In the past week I’ve received several links from friends about the missing bees.The media continues to report on current research into the cause of the disappearance of bees from their hives around the world.Taiwan just announced the loss of over 10 million bees.The other day The New York Times reviewed various theories.One involves radiation from cell phone towers, and rumors abound as one might expect; people are blaming everything from terrorism to a ‘bee rapture’.(BTW, did you know the military is testing the use of bees for sniffing out bombs?)
Yesterday a press release from the Army announced several pathogens had been found to be potential culprits.Some have found evidence of a fungus; in Hawaii, the news is centering on a harmful mite, and bee colonies are now quarantined to prevent its spread.More information on current research can be found here.What’s interesting is that while most of these articles claim Colony Collapse Disorder is yet to be found in Hawaii, this article claims otherwise, and I’m going to pay attention especially since my neighbor lost 20 of his 60 hives here on the Big Island just in the past two or three months.
A friend reminded me of the importance of bees to our local coffee industry, among other crops.I can’t even begin to comprehend the disaster.
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3 Responses to “Bee Colony Collapse Disorder in Hawaii”
Carol// Sep 25, 2007 at 9:15 am
I think that even if they find a type of fungi in one area and a type of mite in another area and a type of virus in another area, they are making a HUGE mistake by assuming that the bees are disappearing in various areas at the same time, but each is suffering from a different pathogen.
They should be asking - what do the disappearing bees in Hawaii have in COMMON with the disappearing bees in Georgia or Maine - or Cambodia, for that matter.
If not cell phone towers, some other manmade electromagnetic field is to blame. Wireless technology? Some new radar system?
Regardless, there is no doubt in my mind that manmade emfs of some sort are behind their behavior. Read ‘Cross Currents’ by Robert Becker if you don’t believe a few little signals can confuse a bee.
Frank Wright// Nov 10, 2007 at 6:06 am
I live on the Big Island and we have a number of colonies of Garnet Pruit’s on our place. Has the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder been attributed to a virus? Do we have it in Hawaii?
I think that even if they find a type of fungi in one area and a type of mite in another area and a type of virus in another area, they are making a HUGE mistake by assuming that the bees are disappearing in various areas at the same time, but each is suffering from a different pathogen.
They should be asking - what do the disappearing bees in Hawaii have in COMMON with the disappearing bees in Georgia or Maine - or Cambodia, for that matter.
If not cell phone towers, some other manmade electromagnetic field is to blame. Wireless technology? Some new radar system?
Regardless, there is no doubt in my mind that manmade emfs of some sort are behind their behavior. Read ‘Cross Currents’ by Robert Becker if you don’t believe a few little signals can confuse a bee.
I live on the Big Island and we have a number of colonies of Garnet Pruit’s on our place. Has the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder been attributed to a virus? Do we have it in Hawaii?
Frank
Hello,
the colony collapse disorder is a worldwide phenomenon. Electromagnetic fields is one explanation and might be co-responsible for the bees’ losses.
Where does it happens ? Are there correlations between losses and mobile telephony ? You can watch some maps at :
http://www.servumpecus.canalblog.com/archives/2008/04/10/
You can translate this page into English by employing Google Translate, but the images alone are very convincing.
http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=EN
With my best regards
Servumpecus