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Adding to your statements: my family has a hive. We harvested it once in 6 months and the colony died about 4 months later. We have put absolutely nothing in th
by mmanfrin 14y ago
Adding to your statements: my family has a hive. We harvested it once in 6 months and the colony died about 4 months later. We have put absolutely nothing in the way of chemicals or pesticides in there, we haven't replaced their honey with sugar water (we harvested in summer, gave them ample time to rebuild honey reserves). We never moved them.
And the colony died, randomly. Also happened to some friends' hive. The beekeeper we bought the supplies from hypothesized it was the cold, but we didn't have an unnaturally cold winter and we live in the bay area (not really known for being freezing).
- adventured 14y agoI wonder if the colony would have died if you had not harvested it.
- mmanfrin 14y agoColony died well after the harvest, though. We harvested about a month after the die-off and got about 8lb of honey (it's a small hive, that was a decent amount).
- gcb0 14y agoas state by the other bee keeper friend post above, nobody adds chemicals to the bees directly, it's mostly impact of the environment they feed. are you sure there's no pesticide on the plants on the lands nearby? that would also explain the CC of your friend's if he lives in the same area