Bee's in Tree's

[Yve_Clark]

Poor wee bees

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8446804.stm

 

(Sorry Angus!)

Edited January 8, 2010 by Yve_Clark
woops

[Steve Bullman]

sorry yvonne....i meant to quote your message but edited it by accident....my bad

[Yve_Clark]

sorry yvonne....i meant to quote your message but edited it by accident....my bad

 

reinstated and awaiting your intelligent response

[Bundle 2]

Originally posted by Yve Clark..

BBC News - Wild bees 'may freeze to death'

"Conservation efforts by farmers and landowners were also thought to have helped boost numbers."

 

I have recently acquired a tome by Oliver Rackham ( I highly recommend it) "A History of the Countryside"- In which as it happens, he makes amends in the foreword for what he describes as....."My gloomy prognosis for conservation in the 1980's...happily...." (my bad)

The obvious association here is the effort by farmers and landowners in the continued wellbeing of bees....interesting and , I thought, worth the comment!

[Steve Bullman]

Poor wee bees

 

i think they were honey bees?

[Steve Bullman]

reinstated and awaiting your intelligent response

 

how long are you prepared to wait?

[Steve Bullman]

Angus....Australia certainly seems to have its fair share of nasties to watch out for in the trees!

[cousin jack]

I'm amazed that The Bumblebee Conservation Trust is making a fuss about a bit of hard weather, this is natural and something they have coped with for 1000's of years. Far more worrying to me is the effect that man is having on these fantastic social insects. I can only suppose that they are trying to keep bee's in general in the public eye.

[skyhuck]

I'm amazed that The Bumblebee Conservation Trust is making a fuss about a bit of hard weather, this is natural and something they have coped with for 1000's of years. Far more worrying to me is the effect that man is having on these fantastic social insects. I can only suppose that they are trying to keep bee's in general in the public eye.

 

May be some Bumblebee's are always killed by harsh winters, when numbers were high it was not a problem, but if they are in decline this could be just one more nail in their coffin??

[Yve_Clark]

how long are you prepared to wait?

 

I'm prepared for the long wait.............

 

 

I'm amazed that The Bumblebee Conservation Trust is making a fuss about a bit of hard weather, this is natural and something they have coped with for 1000's of years. Far more worrying to me is the effect that man is having on these fantastic social insects. I can only suppose that they are trying to keep bee's in general in the public eye.

 

I was thinking that this was maybe an added concern on top of the already worrying decline in bee numbers? We haven't had such a severe long cold spell of weather for quite a few years and maybe the bees aren't genetically as tough as they used to be??