MERCED, Calif. - The mysterious 4-year-old crisis of disappearing honeybees is deepening. A quick federal survey indicates a heavy bee die-off this winter, while a new study shows honeybees' pollen and hives laden with pesticides.
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
New York Times: New York May Let the Hives Come Out of Hiding
New York City is among the few jurisdictions in the country that deem beekeeping illegal, lumping the honeybee together with hyenas, tarantulas, cobras, dingoes and other animals considered too dangerous or venomous for city life. But the honeybee’s bad rap — and the days of urban beekeepers being outlaws — may soon be over.
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
Stimulus Bill Includes $150 Million for Honeybee Insurance
This is a rush transcript from "Your World With Neil Cavuto," February 4, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
David, good to have you. Thank you.
DAVID BURNS, OWNER, LONG LANE HONEY BEE FARMS: Thanks, Neil. And good to be here.
CAVUTO: All right, why is this important? What is going on?
BURNS: Well, as a beekeeper, our bees are in trouble.
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David, good to have you. Thank you.
DAVID BURNS, OWNER, LONG LANE HONEY BEE FARMS: Thanks, Neil. And good to be here.
CAVUTO: All right, why is this important? What is going on?
BURNS: Well, as a beekeeper, our bees are in trouble.
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Saturday, December 5, 2009
Help Legalize Beekeeping in NYC w/ Just Food Org
If you live in or around New York City, now's your chance to help promote the legalization of beekeeping here in the Big (inadequately pollinated) Apple.
Just Food has been working hard on dual fronts (NYC Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene and the City Council) to get beekeeping legalized here in NYC, just as it is in several other major U.S. cities.
Sign the petition. (I believe that, once enough signatures are collected, the petition will be circulated to the City Council and perhaps NYCDOHMH during this critical period when the current laws pertaining to beekeeping are under active review).
HIDDEN HIVES!
Just Food has been working hard on dual fronts (NYC Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene and the City Council) to get beekeeping legalized here in NYC, just as it is in several other major U.S. cities.
Sign the petition. (I believe that, once enough signatures are collected, the petition will be circulated to the City Council and perhaps NYCDOHMH during this critical period when the current laws pertaining to beekeeping are under active review).
HIDDEN HIVES!
Hidden Hives Tour from Just Food on Vimeo.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Washington State University Confirms Causes of CCD
PULLMAN, Washington, July 29, 2009 (ENS) — A microscopic pathogen and pesticides embedded in old honeycombs are two major contributors to the bee disease known as colony collapse disorder, which has wiped out thousands of beehives throughout the United States and Europe over the past three years, new research at Washington State University has confirmed.
Working on the project funded in part by regional beekeepers and WSU's Agricultural Research Center, entomology professor Steve Sheppard and his team have narrowed the list of potential causes for colony collapse disorder.
"One of the first things we looked at was the pesticide levels in the wax of older honeycombs," Sheppard said. Using combs contributed by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Sheppard found "fairly high levels of pesticide residue."
Bees raised in those hives "had significantly reduced longevity," he said.
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Working on the project funded in part by regional beekeepers and WSU's Agricultural Research Center, entomology professor Steve Sheppard and his team have narrowed the list of potential causes for colony collapse disorder.
"One of the first things we looked at was the pesticide levels in the wax of older honeycombs," Sheppard said. Using combs contributed by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Sheppard found "fairly high levels of pesticide residue."
Bees raised in those hives "had significantly reduced longevity," he said.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Thursday, July 10, 2008
A NEW HIVE 001: New York City
"The Hive Door" by Derrick R. Cruz. 180 jars of pure raw local honey around a 5.5 ft triangular vacancy.Special thanks to Mastodon Creative Construction.
Jars of honey in the wall are for sale at 20 dollars each to benefit Bees Without Borders. To purchase your jar of honey visit The Earnest Sewn Co. at 821 Washington St. NYC or call the store 212-242-3414.
"Examination Hive" by Derrick R. Cruz. Wood, Plexiglas, beeswax, 1950's television tube magnifier, 3,000 honeybees and honeycomb.
"Guardians of the Hive" by Monica Byrne and Cory Gomberg.
"Examination Hive" by Derrick R. Cruz. Detail. Special thanks to John Howe of The Brooklyn Bee for letting his little ones spend the night in our hive.
"Abandoned Comb Monument" by Derrick R. Cruz. 18k gold comb cast directly from honeycomb sculpted by Brooklyn honeybees, encased in translucent honey-lemon sugar pyramid. Smaller versions lie in the chicken wire case with gold honeycomb segments on necklaces floating in honey inside the sugar pyramids. Should someone buy the piece they would have the choice of conserving the object as a whole or engage in the destructive process necessary to reach the object of their desire -- break the sugar, exhume the honey drenched necklace, lick it dry and then proceed to wear it. Special thanks to Papabubble Caramels Artesans.
Detail of gold comb inside sugar pyramid.
"Abandoned Comb Amulet" solid 18k gold honeycomb necklace.
"Massacre of the Drones" by Ryder E. Robison. Pen and Ink on Paper.
"B.C.E." by Ryder E. Robison. "Break in Case of Emergency," contains Thorax Hammer constructed of bronze and Steller's Sea Cow rib, EpiPen assembled of stainless steel, glass and hand engravings.
"Preliminary Sketch" by Derrick R. Cruz
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
A NEW HIVE: by Derrick R. Cruz Opens July 9th in NYC
New York, NY, 20 June 2008 – As part of its ongoing installation series, Earnest Sewn Co. hosts "A NEW HIVE", an installation at their flagship store in the Meatpacking District of New York City in July of 2008. The work takes the current mysterious and alarming en masse disappearance of honeybee colonies as an opportunity to stage a hyperreal environment in which nature and myth return to influence science and industry, causing balance. “The rich folklore and natural history of honeybees inspires an ethereal childlike curiosity in individuals,” said Derrick R. Cruz. “Curiosity leads to contemplation, internalization, and then to genuine concern. I hope A NEW HIVE will help us regain respect for these amazing creatures; after all, almost everything we eat is made possible by bees.”
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"Collective/Individual/Collaboration/Balance" by Derrick R. Cruz
This important and timely event draws New York’s attention to the honeybees’ plight -- Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) -- via project specific apiarian inspired sculpture, drawings, couture, limited edition accessories, curated antiques and live specimens. With this combination, Cruz hopes to begin a visual dialog that will foster a desire to coexist with natural systems rather than exploit them to oblivion. “Its an optimistic place that will help us consider our role in what is shaping up to be a precarious future,” said Cruz. "A NEW HIVE" hopes to continue as a traveling exhibition touching on mayor cities around the world to incorporate local talent and local beekeeping efforts expanding the reach of its message -- the next target cities Los Angeles and Berlin.
The exhibit will include collaborative works by New York’s Derrick R. Cruz, Monica Byrne, Cory Gomberg, Caroline Priebe with Natalie Chanin, Ryder E. Robison. Important participants include The Brooklyn Bee Apiary, Green Oasis Beekeepers of New York, Susanne Goetz, Carlos Peña, Death & Company, Flower Girl, Obscura Antiques and PapaBubble Caramels Artesans.
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"Worker Head" by Ryder E. Robison -- Pen and Ink on Paper.
"Mold for a Sugar Pyramid" by Derrick R. Cruz -- Copper
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"Collective/Individual/Collaboration/Balance" by Derrick R. CruzThis important and timely event draws New York’s attention to the honeybees’ plight -- Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) -- via project specific apiarian inspired sculpture, drawings, couture, limited edition accessories, curated antiques and live specimens. With this combination, Cruz hopes to begin a visual dialog that will foster a desire to coexist with natural systems rather than exploit them to oblivion. “Its an optimistic place that will help us consider our role in what is shaping up to be a precarious future,” said Cruz. "A NEW HIVE" hopes to continue as a traveling exhibition touching on mayor cities around the world to incorporate local talent and local beekeeping efforts expanding the reach of its message -- the next target cities Los Angeles and Berlin.
The exhibit will include collaborative works by New York’s Derrick R. Cruz, Monica Byrne, Cory Gomberg, Caroline Priebe with Natalie Chanin, Ryder E. Robison. Important participants include The Brooklyn Bee Apiary, Green Oasis Beekeepers of New York, Susanne Goetz, Carlos Peña, Death & Company, Flower Girl, Obscura Antiques and PapaBubble Caramels Artesans.
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"Worker Head" by Ryder E. Robison -- Pen and Ink on Paper.
"Mold for a Sugar Pyramid" by Derrick R. Cruz -- Copper
THE DISAPPEARING BEE (COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER)
Honeybees have mysteriously gone missing from their hives all over the world. As of Spring of 2008 nearly a third of U.S. 2.4 million bee colonies have been lost — tens of billions of bees, according to an estimate from the Apiary Inspectors of America. Beekeepers report entire hives abandoned by adult bees who uncharacteristically leftbehind food and bee larvae, the young that develop inside the hive. The scientific community has named the phenomenon “Colony Collapse Disorder” (CCD).
The Brooklyn Bee is just John Howe and some of us friends and volunteers. Thats his rooftop and three hives.
Responsible for pollinating over one-third of our food crops, honeybees are an integral part of our ecology. Total bee extinction would mean that fruit, nut and vegetable plants would not be pollinated, thus food would become scarce. The vanishing of such a pivotal species would immediately take its toll on the global economy having grave and lasting repercussions.
Click here to read more about Colony Collapse Disorder
Friday, June 20, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
New York Times: Honeybees Call New York Home
By MARC SANTORA and KAREEM FAHIM
Published: May 28, 2008
Thousands of years of evolution and cultivation have led honeybees to seek certain qualities in a home — the ideal being something like a hollowed-out wooden tree limb.
As honeybees make their annual visit to New York City, an unofficial Police Department bee expert is on the case.
A few hundred years of construction by humans in New York City, it turns out, have resulted in an abundance of structures that mimic the conditions bees like best — from the water towers that dot the rooftops to the cornices and overhangs that adorn the buildings.
And each year about this time, thousands of bees swarm to those sites in the city, setting up hives and causing a certain amount of apprehension among the people who spot them.
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