Nature Deficit Disorder is the lost connection between humans and nature, according to Dennis vanEngelsdorp. He says that this is the main cause for loosing 30% of the bee colonies over the winter... for the second year in a row. I don't see how it is possible to perform counts accurate enough to report that 30% of the bee colonies have died over the winter, but he says recovery is easy and all that must be done is to split the remainder of the hive and introduce a new queen to the half without one and they will be able to increase their population once again. Yet, where are theses queens coming from? vanEngelsdorp simply states, "in the mail,"(Dennis vanEnglesdorp). What happens to those hives that these queens are being taken from, and what happens when they run out? It appears that it will be an issue that won't even result in being addressed since hive keepers can only afford to repeat this process up to 3 years in a row, since the 'solution' is so costly. It hardly seems like a solution if it is so unsustainable.
1/3 of the food eaten by humans is either directly or indirectly pollinated by bees. If all of them are to die, humans may be able to survive off the other pollinators, such as butterflies and bats. But they too are struggling for life. Bats are dying off at incomprehensible rates, even faster than the bees. What are we to do in a world where pollination ceases in existence? Where do we go from there? No fruits, no vegetables, no plants and the rest of earth on life starts heading down the same path. Education on this topic needs to be spread an a quickened pace if the world seeks to solve the mystery of dying pollinators. Without them life for any of us is impossible.
Dennis relates the topic even further to the audience through talking about the families who survive solely on their hives. These nomadic families move their bees and lives twice a year to give the bees areas to pollinate. With the loss of these bees, thousands of people are loosing not only their livelihood but a special connection they have developed with nature and those sharing the same profession.
Colony Collapse Disorder faces millions of hives world wide. Toxic pesticides are infecting bees upon contact with many crops, and within minutes are killing them. Telephone radiation has also been experimented and shown to alter a bee's navigation system, making it difficult for them to return home to the hive, and dying in the process.
So how can we fix this disconnect between human and nature? A simple solution is Dennis vanEnglesdorp's answer, make meadows, not lawns. A meadow is an ecosystem teeming with life compared to the starch, desolate areas we use for yards. Lawns are entirely void of life and dissuade the process of it within its parameters. If humans were to step back and give nature the reigns once again a safe and quick recovery is ensured. However it is not a total hands off approach, little things such as planting a pesticide free garden and buying organic at all times possible encourage and aid the recovery of our falling pollinators.
1/3 of the food eaten by humans is either directly or indirectly pollinated by bees. If all of them are to die, humans may be able to survive off the other pollinators, such as butterflies and bats. But they too are struggling for life. Bats are dying off at incomprehensible rates, even faster than the bees. What are we to do in a world where pollination ceases in existence? Where do we go from there? No fruits, no vegetables, no plants and the rest of earth on life starts heading down the same path. Education on this topic needs to be spread an a quickened pace if the world seeks to solve the mystery of dying pollinators. Without them life for any of us is impossible.
Dennis relates the topic even further to the audience through talking about the families who survive solely on their hives. These nomadic families move their bees and lives twice a year to give the bees areas to pollinate. With the loss of these bees, thousands of people are loosing not only their livelihood but a special connection they have developed with nature and those sharing the same profession.
Colony Collapse Disorder faces millions of hives world wide. Toxic pesticides are infecting bees upon contact with many crops, and within minutes are killing them. Telephone radiation has also been experimented and shown to alter a bee's navigation system, making it difficult for them to return home to the hive, and dying in the process.
So how can we fix this disconnect between human and nature? A simple solution is Dennis vanEnglesdorp's answer, make meadows, not lawns. A meadow is an ecosystem teeming with life compared to the starch, desolate areas we use for yards. Lawns are entirely void of life and dissuade the process of it within its parameters. If humans were to step back and give nature the reigns once again a safe and quick recovery is ensured. However it is not a total hands off approach, little things such as planting a pesticide free garden and buying organic at all times possible encourage and aid the recovery of our falling pollinators.
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