Photo by Art Drauglis (my husband!)
“Sometimes the world seems on the verge of insanity, and one wonders what limit there can be to greed, aggression, deception and the thirst for power or fame. When reflections of this sort threaten one’s serenity one can be glad for the bees, for the riches they yield to the spirit of those who love nature and feel their kinship with everything that creeps and swims and
flies, that spins and builds, to all living things that arise and perish, to the whole of creation of which we are only a part, like the bees.”
Richard Taylor, The Joys of Beekeeping, 1974.
My first beehive fell to colony collapse disorder about two weeks after it was established. I don’t know where all the bees who have dissappeared all over the world have gone. I hope that mine decided that the National Arboretum was a nicer place to live than my yard and the queen took them there.
BTW - Angela-Eloise over at Blogickal just pointed out this gorgeous site from Haagen-Dazs that explains the issue in a fun way. Now you can support honey bees by buying ice cream.
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My friend had this happen to her bees too, but she had had her hives for over a year, she said that what was left of her bees compartmentalized themselves and starved. Very sad, will you be getting more bees?