ubereglu Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Hi, I'm on the lookout for any articles about this topic,so if you think you maybe able to help please see my full post Here Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 I don't think bee numbers are in decline (if you are talking about the honey bee) as more people are keeping them these days. Others may argue that point. If you are feeling brave you could post a question on http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk but they do eat newbies. You might like to look at the bumblebee conservation trust website. Anyway,here's a few http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/aug/06/pesticides-bee-decline-green-groups http://www.biobees.com/ good site for natural beekeeping http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/22/chemicals-bees-decline-major-study http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0009754 I wouldn't bother with the BBKA. They are in bed with Bayer for sponsorship and refuse to recognise any problem. But then that's just my opinion and don't let me spoon feed you with my gripes about" big pharma". Get out there and have a good Google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 I agree with OSH ^^^^^^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 I think Liz was specfically after things that she couldn't find on Google (although I could be wrong!) In particular I'm looking for articles from scientific journals, (Nature, Scientific American, Science, New Scientist) or specialist beekeeping magazines or publications, eg from BBKA. I'm only asking, as a lot of the archives you have to be a subscriber too, and I am not...This is for my Extended Project Qualification for college and I'm really enjoying it so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Sorry - I didn't check out the original post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 If you approach your local BKA somebody there should let you have a look at copies of Beecraft. Could most of the magazines you mentioned be available at any large library? Maryann Frazier of Penn state university is the leading independent researcher into bee health and decline. You can find her here. http://ento.psu.edu/directory/mxt15 Our Prof Ratnieks at Surrey University seems to be spending a lot of money looking AGAIN at the waggle dance but you might like to try there. You might get some useful information from Phil Chandler at Biobees. I think he posts here as Beesontoast And I've PMd another contact Best of luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Without looking for the poster's exact ideas (on another thread), I would just like to put my take on 'decline'. There are lots of cats in Britain, the far biggest majority of these being 'managed', well looked-after moggy pets. Same for dogs and even cows and horses. Looking at the situation with bees, it is apparent that if there were no 'managed' colonies there would be very few honey bees in these Islands. That in my view is a great decline and continuing? The same with a whole host of arthropods (and other life-forms). I remember clearly, when I was younger (I am talking here of half a century, or more), the apparent 'snow storm' of insects in headlamp beams on a warm summer's night. It just does not happen these days, as in the past. They have been killed off by pesticides and other agri-practices. That is the state of 'decline' I would be looking at, not just the problems of the beekeeper with the 'managed' hives. If there were no lost swarms from these 'managed' colonies, I really wonder how many truly wild honey bees would be surviving in Britain in today's conditions, brought about by human interference with the processes of nature by use of a vast range of unnatural pesticides required by intensive agricultural methods of production. Regards, RAB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 Hiya, Thank you for all your feedback so far. In particular I was wondering if people has access to some of the archives of journals, as for many of them you have to subscribe and then can access them online-unfortunately I don't have the money in order to subscribe to all of them for this purpose and my local library only keep archives for 6 months, (Although I will ask if they can let me access some of them via the net). Thanks also for the PMs too. Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
