Comments on: Jooos!!! http://www.davejustus.com/2007/09/07/jooos/ None Sine Causa Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:13:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Dave Justus http://www.davejustus.com/2007/09/07/jooos/#comment-203441 Dave Justus Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:47:54 +0000 http://www.davejustus.com/2007/09/07/jooos/#comment-203441 Well, I certainly wouldn't put much stock in net rumors like that, pretty obviously that is the sort of thing people want to believe. However, even if it were true it wouldn't mean much. Most bee keeping is the large commercial ones (for both pollination and honey) so anything that effected all bees would mostly effect the commercial ones. Of course some commercial hives have escaped unscathed. One thing that has been talked about is how frequently hives are moved around, which would tend to support the spread of a disease. A local organic hive would be more likely then a commercial hive to escape in that scenario, but would certainly be still at risk. Well, I certainly wouldn’t put much stock in net rumors like that, pretty obviously that is the sort of thing people want to believe.

However, even if it were true it wouldn’t mean much. Most bee keeping is the large commercial ones (for both pollination and honey) so anything that effected all bees would mostly effect the commercial ones. Of course some commercial hives have escaped unscathed.

One thing that has been talked about is how frequently hives are moved around, which would tend to support the spread of a disease. A local organic hive would be more likely then a commercial hive to escape in that scenario, but would certainly be still at risk.

]]> By: cube http://www.davejustus.com/2007/09/07/jooos/#comment-202114 cube Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:38:07 +0000 http://www.davejustus.com/2007/09/07/jooos/#comment-202114 some rumors from the net for you. I heard that it was not the Organic Bee farmers (yea there is such a thing) that were having problems with CCD from the larger commerical ones. The larger commerical ones were the ones push the size of the holes in the combs to be bigger for money honey, which stresses the bees. Don't know if it is ture, but it is food for though. some rumors from the net for you. I heard that it was not the Organic Bee farmers (yea there is such a thing) that were having problems with CCD from the larger commerical ones. The larger commerical ones were the ones push the size of the holes in the combs to be bigger for money honey, which stresses the bees. Don’t know if it is ture, but it is food for though.

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