van de antieke stad Rehov de resten van een uitgebreide bijenindustrie. Naast stukken honingraat vallen vooral de 30 intacte bijenkorven op. Ze dateren van zo'n 900 voor Christus, volgens, het oude testament de tijd van koning Salomon. De 80 bij 40 centimeter grote korven, gemaakt van stro en klei, zijn zo goed bewaard gebleven dat de kleine ingangen voor de bijen nog te zien zijn. Honing werd in de antieke wereld niet alleen gegeten, maar had ook religieuze en medicinale doeleinden. Toch is nooit eerder zo'n grootschallige bijenindustrie teruggevonden.