Did you notice bees in these days?

Lots of bees in my garden. Plant some lavender.

Tons of bees', eating my fallen Pears,

'Honey bees are dying. This is a global phenomenon and a worldwide problem affecting food availability.

Like climate change, the decline of honey bees is not unprecedented. There were great die offs of honey bees reported as early as the year 950 A.D. in Ireland, called the “Great Mortality of Bees”.

This repeated in Ireland is 992 and 1443. The great die-off crossed the pond in 1903 when 2,000 colonies died in Cache Valley, Utah. Three years later, 100% of hives died on the Isle of Wight, UK. And then, in 1996 and again in 2006, Pennsylvania beekeepers reported alarming numbers of honey bee die offs. These die-offs are continuing today, but under the auspice of a new name, Colony Collapse Disorder.'

Full article here ---> [link to whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com]

I've seen more this year than last year-I live in NJ. However some are extra rageful (chasing me around the parked car twice before finding something else to do!) and some were so docile they barely moved ( I was able to swoosh it off a woman's shirt where it clung for dear life and ended up walking on the ground-not flying at all-no I didn't hurt it-I gently swooshed). I don't think they were the same species of bee.

no bees seen, at all. but had a wasps' hive in the garden...

I've had more honeybees in my clover this summer than I've had in several years.

bees got early cold this year, so they ete the 1. harvest alone, no reserves..
looking forward to see these changes in the next spring

Not many Bees here in Tokyo and since F'Shima i stopped
to visit my Honey Source!

In nature, can an animal kill hisself?

Look at the video posted. I notice that as well: in about just few hours only, they can die.

Last Edited by IWASTHERE on 09/20/2012 07:47 AM

Honey bees represent only a small fraction of the approximately 20,000 known species of bees.



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Just wasp's to be honest...

That video made me cry. Poor little thing.

0 bees here around actually.

I haven't seen a Bee since lat summer and I've only see about 5 wasps all year.

Location in CA?

Tnx for the support.

Not exaclty "bees" but hornets which i got stung by 5-6 times about 2 weeks ago just by mowing my lawn, when i got to mowing around a certain tree on my property, i noticed a few things flying around and before i realized what they were... BAM! stung 3 times. Ran down the hill and got stung again(one apparently was inside my shirt). Ripped my shirt of and continued running, got to about 75' away from the tree and one just flew up, landed on the inside of my thumb and stung me again. That's the last time i ever mow my fucking lawn, fuck that.

Last Edited by Tiamat2012 on 09/21/2012 04:30 AM

no, but a freakish looking thing. Looked like a yellow jacket on steroids. I started noticing a them few years ago. I dont know what it is, BUT ITS HUGE, BLACK, AND YELLOW.

HUGE!

Saw a lot of bees...


Doin' good around these parts.

LMAO, trust me man I've had the same shit happen to me many times before. Your story reminded me of myself, and the Many times hornets/wasps have destroyed me LOL. Couldn't help but laugh :) damn hornets!

Hi there,

In wich state do you live?

Thanks.

All'dead :-(

Where? In the place where u live?

Last Edited by IWASTHERE on 09/21/2012 10:21 AM

Sounds like a wood hornet. Ornery critters best avoided.

I am a beekeeper & I can tell you that their cycle is off by about 2 weeks this year. I even had a 2nd year hive swarm -- very unusual.

I went to harvest honey after Labor Day weekend & got NOTHING. Not because the bees made no honey -- the honey boxes were filling up in late July quite nicely -- but because the bees had already moved all the honey down in the lower 2 boxes of the hive where they overwinter.

They are battening down the hatches early for some reason.

Mid Atlantic area here.

Last Edited by LJS on 09/21/2012 10:31 AM

Yeah but all the ones I've seen have seem intoxicated or something