Comments on: Bee Colony Collapse Disorder in Hawaii http://surfingthetao.com/2007/04/27/bee-colony-collapse-disorder-in-hawaii/ Striving to increase awareness of our spiritual natures as well as the news, technologies and agendas in our world which influence them. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:05:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Angela http://surfingthetao.com/2007/04/27/bee-colony-collapse-disorder-in-hawaii/comment-page-1/#comment-46002 Angela Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:03:42 +0000 http://surfingthetao.com/2007/04/27/bee-colony-collapse-disorder-in-hawaii/#comment-46002 Excellent information, thank you, thanks for stopping by. Excellent information, thank you, thanks for stopping by.

]]> By: bill http://surfingthetao.com/2007/04/27/bee-colony-collapse-disorder-in-hawaii/comment-page-1/#comment-46001 bill Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:48:37 +0000 http://surfingthetao.com/2007/04/27/bee-colony-collapse-disorder-in-hawaii/#comment-46001 I am a beekeeper on the big island and have witnessed ccd here. What is more important than what the colonies that "buzzed off" had in common is what the colonies that are healthy have in common. My failure rate of factory queens has been in the neighborhood of 87%. My failure rate of naturally bred wild stock are less than 5% Bees thrive on rapidly adaptive genetics that easily adjust to problems such as nosema or mites. breeding thousands of queens with the same genetics and having beeyards with thousands of colonies creates a very vulnerable bee population. the similarities to large scale feedlots and factory agriculture for cattle, swine and poultry and the problems that have arisen there are obvious. The massive, intentional release of drones by large scale breeders has had a huge destabilizing influence on our bee population as has the practice of large companies putting as many as 2,000 hives in a single location. My colonies are naturally bred, my beeyards are sustainably sized, vigorous, disease and pest free. my bees will survive these problems as they have for millenia. I am a beekeeper on the big island and have witnessed ccd here. What is more important than what the colonies that “buzzed off” had in common is what the colonies that are healthy have in common. My failure rate of factory queens has been in the neighborhood of 87%. My failure rate of naturally bred wild stock are less than 5%
Bees thrive on rapidly adaptive genetics that easily adjust to problems such as nosema or mites. breeding thousands of queens with the same genetics and having beeyards with thousands of colonies creates a very vulnerable bee population.
the similarities to large scale feedlots and factory agriculture for cattle, swine and poultry and the problems that have arisen there are obvious.
The massive, intentional release of drones by large scale breeders has had a huge destabilizing influence on our bee population as has the practice of large companies putting as many as 2,000 hives in a single location.
My colonies are naturally bred, my beeyards are sustainably sized, vigorous, disease and pest free. my bees will survive these problems as they have for millenia.

]]> By: Servumpecus http://surfingthetao.com/2007/04/27/bee-colony-collapse-disorder-in-hawaii/comment-page-1/#comment-4903 Servumpecus Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:16:34 +0000 http://surfingthetao.com/2007/04/27/bee-colony-collapse-disorder-in-hawaii/#comment-4903 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 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

]]> By: Frank Wright http://surfingthetao.com/2007/04/27/bee-colony-collapse-disorder-in-hawaii/comment-page-1/#comment-3002 Frank Wright Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:06:34 +0000 http://surfingthetao.com/2007/04/27/bee-colony-collapse-disorder-in-hawaii/#comment-3002 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 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

]]> By: Carol http://surfingthetao.com/2007/04/27/bee-colony-collapse-disorder-in-hawaii/comment-page-1/#comment-1267 Carol Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:15:03 +0000 http://surfingthetao.com/2007/04/27/bee-colony-collapse-disorder-in-hawaii/#comment-1267 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 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.

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