The Urgent Plight Of The Honey Bee
Honeybees are amazing, gentle creatures. They live in colonies which function as a single organism, each Honeybee working for the good of the whole. They nurture the beauty and fecundity of the earth with their gift of pollination, and through that pollination mankind gains strength, and nature diversity. Honeybees are also in dangerous decline, and we all need to take notice.
Modern society, with its suburban sprawl, genetically modified vegetation, and insecticides, as well as a plague of varroa mites, threatens the health of the Honeybee, and in turn our own survival on this planet. Backyard beekeepers, with a conscience towards respecting the needs of the Honeybee, can effect positive change in this balance. Farmers and the general public can also have a positive impact through simple choices about when to spray or mow, as well as planting trees and flowers that provide valuable food for both domestic and feral bees.
(Excerpt from the website of Chris Harp, used with permission)
Please visit www.HoneyBeeLives.org, the website of our local and amazing bee keeper, Chris Harp and learn more about his urgent work to help save our rapidly dwindling bee population. If you'd like to get involved, start out by hosting a hive in your back yard. You'll fall in love with them like I did. (I now have 3)!