I have written on this blog before about our honey bees. This weekend we went to see ‘Queen of the Sun’ – a movie about the global bee crisis. That being the case – it was interesting and worrying to receive the following link from Kerry McCurdy the person who looks after our bee’s for us:
Beekeepers fear an alarming phenomenon that is wiping out bees and leading to reduced food crops around the world has reached New Zealand.
Colony collapse disorder has caused American beekeepers to report losses of up to 90 per cent in some cases, prompting fears of crop shortages.
Honeybees are the planet’s most effective pollinators, and industry leaders in New Zealand are calling for an investigation into the problem.
National Beekeepers Association joint chief executive Daniel Paul said reports coming in to the group were causing concern.
In the past six months, it had received reports of significant bee losses – up to 30 per cent in some places.
