No British Honey By Christmas As Bees Suffer
Posted by seumasach on July 29, 2008
Remember that the British authorities still deny the presence of CCD in Britain and are, therefore, able to atribute the virtual elimination of the bee to the varroa mite. The reality is ,of course, that CCD is present, as has been widely reported by beekeepers and that varroa is not a credible explanation.
See The disappearing bees: CCD and electromagnetic radiation
29th July, 2008
ENGLISH honey will run out by Christmas because pests have decimated the honey bee population, shoppers were warned last night.
Billions of bees have been wiped out in America and Europe and British bees are under attack from a killer mite.
As every third mouthful of the food we consume is linked to bee pollination, scientists say the collapse of bee colonies will have a massive impact on food supplies and prices.
Flowering crops such as beans, peas, strawberries and raspberries will not produce fruit. The pollinating services of bees are estimated to be worth £165million a year to the UK economy. Stuart Bailey, director of the Honey Association, said: “There will be no English honey on the shelves of supermarkets at Christmas though there will be some from abroad. Consumers will not get English honey unless they buy it from local bee keepers but they too will sell out quite quickly.”
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Mr Bailey called on the Government to pump more money into bee research. The British Beekeepers Association wants the current spend of about £200,000 a year to increase to £8million over five years. A glimmer of hope has been provided by researchers at Warwick University.
They have found the killer varroa mite, which feeds on the bee’s blood and infects it with deadly viruses, can be wiped out by types of fungi. The scientists get the bees to spread the fungi through the hive by making them walk through a footbath at its entrance.
Mr Bailey said: “If Warwick University has found a solution to the varroa mite it will be fantastic because it would have an immediate effect.”
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