Since cell phones are on the list of
What we can
possible apis foes, you might consider
talking less on those essential devices.
Sorry, that is a crazy idea. How about
learn from
an easier solution, such as reducing your
use of pesticides, genetically modified
crops and radiation?
bees
Anyway, May 29 will be a great day to
generations, beekeeping remains a
buzz about bees. By that time, the chance
one bug can be held responsible for colony
traditional part of country life. Hives still
of a snowstorm ought to have passed. It
collapse.
Even the most cynical among us must
dot the rural landscape. There are still many
will be a fitting occasion to think of bees,
“Only by realizing the cause of their
admit that, every so often, our politicians
apiculturists who work with the little
while the flora all around us begins to
disappearance can we affect our actions,
do get it right.
creatures that have been around since at
burst into new life. If you hear a buzzing
behaviour and attitudes towards an insect
We are speaking here, of course, about
least 6000 B.C.
sound, that is a good sign.
that, I would argue, beyond all other
the Prescott-Russell united counties’
Most of us have a basic knowledge of the
And, if you ate today, thank a farmer,
domesticated animals and plants has been
council endorsement of a suggestion that
life of bees.
and a bee.
the most influential, and important to the
May 29 be declared Day of the Honey Bee.
COMMUNITY
If you are having a badday atwork, or are
development and advancement of
This is a serious matter, particularly for
unlucky at love, consider the brief existence
Humanity across the globe,” declares
themany beekeepers who have been stung
ofdrones, thosebusysonsof bees that receive
Ekdahl on a website promoting his Bee
by colony collapse disorder. Apiculturists
only fleeting recognition fromthe boss, right
Day petition.
have beenbuzzingabout this phenomenon
Adopt a
before they die.
“Mankind has learned in the time since
for years, but the general public has been
You have to pity the drones. Once they
many fascinating things about Honey Bees,
unaware of the mayhem that has been
mate with the queen bee, they are dead,
however, if we knew or fully understood
taking place in hives.
special
literally. (Please feel free here to joke among
what was killing Honey Bees in such
People who are sweet on these tiny
yourselves about the parallels between bee
alarming numbers, I would not be where I
honey producers note that bees are akin to
and human mating rituals.)
am today asking for – no — begging for,
OIympian
the proverbial canary in the mineshaft. If
However, there is little funny about the
your help.”
the bees are in trouble, better reserve a seat
decrease in bee colonies. The Canadian
He warns: “The true value of the Honey
on thenext rocket headedforMars, because
Association of Professional Apiculturists
Beeisnotmeasuredinnumbersormonetary
newsroom@eap.on.ca
Earth is going to be toast!
fears that losses may have become
amounts or even inmetric tonnes of honey.
OK, thatmaybea tadalarmist, however,
H AWKESBURY
unsustainable. “This means that if they
Yet, intermsof thesurvival ourownspecies,
a little hyperbole is warranted if it helps
continue to die as they are, there will be
if the Honey Bee continues to die as they
drawattention to the plight of apismellifera.
serious negative consequences for our
are, the saga of Humanity on this planet
These tiny creatures are responsible for 70
economy, agricultureandtheenvironment,”
The Special Olympics program will
will be jeopardized.” He frets that there
per cent of food crop pollination, county
warns Ekdahl.
benefit from a collection Hawkesbury
will be a food shortage.
economic development director Sylvain
Scientists have been trying to get a handle
Ontario Provincial Police officers and
So, what can you do? He urges everyone
Charlebois noted in recommending the
on the cause of the sudden death of bee
auxiliary members will hold Saturday,
to support the movement for a worldwide
Day of the Honey Bee proclamation.
colonies around the world. Some of the
April 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Your
Bee Day. It is sort of important: “It will be
Honey Bee Day movement leader
possible culprits are cell phones, pesticides,
Independent Grocer, Frescho, LCBO and
this step, the first in many, which may
Clinton Shane Ekdahl, of Saskatoon, has
genetically modified crops, pollution,
Zellers in Hawkesbury.
prove to be our salvation,” declares Ekdahl.
been waxing eloquent about bees for some
radiation, or a combination of some or all of
“Adopt An Athlete” is the theme of the
What else can be done? Well, those
time now. He wants to raise awareness
these factors.
drive which will help send athlete to the
colony-killing mites are not easy to detect
about the value of the honey bee, warn the
Many in the knowpoint to amightymite,
Special Olympics in Kingston in May,
and eradication efforts ought to be left to
world about its demise and convince
the single-celled Varroa destructor, a
relates Nick Musacchio, one of the
professionals, plus there are trespassing
governments everywhere to formally
parasite that has been blamed for the
organizers of the event.
laws that must be respected.
recognize the problem.
decimation of thousands of hives.
It costs about $500 per athlete to
A hands-off approach may be advisable
While agriculture has evolved over the
But there is no still no consensus that this
compete in the competition.
for the many non-beekeepers out there.
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