Save the bees! But how? | Brandon Dawson | TEDxDuke 

Good!

So happy to have you as the next generation caring our future :)

That's cool! Last night I dreamed a bee was trying to kill me, but I didn't want to attack it back since bees are good

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yah, if you know anything, this was a test of patience in redundancy

Yes and it's more complicated than that.

Avery Lemons no its not.

It is: imported pests monocultures (shorter time flowers show up=bees starve for the rest of time) don't trim every last patch of grass! (especially at highways there's absolutely no need for it!)

edi You can do that too but the most important thing is to stop killing them with pesticides.

if you leave around 5 meters space to your neighbors in the direction of their entrance and 3 meters in the others they wouldn't even see more bees in their garden because the bees fly up and then in every direction, in most countries they couldn't do much about it then, so go to your next beekeeper association they have almost certainly a starter group/course and often you get your first swarm for free by them, and some training is necessary because its in some ways complicated but amazing.

I recently read in a book about sustainability that if you have neighbours and want to keep bees there are a couple of things you can do. 1, install a little pond in the garden so your bees drink there and don't invade other local ponds where children might be playing. 2, construct a wall around the hive (one you can easily remove) that is higher than the hive and forces bees to fly higher before taking off in any direction.

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that are two tricks that are actually working we have tested them both, and put out a white sheet in early spring when the bees come out first because they bring out their winter-trash and don't put it on other white walls (why ever they like to put it on white walls... )

here is something you're missing. does someone follow all the bees as they go out to forage and confirm that 100% of the plants in their 10 mile radius are 100% organic? the logical conclusion is that labelling of "organic" honey is lying to you. Carry on.

That joke dude jajajajaj

I dont understand your first statement at all.. Edit: Maybe thats sarcasm and i just dont see it lol

the problem is there are actually to many diseases and pests that kill the bees if they aren't supported by beekeepers. sadly, most swarms don't get older than a year if they live in the wild.

bee keepers dont kill them????? do your research??? my family has kept bees locally for years and weve never killed them??? what is wrong with you

in some ways its true, there are some companies that are very rude to this little fellows but if you go to your next beekeeper and buy your honey from there its good! and you support them by doing so.

support local bee keepers! please!!! noone gives a shite about big companys. this guys point is about local beekeepers!!! we need more people to support us because we actually care for them and we dont treat them like crap?!!?!

+katie prentice Yes, Commercial Beekeepers are not Gentle at all to the Bees. I know I've done Hobbies Beekeeping in my backyard when I lived out of Town. Had neighbors close by but no Problems. The only thing I wore was a viel to Protect my face, but not Always. I worked the hives with no shirt and shorts. I knew how to handle them. But of course, I had to work slowly and pay close attention to how moved. Got to be like meditation. When I sold my hives, I could not believe the "Space Suit" the beekeepers used and very rough and abrupt he was with the bees. He got the very angry and I didn't like that much. Before they got very angry, he told me your right they don't seem to bother you. It's to bad most people are very ignorant about bees, otherwise there would be more hobbiest beekeepers, which would help bee populations Greatly.

katie prentice Go watch "The Death of Bees Explained" by Kurzgesagt