fuck it, *quality

Beekeepers naked ass touching bee heeves is brilliant.

It was probably the guys from Mythbusters in the beekeeper suits. Gotta keep those ideas for new shows comin' in!

My friends, I have great opprotunities for you all in the world of professional beekeeping!

>> ^oxdottir:
That's fascinating. What should he have been doing for his bees?

It looks like this guy pulls his supers(the boxes the hive is made of) off haphazardly and cuts chunks of comb off the frames at random. This, and his statements about not really taking care of them, suggest to me that he does not have a regular harvest schedule, which is what causes hives to swarm.

Bee hives make one of two things honey(with wax) or bees, if the hive "decides" it has enough food in storage the queen and a whole bunch of workers will go set up a new hive, likely in someones attic, leaving the old hive to grow a new queen.

His hive might also carry disease, which may then infect other hives. Professional beekeepers in California are subject to inspection, because parasites did a lot of damage to the bee population about a decade ago, which as has been discussed recently, is a big problem for agriculture.

For all I know I got paid to remove a hive that swarmed out of this guys back yard.

>> ^BillOreilly

I can pretty well assure you this is on the level, looks like a standard SF situation, and this guy basically tells it how it is as far as bees in SF are concerned. A guy I used to work for in SF, where we did bee removal, calls people like this bee-havers, not beekeepers. Folks who don't manage their hives well are the cause of most of the swarms that end up living in walls and attics, and resulted in us getting work removing hives from houses.

here's are some things to consider (taken from http://www.fluoridealert.org/f-pesticides.htm)

• Dec 4, 2007: Hawaii's Department of Agriculture says fipronil killed bees in Moloa's, Kauai. http://www.fluoridealert.org/pesticides/fipronil.bees.dec.04.2007.htm

• July 11, 2007 - EPA failed to consider the "high" toxicity to bees by contact (not dietary) exposure to the insecticide Indoxacarb when it approved approximately 130 new food tolerances. (See EPA's Fact sheet on Indoxacarb for toxicity to bees, pp 14-15). Indoxacarb is a potent neurotoxiicant. http://www.fluorideaction.org/pesticides/indoxacarb-page.htm

• Catastrophic Bee Colongy Collapse may not be affecting organic hives. Researchers are struggling to find the causes of this mysterious collapse. A crucial element of this story, missing from reports in the mainstream media, is the fact that organic beekeepers across North America are not experiencing devastating colony collapses.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_5194.cfm

From their website:
Every year, hundreds of professional beekeepers forklift their wooden hives onto 18-wheel semis, strap down the loads, and head out on the highway.

Across the country - from the Imperial Valley in California to the Florida panhandle and the hills of Maine – farmers rely on honeybees to pollinate crops worth $15 billion every year.

But parasites, pesticides, and modern agricultural practices are making it harder and harder for beekeepers to keep their bees alive, and the crisis could affect what shows up on all of our dinner tables.

wow, this video was facinating. great post! here is one more theory to add to the list.

• July 11, 2007 - EPA failed to consider the "high" toxicity to bees by contact (not dietary) exposure to the insecticide INDOXACARB

http://www.fluorideaction.org/pesticides/indoxacarb-page.htm

when it approved approximately 130 new food tolerances.
(See EPA's Fact sheet on Indoxacarb for toxicity to bees, pp 14-15).
http://www.fluorideaction.org/pesticides/Indoxacarb.EPA.Oct.2000.pdf

Indoxacarb is a potent neurotoxiicant. On July 23, FAN asked EPA for its reasons why it didn't consider indoxacarb's effects on bees. Also, a 2005 study reported that indoxacarb was harmful to the Asian lady beetle, which is considered a beneficial insect in agriculture.


• May 28, 2007 - Neonicotinoids, such as fluorinated fipronil, a suspect in honeybee colony collapse disorder.

http://www.fluoridealert.org/pesticides/fipronil.bees.may%2028.2007.html


• Catastrophic Bee Colongy Collapse may not be affecting organic hives. Researchers are struggling to find the causes of this mysterious collapse. A crucial element of this story, missing from reports in the mainstream media, is the fact that organic beekeepers across North America are not experiencing devastating colony collapses...
SEE: "Organic Bees Are Thriving While Pesticide Intensive Conventional Bee Hive Colonies Are Collapsing."
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_5194.cfm

Note from FAN: The media reports that intensive tests are underway to find the source of the honeybee "colony collapse disorder." Theories for this devastating collapse range from the use of pesticides to cell phones. If it were a neurotoxic pesticide (disrupting the neurons that enable bees to find home) it would have to be in wide-spread use across the country. Some have mentioned the rise in cell phone towers and cell phone use: radiation from mobile phones may interfere with the bees' navigation systems.

But the Wright Brothers DIDN'T invent the modern airplane. Virtually none of their inventions are used in modern airplanes. Their concepts like "wing warping" were unstable and one of the main reasons the Wrights were responsible for the first passenger fatality. The more I learn about the Wrights, the less respect I have for them. They built a glider, stuck an engine on it, launched it with a catapult, published the resulting "powered flight" in a beekeeping magazine then spent the next five years suing everyone else who was actually building real airplanes that could take off from the ground on their own power, had ailerons and a rudder and were controllable and safe to fly.

Read about the REAL father of flight, Glenn Hammond Curtiss, a man so far ahead of the Wrights technically that he built a 8 cylinder motorcycle and set a land speed record of 137 mph...in 1907.

To be more accurate, they launched a glider equipped with an engine with a fricken catapult, published notice of it in a beekeeping magazine, then spent the next five years suing everyone else actually working on flight claiming they had a patent on powered flight. Like Edison, the Wright Brothers lose respect the more you learn about them.