Comments on: Thursday Thirteen – Save the bees

By: Colony Collapse News

Colony Collapse News — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:25:59 +0000

[...] Thursday Thirteen – Save the bees By Open Grove Claudia Basically, various beekeepers around the country are creating a new species of honey bee which they hope are resistant to the mites and diseases which make up Colony Collapse Disorder. We are getting our queens this year from ZiaQueen. … – http://www.on-a-limb.com [...]

By: tommie

tommie — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:31:40 +0000

claudia-

Just checking back on this…..

I ended up getting some begonia’s for the hanging basket……and some ferns for under the porch.

We will be moving in july08 to KY.

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:40:16 +0000

This is a wonderfully, educated TT about a very interesting subject. Kudos.

By: Open Grove Claudia

Open Grove Claudia — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:33:41 +0000

Josie – Hurray for dandelions. I’m always amazed at how much farther ahead in the seasons you are than we are!

Driller AA – Trees are awesome for bees but also the most likely to be sprayed with those nasty chemicals. Catch 22 sometimes.

Angela Knocke – Hey that’s a very good thing!

Arlene – Hurray for less fear! yay!

Michelle – Hurray for hummingbird feeders! We aren’t on a migration route, so we don’t get them here in Denver. They have them in other part of Colorado though.

Nap Warden – There’s always something we can do – we just have to be willing to change a little bit.

Vera – I wonder if they didn’t let you see them because of the CCD. You’d be amazed at how it can wipe out an entire farm.

Toia – It’s almost impossible to contemplate what the world would be like without them.

Smtwngrl – Information is good!

Melanie – I think we are all a bit afraid – the question is what you do with your fear.

Claudia – I love jasmine – is it nightblooming? MMMMM!!

By: claudia

claudia — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:38:27 +0000

As far as I’m concerned, everyone should have flowers!! After years of wanting one, I finally have a jasmine plant…it hasn’t flowered yet though.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:31:02 +0000

While I am scared to death of bees I do love honey. This was a very interesting post.

By: smtwngrl

smtwngrl — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:10:55 +0000

Thanks for stopping by! Glad you liked my TT post.

This is a great post! I’ve been wondering about CCD and now I have some great information.

BTW, having a truck when you NEED one is not the issue. It’s driving a truck (or SUV) when you don’t need one that gets me riled up!

By: Toia

Toia — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:31:37 +0000

That’s interesting. I never thought about how honey bees are important to our environment. Thanks for the heads up.

Happy TT!!

By: Vera

Vera — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:51:19 +0000

This is a very interesting list. I don’t think we have this much going on for bees here in the country. There was a bee house at the farm/zoo we recently visited, but the bees weren’t in a friendly mood at that time so we weren’t able to check them out.

By: nap warden

nap warden — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:46:35 +0000

You know, I heard about this…It never occurred to me that there was so much that could be done about it…