Bee Conference

Charleston West Virginia  Experts buzzing this week about mysterious bee disappearance.
by Associated Press
Published: Mon, July 07, 2008 - 5:35 am CST Last Updated: Mon, July 07, 2008 - 5:38 am CST
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The buzz around Marshall University
this week will be about the importance of honeybees.
Bee experts will gather at the Heartland Apiculture Society's
annual conference in Huntington, West Virginia.
Honeybee populations continue to decline and farmers face
increased production costs, meaning consumers could ultimately have
to pay more for produce. One expert says "about one out of every
three bites of food that we eat" is a direct result of
pollination.
There will be an update at the conference on the mysterious
disappearance of entire bee colonies that has been reported in at
least 35 states since 2006.
Scientists blame drought and parasites.
The Agriculture Department says there were five million
honey-producing bee colonies in the 1940s. Now there are half that
many.


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I learned a while back that if you want to attract honey bees just take a jar of jelly and empty it out there where the ants can’t get it and you’ll have all the bees you want in your neighborhood. It seems they keep coming back after it’s gone out of habit.

I work with the only Honey Bee Removal Service guy in Mobile/Baldwin County, and he says he’s booked up for the next 8 weeks straight. So I guess all of their bees are coming down here?

Bee cause question

Some things for Heartland Apiculture Society too remember while there.
Bee attentative
Bee careful
Bee on time

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