I knew there had to be a better way! My great-grandfather kept bees and I was hoping to resume the practice on his land someday. I went to some classes at the local co-op and was horrified to learn about all the pesticides involved. They made me think it had to be that way. This video is a real eye-opener. Thanks Paul!
I like what she says and the path she is taking. 90% of her facts are correct, I just wish the rest of the facts had been checked. Bees make larger cells when they make comb naturally (without foundation), not smaller. The smaller cells are an idea of the lady in Arizona, not a naturally occurring phenomenon. A few other small mistakes but OVERALL A GREAT MESSAGE.
I'm with YOU! I happened upon this video and glad to see you out there sharing the same message so many of us have been stressing. I use no treatments at all and depend on survival colonies.... I wish you well in all you do and thanks for a reasoned voice on YouTube regarding bee keeping....
Ideological views always seam easier to believe than reality. Bees are exposed to chemicals from everywhere now . How many sprays do farmers put on crops now ? New pesticides herbicides, systemic sprays and genetically modified organisms should be the main aria of concern, not proven beekeeping practice that works perfectly fine. I would like to see you run a proper outfit to your principles. Make a documentary for use all to see if you do.
I think you mostly are right, letting bees feed with their own honey is making them stronger and keep them healthy, but many people strugle to get as much honey and feed them with surogates.
I'm a backyard beekeeper and last year I lost half my hives to mites. As still a novice, I've been looking for organic ways to fight off the mites for the upcoming season...I've read anything and everything from powdered sugar to making your own pattie out of herbs, but what herbs and how is this process done? What have you found to be the most effective way to fight off these mites? So far I've done everything organic, but must admit I do own a few strips of Apistan I'd prefer not to use. Help?
@Manofcichlids I would not use Apistan at all because it has proven to be harmful to bees and because of its overuse has caused mites to develop resistance. The best thing to do is to take preventative measures. For one, replacing the queen with a genetically hygienic one will greatly decrease the spread of the mite population. New breeds have been developed that actually detect mites in the cells and remove them, this behavior is essential.
@Manofcichlids Also, putting a bottom board which has a screen in it can also greatly reduce the spread; the premise behind this is the mites fall through the screen to the ground and are unable to jump to another bee. And of course strengthening the colonies immunity is essential. I would suggest taking a survey of the mite population first to determine the severity of the infestation.
Wow I'd heard about the bee population problem for years. But now I understand why, it seems so simple and straight forward... Treat a bee like an industrial agriculture tool long enough and it will loose it's ability to just be a bee.
Thanks for shedding some light on the disappearing bee mystery for me.
What a wonderful video on Bees. I'd love to see something on using bees in a permiculture situation and what the best ways of caring for them. A "Top Bar" hive seems to be a great solution, but I'd love to hear what you think Paul.
I know little about this but I always have the feeling that it may have something to do with the changing magnetic field, which is why also a guess as to why whales are beaching so frequently. Stupid but I thought I'd post it anyway as I think about it from time to time
Very correct. Bees are not here to serve us. A significant silly and arrogant mind-set tells some folks, that everything is only here to serve us. Let the bees where they are. Bees are not nomads. They need a variety of plants not monoculture. Forget about greed and start to act responsibly.
I am so happy to have found your channel! I am trying to raise bees organically and I only catch wild swarms. I hear non-stop how I am doing it wrong and I need to start buying "nicer" bees. Thank you!
If she has any CCD she is doing something wrong. I have over 4000 hives in MS and never lost a hive to CCD or Mites. All honey has chemical/pesticides in it. natural or not. Don't believe me have your honey tested. Bees getting lost is CCD. Why else is there so many swarms in cali. They should check the lights at the gas stations and hotels they stop at during transport. And if you think your swarms that you catch has never been treated, you are wrong. ps Velkoze you must like starvation.
commercial beekeepers are a large part of the CCD problem. They rob the bees of the nutritious honey in the fall and feed them non-nutritious junk such as sugar syrup and candy boards throught the winter. Over time, this very poor diet weakens the honeybee causing it to be vunerable to viruses and diseases. Hauling bees thousands of miles on a truck also causes severe stress which leads to more troubles.
Bees werent meant to be used and abused in the way commercial beekeepers are doing.
More than one study has shown cell size doesn't matter. There are plenty of beekeepers using industry standard foundation without the big losses reported in the media.
CCD is a problem for a small number of commercial beekeepers. The bigger problem is lack of bee inspectors and too many beekeepers cutting corners in their management of their hives.
This video is somewhat misleading. There are many so called "conventional" and commercial beekeepers that use integrated pest management practices, have normal winter kill and manage large numbers of colonies. Andy Card for one. Conversely I know of at least one so called "organic" commercial beekeeper that lost bees to CCD when she had a wet season. Nosema and virus interacting to create CCD. Organic beekeeping doesn't prevent CCD. CCD is a blend of virus and management failures.
The fact that even with a 40% loss harsh bee keeping practices still seem to be the dominant and more profitable method (on fossil fuel scale) tells the tale of our time. Thanks for the ecological advice, industry sure can be slow to adapt (or be replaced)...mmm almonds
The fact that even with a 40% loss harsh bee keeping practices still seem to be the dominant and more profitable method (on fossil fuel scale) tells the tale of our time. Thanks for the ecological advice, industry sure can be slow to adapt (or be replaced)...mmm almonds
The fact that even with a 40% loss harsh bee keeping practices still seem to be the dominant and more profitable method (on fossil fuel scale) tells the tale of our time. Thanks for the ecological advice, industry sure can be slow to adapt (or be replaced)...mmm almonds
The fact that even with a 40% loss harsh bee keeping practices still seem to be the dominant and more profitable method (on fossil fuel scale) tells the tale of our time. Thanks for the ecological advice, industry sure can be slow to adapt (or be replaced)...mmm almonds
thank you so much for posting this video! i've been beekeeping for 2 years, and lost my hive last year to mites. this year i have used homemade, organic grease patties made with wintergreen oil.
Insecticides are not used against Varroa mites - because they are not insects! They are arachnids - members of the spider family. Locally adapted bees kept using organic methods is the way forward, though. Monocultures and GM are bad for bees and people.
Another great Tip! Never use any Synthetic Toxic Chemicals & Stop using Micro-Wave Technology that's killing All the Bees, including Us. Never put the Bees near any Wireless ~ Micro-Wave (GSM, GPS etc) Technology Beamer Towers. Be Warned! Better take care for the Bees!
@opcn18: Before you come with ignorant comments do some research first! We Life in a Giant Micro-Wave Oven right now thats killing Everyone Alive...! You can feel it....
@ase010 um, no and yes. There are areas inside of the US with no microwave towers. Also there is no correlation between the erection of microwave towers and CCD and no connection between the strength of microwaves and CCD.
On the other hand we are all constantly bathed in microwaves, they come from astronomical sources and have been bombarding earth for about four and a half billion years.
@opcn18: There are Thousands of Satellites(GPS) in Space, Wi-Fi, GSM, ELFS, Bluetooth, Radio, HAARP ETC ETC. All sorts of Man-Made Synthetic Frequencies ~ Beaming Radiating and Micro-Waving Killing Us Alive in a Giant Micro-Wave Oven. Its a Slow Terrible Death. We'r Allready FEELING the SYMPTOMS!!!
@ase010 Imagine for a moment, for the sake of argument, that the radio frequencies aren't killing us. Everything else in the world is just as is, but the symptoms of which you speak come from other sources. How then might you go about showing that the symptoms are from other sources?
Great video. It all sounds like common sense to me. Or at least it would have been common sense back when farmers were more intimate with nature than with commercial processes. Have Mr. Sundberg and Mr. Barnes seen this?
I think what jacqueline is saying is that all sorts of things make the bees sicker/weaker. In the end, "some virus or fungus or both" will do them in because they are weak. That is how nature works.
@paulwheaton12@hobbexp If it were GMO's killing the bees why would there be CCD in the EU? Most of the bees in the US are getting nectar flow from stonefruit, and pomfruit, and clover to my knowledge there are no commercial scale GMO crops for those varieties.
Awesome work here; I've seen all sort of vids about whats wrong but this is the first one that gives a easy to follow list of what to do to get us there
I'm unconvinced. The mites are a major stressor on their own, I've also never heard that organic bees don't get CCD, I've seen a decent amount of research reported on CCD and it seems like some of the thousands of scientists working on it would have noticed.
The genetic point is somewhat true, except that we can't medicate against CCD so we aren't mass producing bees that don't have natural resistance to CCD. The act of producing dozens of queens from one hive speeds evolution.
@opcn18 I've been hearing for years that NONE of the organic folks have CCD. This is the first I've heard of anything more than zero for the organic folks.
Can you direct me to one organic beekeeper that has CCD?
@paulwheaton12 I can't link here, but a 2009 scientific american article was was the first information I was able to find, though terribly unspecific, that said it was happening to organic bees too. In the column in support of the proposition that organic bees are immune I've only been able to find self selected reporting, "I'm an organic bee keeper and I'm just fine" sorts of stuff, which is what you would expect with the law of small numbers being false.
@opcn18 For those organic folks that were experiencing it, was there anything on numbers? Or how organic they were? I've heard that those using "essential oils" are still having CCD, while those using nothing for mites have no CCD.
@paulwheaton12 no numbers, sorry. however every single source I could find that says no organic bee keepers have CCD traces back to anecdotal self reporting by relatively small bee keepers. The data has all been presented instead of collected, which can really skew the results. I would be very surprised if keeping your bees in one place did not help them avoid CCD (because moving them around with other bees is great for infectious disease) but I have no data to suggest that is a good assumption.
...i am debating whether or not to have one hive of bees, this was very helpful....thanks
paulpellicci 1 month ago in playlist permaculture
very interesting! All Hail the Honey Bee!
krollcreations 1 month ago
very nice video
ByNatureFarms 1 month ago
I knew there had to be a better way! My great-grandfather kept bees and I was hoping to resume the practice on his land someday. I went to some classes at the local co-op and was horrified to learn about all the pesticides involved. They made me think it had to be that way. This video is a real eye-opener. Thanks Paul!
cocotan6 2 months ago
Thank-you for this!
666katch 2 months ago
I like what she says and the path she is taking. 90% of her facts are correct, I just wish the rest of the facts had been checked. Bees make larger cells when they make comb naturally (without foundation), not smaller. The smaller cells are an idea of the lady in Arizona, not a naturally occurring phenomenon. A few other small mistakes but OVERALL A GREAT MESSAGE.
ranger46074 2 months ago
your on the same page as me. I been trying to explain that for yrs.also plastic will out gas at about 75* keep up the good work sister.
Don
the fatbeeman
fineshooter 2 months ago
Amen is all I can say. When I heard about that "disorder" and told my uncle, he immediately told me this -"Those F*&#rs just poisoned them to heck"
samuils 2 months ago
When our Almighty Father created the bee, the world began.
kidgecartoon 2 months ago
I'm with YOU! I happened upon this video and glad to see you out there sharing the same message so many of us have been stressing. I use no treatments at all and depend on survival colonies.... I wish you well in all you do and thanks for a reasoned voice on YouTube regarding bee keeping....
HTCSWEOD 6 months ago
this is enlightening.
stellabelle 7 months ago
Ideological views always seam easier to believe than reality. Bees are exposed to chemicals from everywhere now . How many sprays do farmers put on crops now ? New pesticides herbicides, systemic sprays and genetically modified organisms should be the main aria of concern, not proven beekeeping practice that works perfectly fine. I would like to see you run a proper outfit to your principles. Make a documentary for use all to see if you do.
kiwiguy6 8 months ago
Has anyone thought to provide the bees with colloidal silver?
bythedog 9 months ago
Great vidio
satellitetune 9 months ago
Great vidio
gwk4657 9 months ago
I think you mostly are right, letting bees feed with their own honey is making them stronger and keep them healthy, but many people strugle to get as much honey and feed them with surogates.
MrSzviktor 9 months ago
I'm a backyard beekeeper and last year I lost half my hives to mites. As still a novice, I've been looking for organic ways to fight off the mites for the upcoming season...I've read anything and everything from powdered sugar to making your own pattie out of herbs, but what herbs and how is this process done? What have you found to be the most effective way to fight off these mites? So far I've done everything organic, but must admit I do own a few strips of Apistan I'd prefer not to use. Help?
Manofcichlids 10 months ago
@Manofcichlids have you asked this out at permies.com yet?
paulwheaton12 10 months ago
@Manofcichlids I would not use Apistan at all because it has proven to be harmful to bees and because of its overuse has caused mites to develop resistance. The best thing to do is to take preventative measures. For one, replacing the queen with a genetically hygienic one will greatly decrease the spread of the mite population. New breeds have been developed that actually detect mites in the cells and remove them, this behavior is essential.
megc747 8 months ago
@Manofcichlids Also, putting a bottom board which has a screen in it can also greatly reduce the spread; the premise behind this is the mites fall through the screen to the ground and are unable to jump to another bee. And of course strengthening the colonies immunity is essential. I would suggest taking a survey of the mite population first to determine the severity of the infestation.
megc747 8 months ago
@Manofcichlids Completely replacing your hive may turn out to be the best option; I would suggest contacting your extension apiarist.
megc747 8 months ago
@Manofcichlids - Let everyone know about The Greedy Bee Keeper
geolabuk 1 week ago
I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF YOU ARE NEAR THE CHEMTRAIL OPERATIONS...?
illuminationclub 11 months ago
Wow I'd heard about the bee population problem for years. But now I understand why, it seems so simple and straight forward... Treat a bee like an industrial agriculture tool long enough and it will loose it's ability to just be a bee.
Thanks for shedding some light on the disappearing bee mystery for me.
dehmlowm 11 months ago
take a good look at a bees face, there actually preety cool looking, kinda cute.
RespectMyHate 11 months ago
What a wonderful video on Bees. I'd love to see something on using bees in a permiculture situation and what the best ways of caring for them. A "Top Bar" hive seems to be a great solution, but I'd love to hear what you think Paul.
hastingr 1 year ago
this makes me sad, you'd think that beekeepers would be more sensible
theelectrifier 1 year ago
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We are making orgonites that have shown amazing effects in solving this problem.
The cause is EM-RF pollution. (or at least one of causes)
ValarMorgoth 1 year ago
I know little about this but I always have the feeling that it may have something to do with the changing magnetic field, which is why also a guess as to why whales are beaching so frequently. Stupid but I thought I'd post it anyway as I think about it from time to time
GypDylo 1 year ago
Very correct. Bees are not here to serve us. A significant silly and arrogant mind-set tells some folks, that everything is only here to serve us. Let the bees where they are. Bees are not nomads. They need a variety of plants not monoculture. Forget about greed and start to act responsibly.
MillyVanillification 1 year ago
I am so happy to have found your channel! I am trying to raise bees organically and I only catch wild swarms. I hear non-stop how I am doing it wrong and I need to start buying "nicer" bees. Thank you!
Gypsymoonfarm 1 year ago
If she has any CCD she is doing something wrong. I have over 4000 hives in MS and never lost a hive to CCD or Mites. All honey has chemical/pesticides in it. natural or not. Don't believe me have your honey tested. Bees getting lost is CCD. Why else is there so many swarms in cali. They should check the lights at the gas stations and hotels they stop at during transport. And if you think your swarms that you catch has never been treated, you are wrong. ps Velkoze you must like starvation.
phillmytube 1 year ago
commercial beekeepers are a large part of the CCD problem. They rob the bees of the nutritious honey in the fall and feed them non-nutritious junk such as sugar syrup and candy boards throught the winter. Over time, this very poor diet weakens the honeybee causing it to be vunerable to viruses and diseases. Hauling bees thousands of miles on a truck also causes severe stress which leads to more troubles.
Bees werent meant to be used and abused in the way commercial beekeepers are doing.
tradernorton05 1 year ago
More than one study has shown cell size doesn't matter. There are plenty of beekeepers using industry standard foundation without the big losses reported in the media.
CCD is a problem for a small number of commercial beekeepers. The bigger problem is lack of bee inspectors and too many beekeepers cutting corners in their management of their hives.
wyrdbrew 1 year ago
"In 2010 the rate of hives lost to colony collapse disorder is about 40% per year, every year."
This is false. The total winter loss last year was 35%. 17% of that total loss, according to researchers at Penn State, was from CCD.
wyrdbrew 1 year ago
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wyrdbrew 1 year ago
This video is somewhat misleading. There are many so called "conventional" and commercial beekeepers that use integrated pest management practices, have normal winter kill and manage large numbers of colonies. Andy Card for one. Conversely I know of at least one so called "organic" commercial beekeeper that lost bees to CCD when she had a wet season. Nosema and virus interacting to create CCD. Organic beekeeping doesn't prevent CCD. CCD is a blend of virus and management failures.
wyrdbrew 1 year ago
The fact that even with a 40% loss harsh bee keeping practices still seem to be the dominant and more profitable method (on fossil fuel scale) tells the tale of our time. Thanks for the ecological advice, industry sure can be slow to adapt (or be replaced)...mmm almonds
Wepinealed 1 year ago
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The fact that even with a 40% loss harsh bee keeping practices still seem to be the dominant and more profitable method (on fossil fuel scale) tells the tale of our time. Thanks for the ecological advice, industry sure can be slow to adapt (or be replaced)...mmm almonds
Wepinealed 1 year ago
The fact that even with a 40% loss harsh bee keeping practices still seem to be the dominant and more profitable method (on fossil fuel scale) tells the tale of our time. Thanks for the ecological advice, industry sure can be slow to adapt (or be replaced)...mmm almonds
Wepinealed 1 year ago
The fact that even with a 40% loss harsh bee keeping practices still seem to be the dominant and more profitable method (on fossil fuel scale) tells the tale of our time. Thanks for the ecological advice, industry sure can be slow to adapt (or be replaced)...mmm almonds
Wepinealed 1 year ago
CHEMTRAILS IS THE CAUSE!
NO DOUBT!
scrambler975 1 year ago
thank you so much for posting this video! i've been beekeeping for 2 years, and lost my hive last year to mites. this year i have used homemade, organic grease patties made with wintergreen oil.
LaRyanita 1 year ago
Insecticides are not used against Varroa mites - because they are not insects! They are arachnids - members of the spider family. Locally adapted bees kept using organic methods is the way forward, though. Monocultures and GM are bad for bees and people.
beesontoastful 1 year ago
Another great Tip! Never use any Synthetic Toxic Chemicals & Stop using Micro-Wave Technology that's killing All the Bees, including Us. Never put the Bees near any Wireless ~ Micro-Wave (GSM, GPS etc) Technology Beamer Towers. Be Warned! Better take care for the Bees!
ase010 1 year ago
@ase010 microwaves don't cause it. Areas with out microwave towers also have CCD.
opcn18 1 year ago
@opcn18: Before you come with ignorant comments do some research first! We Life in a Giant Micro-Wave Oven right now thats killing Everyone Alive...! You can feel it....
ase010 1 year ago
@ase010 um, no and yes. There are areas inside of the US with no microwave towers. Also there is no correlation between the erection of microwave towers and CCD and no connection between the strength of microwaves and CCD.
On the other hand we are all constantly bathed in microwaves, they come from astronomical sources and have been bombarding earth for about four and a half billion years.
opcn18 1 year ago
@opcn18: There are Thousands of Satellites(GPS) in Space, Wi-Fi, GSM, ELFS, Bluetooth, Radio, HAARP ETC ETC. All sorts of Man-Made Synthetic Frequencies ~ Beaming Radiating and Micro-Waving Killing Us Alive in a Giant Micro-Wave Oven. Its a Slow Terrible Death. We'r Allready FEELING the SYMPTOMS!!!
ase010 1 year ago
@ase010 Imagine for a moment, for the sake of argument, that the radio frequencies aren't killing us. Everything else in the world is just as is, but the symptoms of which you speak come from other sources. How then might you go about showing that the symptoms are from other sources?
opcn18 1 year ago
CCD will end up being the result of pesticides, poor nutrition, and severe stress.
A large part of the problem are the scumbag commercial beekeepers who rob the bees of their nutritious honey and feeding them junk like sugar syrup.
As you can tell, I have a real disgust for commercial beeks.
tradernorton05 1 year ago
Excellent video, thanks.
johnlvs2run 1 year ago
Great video. It all sounds like common sense to me. Or at least it would have been common sense back when farmers were more intimate with nature than with commercial processes. Have Mr. Sundberg and Mr. Barnes seen this?
leobro 1 year ago
i see in the news, they die when they eat from GMO rapeseed,
hobbexp 1 year ago
@hobbexp but is that CCD?
I think what jacqueline is saying is that all sorts of things make the bees sicker/weaker. In the end, "some virus or fungus or both" will do them in because they are weak. That is how nature works.
paulwheaton12 1 year ago
@paulwheaton12 @hobbexp If it were GMO's killing the bees why would there be CCD in the EU? Most of the bees in the US are getting nectar flow from stonefruit, and pomfruit, and clover to my knowledge there are no commercial scale GMO crops for those varieties.
opcn18 1 year ago
Great video, Paul! Thanks for allyour hard work!
erickgreenwillow 1 year ago
@Velkoze1 Well, I don't think boycotting is the answer.
I think folks might prefer honey that doesn't have pesticides in it.
paulwheaton12 1 year ago
Awesome work here; I've seen all sort of vids about whats wrong but this is the first one that gives a easy to follow list of what to do to get us there
echoslopes 1 year ago
interesting
fibrillatorD 1 year ago
I'm unconvinced. The mites are a major stressor on their own, I've also never heard that organic bees don't get CCD, I've seen a decent amount of research reported on CCD and it seems like some of the thousands of scientists working on it would have noticed.
The genetic point is somewhat true, except that we can't medicate against CCD so we aren't mass producing bees that don't have natural resistance to CCD. The act of producing dozens of queens from one hive speeds evolution.
opcn18 1 year ago
@opcn18 I've been hearing for years that NONE of the organic folks have CCD. This is the first I've heard of anything more than zero for the organic folks.
Can you direct me to one organic beekeeper that has CCD?
paulwheaton12 1 year ago
@paulwheaton12 I can't link here, but a 2009 scientific american article was was the first information I was able to find, though terribly unspecific, that said it was happening to organic bees too. In the column in support of the proposition that organic bees are immune I've only been able to find self selected reporting, "I'm an organic bee keeper and I'm just fine" sorts of stuff, which is what you would expect with the law of small numbers being false.
opcn18 1 year ago
@opcn18 For those organic folks that were experiencing it, was there anything on numbers? Or how organic they were? I've heard that those using "essential oils" are still having CCD, while those using nothing for mites have no CCD.
paulwheaton12 1 year ago
@paulwheaton12 no numbers, sorry. however every single source I could find that says no organic bee keepers have CCD traces back to anecdotal self reporting by relatively small bee keepers. The data has all been presented instead of collected, which can really skew the results. I would be very surprised if keeping your bees in one place did not help them avoid CCD (because moving them around with other bees is great for infectious disease) but I have no data to suggest that is a good assumption.
opcn18 1 year ago
@opcn18 You're too wrapped up in scientific mumbo jumbo.
johnlvs2run 1 year ago
@johnlvs2run Science delivers the goods. Don't believe me? Then get the hell off of a computer, which is one of the fruits of science.
opcn18 1 year ago
Thanks Paul for the effort for making this informative/encouraging/posisitive movie
tiroler537 1 year ago
@tiroler537 thanks for the kind words. That puts a bit of fuel in me.
paulwheaton12 1 year ago
Thanks. This is clear and informative - and persuasive.
Shred2Grow 1 year ago
@Shred2Grow I'm glad somebody found it clear and persuasive. I'm getting backlash from some others.
paulwheaton12 1 year ago
Thanks! Very good idea!
MrNobodyNothing 1 year ago