Post by T.C. on Mar 10, 2017 19:22:04 GMT
(I just figured to share this. I have been wanting to observe honey bees for a long time. So I did a little observation and research to find why they were disappearing.)
From what I have read so far, there is two issues I am currently aware of. Number one would be they believe there is some sort of disease that is messing with bees memory. They have appeared to get lost and disoriented. They land and do not return to the hive. As a person can imagine, the more bees in the hive the better chance of survival, however if many do not return that puts a damper on their success. I personally have observed and watched honey bees lots of times. I noticed these honey bees just sitting on our deck, not doing anything. They just looked confused. All honey bees I believe (Not sure?) return to their hive at night, some did not. They just sat their. The bee in the picture I took below was one of them.
Also, another cause for honey bee populations declining is the the climate. If you live in my area, a streak of warm weather, in the 50s and 60s took us by surprise. This year and last year temperatures have been constantly changing. The average for this time of year was, no higher than the 30's and often times it gets in the negatives. However, a quarter way into winter, we seen honey bees about flying. It was supposed to bee a warm week, and it was. However there was no food for them when they awoke. The next few days it got colder and colder and before too long it got back into low 20's. The honey bees, crawl back into their hive to finish out the rest of the winter they thought was over. However they still have 3/4ths of the winter left to go. The week they spent out of the hive, they burnt up alot of their energy flying around. So once they go back into hibernation they no longer have enough energy to make it through and they die in thie hive.
(This was a picture I took during a warm day, and the next day it dropped back into the 30's. These bees were lucky to find some spilled soda, however a majority got stuck in our bags of popcans, and as of this day i use bins rather than bags to avoid it. )
From what I have read so far, there is two issues I am currently aware of. Number one would be they believe there is some sort of disease that is messing with bees memory. They have appeared to get lost and disoriented. They land and do not return to the hive. As a person can imagine, the more bees in the hive the better chance of survival, however if many do not return that puts a damper on their success. I personally have observed and watched honey bees lots of times. I noticed these honey bees just sitting on our deck, not doing anything. They just looked confused. All honey bees I believe (Not sure?) return to their hive at night, some did not. They just sat their. The bee in the picture I took below was one of them.
Also, another cause for honey bee populations declining is the the climate. If you live in my area, a streak of warm weather, in the 50s and 60s took us by surprise. This year and last year temperatures have been constantly changing. The average for this time of year was, no higher than the 30's and often times it gets in the negatives. However, a quarter way into winter, we seen honey bees about flying. It was supposed to bee a warm week, and it was. However there was no food for them when they awoke. The next few days it got colder and colder and before too long it got back into low 20's. The honey bees, crawl back into their hive to finish out the rest of the winter they thought was over. However they still have 3/4ths of the winter left to go. The week they spent out of the hive, they burnt up alot of their energy flying around. So once they go back into hibernation they no longer have enough energy to make it through and they die in thie hive.
(This was a picture I took during a warm day, and the next day it dropped back into the 30's. These bees were lucky to find some spilled soda, however a majority got stuck in our bags of popcans, and as of this day i use bins rather than bags to avoid it. )