Where Have All the Bees Gone?

[sahgwa]

Good daynight

Am I the only one that has noticed a lack of bees this Spring?
For our Southern cousins, did you have many bees last Spring?

Last year we had maybe only 2 or 3 flitting around our patio and neighbourhood that we noticed, pollinating the flowers and the veggie plants.  This year absolutely zilch zero. 

We DID have an early frost and Winter cold for one or two nights return to make us run our taps at night, maybe this not only killed the flowers before they could bloom, but also harmed the bees?

In a larger context perhaps there is evidence that more implementation of mobile and internet wifi networks is harming and killing bees? 

Without bees no food eh? Could there be antagonistic push for killing bees so that humanity relies on corporations for pollination and food more , and cannot grow their own organic foodstuffs?


FOOD for thought.

Honey is not only tasty, it is healthy, and it can remove allergies to the local fauna in one's environment through slow introduction to ones diet, I think? 
Also it's a sweet alternative to corn syrup and cane sugar which is healthier for the system.


What do you all think?

[sahgwa]

This paper shows that the insects are absorbing this radiation and we know they are more sensitive to it than humans due to their size and physiology.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22271-3

They show a general increase in absorbed radio-frequency power above 6 GHz (until the frequencies where the wavelengths are comparable to their body size), which indicates that if the used power densities do not decrease, but shift (partly) to higher frequencies, the absorption in the studied insects will increase as well. 
A shift of 10% of the incident power density to frequencies above 6 GHz would lead to an increase in absorbed power between 3–370%. This could lead to changes in insect behaviour, physiology, and morphology over time due to an increase in body temperatures, from dielectric heating. 

hmm

[fiveandtwo]

I’m going to get a bee house and put it up by some trees and blackberry bushes in the backyard.  

I found a couple options on amazon that aren’t too expensive.  They have some nice beginner ones for around 25 bucks.

 I noticed a nursery near me that had hives and they were tucked about halfway into some blackberries with the front facing south.

[sahgwa]

I’m going to get a bee house and put it up by some trees and blackberry bushes in the backyard.  

I found a couple options on amazon that aren’t too expensive.  They have some nice beginner ones for around 25 bucks.

 I noticed a nursery near me that had hives and they were tucked about halfway into some blackberries with the front facing south.

Have you too noticed a decrease in normal bee sightings? 
If so what are your thoughts on why?
We had the negative © temps here which may have done something this Spring but even so it seems like a decreasing curve the last few years.

[fiveandtwo]

We’ve had a lot of construction in the area in the past year or so and unfortunately hundreds of trees and lots wildflowers and wild shrubs have been destroyed.  

I have noticed a decline in the number of bees and thought that was the reason.  We’ve also had more snakes and foxes.  A fox actually killed a couple of my neighbors chickens recently.  Broad daylight and she and her grandkids were outside. Her son tried to shoot it but it took off too fast and she was freaking out trying to grab the tots and get them in the house.

[Nerb]

The bees are all on holiday here in France.

My whole garden is absolutely buzzing with activity while things bloom. Fruit is going to be bumper this year.

So, unless there is a conspiracy going on over there only, no worries me thinks.

Bee patient and keep planting their food.

[Ray1990]

There's plenty in the UK atm, a few species and there's an abundance of hover flies too. The weather can affect them somewhat but we had loads of them last year too despite a cold long spring. Lots of people had fruit trees that failed last year due to the weather, flowers that dropped off before blossoming or just failing altogether, this year it's the opposite.

Let 'weeds' flower and don't cut the grass too often, if you can plant some stuff such as local wildflowers, bushes etc, you don't have to maintain local stuff as much.

The majority I'm seeing these days are stopping/looking for a drink since it's been so warm and dry here, they're always landing on seedling trays to sip up a bit moisture on their journeys.

[sahgwa]

The bees are all on holiday here in France.

My whole garden is absolutely buzzing with activity while things bloom. Fruit is going to be bumper this year.

So, unless there is a conspiracy going on over there only, no worries me thinks.

Bee patient and keep planting their food.

Thanks for the buzz.
Vous a d'environs du Paris non? 

In Western Rocky Mountain United State here-  nary a bee....We have plants in our patio that a bee would visit, especially the pepper which is flowering but so far only hornets/wasps.

[sahgwa]

There's plenty in the UK atm, a few species and there's an abundance of hover flies too. The weather can affect them somewhat but we had loads of them last year too despite a cold long spring. Lots of people had fruit trees that failed last year due to the weather, flowers that dropped off before blossoming or just failing altogether, this year it's the opposite.

Let 'weeds' flower and don't cut the grass too often, if you can plant some stuff such as local wildflowers, bushes etc, you don't have to maintain local stuff as much.

The majority I'm seeing these days are stopping/looking for a drink since it's been so warm and dry here, they're always landing on seedling trays to sip up a bit moisture on their journeys.

Thank you for the British Bee Buzz. Your American friends thank you.
We have some weeds that try to grow on our patio but we cut them. Maybe I will make a point of trying to let them flower this year.
The cat also likes to eat them so that's a plus.
What part of you UK are you in?

[chr0naut]

Good daynight

Am I the only one that has noticed a lack of bees this Spring?
For our Southern cousins, did you have many bees last Spring?

Last year we had maybe only 2 or 3 flitting around our patio and neighbourhood that we noticed, pollinating the flowers and the veggie plants.  This year absolutely zilch zero. 

We DID have an early frost and Winter cold for one or two nights return to make us run our taps at night, maybe this not only killed the flowers before they could bloom, but also harmed the bees?

In a larger context perhaps there is evidence that more implementation of mobile and internet wifi networks is harming and killing bees? 

Without bees no food eh? Could there be antagonistic push for killing bees so that humanity relies on corporations for pollination and food more , and cannot grow their own organic foodstuffs?

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FOOD for thought.

Honey is not only tasty, it is healthy, and it can remove allergies to the local fauna in one's environment through slow introduction to ones diet, I think? 
Also it's a sweet alternative to corn syrup and cane sugar which is healthier for the system.

What do you all think?

We have bees in NZ. The farm across the road has some hives. And the Manuka trees are native.