A dire affliction is spreading throughout the North American honeybee population, and it’s bad enough that the continent’s food supplies may be in danger:
It is swift in its effect. Over the course of a week the majority of the bees in an affected colony will flee the hive and disappear, going off to die elsewhere. The few remaining insects are then found to be enormously diseased – they have a “tremendous pathogen load”, the scientists say. But why? No one yet knows.
The mysterious syndrome has an official name: colony collapse disorder. Europe is beginning to see similar signs of bee population decreases, and while some theories have been suggested as to the problem’s cause—unseen side effects of agricultural pesticides, for one—the emergency working panel convened to study the population collapse has no concrete answers. Colony collapse disorder is a recent phenomenon, with colony declines first occurring last fall; as a result, many states are still measuring the full impact of the losses, with some beekeepers reporting losses of up to 50% and others up to 95%. With the numbers all over the place and the cause uncertain, colony collapse disorder could be a major problem this year for parts of the agricultural industry that rely heavily on honeybee pollination.
The beekeeping industry is in crisis looking for an answer to the cause of CCD. The current problem in a long string of industry challenges.
Instead of constantly having to duck the next blow, is there a way beekeepers get out of this awful cycle and build sustainable beekeeping? The simple answer is YES!
I have worked one on one with commercial beekeepers throughout North America, helping them find a new direction.
That of SUSTAINABLE chemical free beekeeping.
Mite-Away II (the product manufactured by the company I work for) uses formic acid, an organic acid found in nature, to kill varroa and tracheal mites. As well formic acid has anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral, and anti-septic properties that help to cleanse the honeybee colony and improve the overall health of the colony. Formic acid leaves no harmful residues and and does not contaminate the colony in any way.
Every third bite of food you take is produced thanks to pollination by honeybees. Sustainable beekeeping is possible and beekeepers cannot only survive, but thrive.
As a company, we’re trying to help find a solution to CCD with a new attitude and a new way of thinking.
If you need any further information please feel free to contact me at Steven(put an at sign here)Haylestrom.com I would be happy to answer any questions or check us out at http://www.MiteAway.com
Thanks,
Steven Haylestrom
NOD Apiary Products
Comment by Steven Haylestrom — March 19, 2007 @ 11:20 am
lol @ title
Comment by Milo — March 20, 2007 @ 9:26 am