So not nearly as good of news as the headline or the 27% decline in CCD losses suggests.

"The number of hives lost to Colony Collapse Disorder,..., was 84,430 in this year’s first quarter." And that's after probably replenishing 84,430 lost colonies.

To me, this is a bullshit story, spin attributed not to Honey Bee recovery, but to human intervention via replenishment of lost CCD colonies.

Let's hope the bee population continues its rebound.

lost without them!!

They've become so rare I haven't heard of anybody being stung by one in years. When I come across one I side step it (to make sure it doesn't end its' self on my account) and tell it to keep on keep'n on because we need em.

Catmint, gloriosa daisies, and borage will bring them in in great quantities.

to have already been dived bombed 3 times this summer

Thankfully it was just common eastern bumble bees and the stingers don't tear off. Stings for only 3 minutes and the welt goes away in 10.

I haven't seen even one. But a guy down two blocks has hives so I guess there are bees somewhere, I hope.

I have never used pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, or fertilizers.

This is good news.

pretty much the old timers could and would change crops. Now it's the same old same, plants, soil, water.

I grew up in Pennsylvania farm country and the corn or wheat would be plowed under in the fall and cow manure was put on and plowed in during the spring prior to planting. Now that land is manicured lawns with mcmansions or tech plants on it.

I had a massive honey bee nest in one of my large columns in front of my home, Had a professional beekeeper remove it (at no charge). They are of great value to farmers.

They give me honey.

K&R for the bees.

Wait, what? He hasn't taken credit for this yet?

🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 I have hundreds of bees here. A rainy summer though makes it difficult for them to gather pollen. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

I have a shallow bird bath with some stones in the bottom so they can drink easily. The water source seems to make a big difference. I have TONS of bees this year. First time in ages.

say Thank you on behalf of their sisters in your neighborhood.

It's on the bucket list. I think my local extension does bee keeping classes in the spring. Maybe next year..... 🐝

I use shallow dishes with gravel. No space for the larvae to squirm and they need to be refilled everyday anyway due to evaporation. I also have a small bird bath that has a solar pump that kicks on periodically during the day when the sun is out. It keeps the water circulating enough to be mosquito free as well. Works great!

I love 🐝

So good to hear some.good news about them.

Like the rusty patched bumblebee which is now endangered.

the Bees are making a comeback!!! only wish we would.

Our food supply will never be safe from harm as long as they're around - least of all now that (IG Farben spinoff) Bayer bought them out.

Monsanto doesn't make the mites.
They don't make the bacterial strains that affect bees.
They don't create/mandate the mono-crop farming practices that result in malnourished bees.
They don't even make Neonicotinoid pesticides. That's mostly Bayer and Syngenta.


It's fucking embarrassing to see this non-fact BS promulgated here.

Science will never stop woo when woo is a combination of big agribusiness and, well science.

No lover of Monsanto but they are not the cause of colony collapse.

Colony collapse was more about loss of bees amoung the guys shipping hundreds or thousands of hives all around the country. What a fucking surprise that shipping thousands of hives around the country on flatbed trailers will eventually lead to massive die offs.

Backyard beekeepers have been doing great and are growing by the thousands. I hope to have my own hives someday.

Human intervention boosted the colonies lost in the first quarter and despite this, there were still significant losses.

The story doesn't at all sound positive to me and the headline is complete spin.

temporary relief in one or two of the pressures on bee colonies.

to what was killing them earlier.