Okay, I know, this is another rant–my second in a week. But this stuff soooo irritates me that I can’t leave it alone. Yesterday I came across this headline on one of the bee sites: “Could the combination of miticides and varroacides be causing CCD?” Now what bothers me here is that a varroacide is […] Read more
Hardly a day goes by when someone doesn’t mention colony collapse disorder to me, either in person, in an e-mail or comment, or on the phone. “I hear they found the cause of CCD!” is a statement I’ve heard dozens of times over the last few years. I’ve deliberately avoided writing about it—partially because I […] Read more
Of the many on-going bee projects across the globe, one in particular has caught my attention. The project, a documentary film entitled More Than Honey, will be “a film about bees and beekeepers, about pollen and honey, about biology and business.” The film is an international endeavor directed by Markus Imhoof from Switzerland and co-produced […] Read more