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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 10847" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>I should be pleased that someone has written something negative about beekeeping rather than all the positive twaddle that has been published for years but this is negative twaddle that is so full of misconceptions and absolute rubbish that it is as bad or worse than most of the positive garbage.</p><p>There is some truth that native bees are impacted by honeybees but as far as I know this is never been quantified and I can certainly take you places where native bees outnumber honeybees by a factor of around 100 to 1.</p><p>Even in areas where there are a lot of native bees there are never enough to pollinate the monocultural crops that we depend on and native bees are also very seasonal and are not active when many crops need pollination. There are nowhere near enough of the other pollinators either partly because that's how they work naturally and partly because most crops are sprayed with insecticides.</p><p>There is no doubt that MPI, corporate's and a lot of smaller beekeepers have been over hyping both honey and honeybees and that has caused a lot of problems but it doesn't altar the absolute need that most of our flowering crops have for honeybees and I include clover in this statement.</p><p>Many beekeepers including myself have been trying to bring some balance to the situation and have been largely ignored by the media who seem to just want to publish ready-made, good news pap which they copy direct from what is basically advertising material.</p><p>Bees are highly endangered in New Zealand. Partly at the moment because there are just too many hives which is affecting both profitability and bee health but also in the medium long-term by what is happening with varoa.</p><p>Beekeeping in New Zealand is facing a huge crisis caused by a CF of problems and this sort of poorly researched so-called journalism will not help it.</p><p>End of rant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 10847, member: 207"] I should be pleased that someone has written something negative about beekeeping rather than all the positive twaddle that has been published for years but this is negative twaddle that is so full of misconceptions and absolute rubbish that it is as bad or worse than most of the positive garbage. There is some truth that native bees are impacted by honeybees but as far as I know this is never been quantified and I can certainly take you places where native bees outnumber honeybees by a factor of around 100 to 1. Even in areas where there are a lot of native bees there are never enough to pollinate the monocultural crops that we depend on and native bees are also very seasonal and are not active when many crops need pollination. There are nowhere near enough of the other pollinators either partly because that's how they work naturally and partly because most crops are sprayed with insecticides. There is no doubt that MPI, corporate's and a lot of smaller beekeepers have been over hyping both honey and honeybees and that has caused a lot of problems but it doesn't altar the absolute need that most of our flowering crops have for honeybees and I include clover in this statement. Many beekeepers including myself have been trying to bring some balance to the situation and have been largely ignored by the media who seem to just want to publish ready-made, good news pap which they copy direct from what is basically advertising material. Bees are highly endangered in New Zealand. Partly at the moment because there are just too many hives which is affecting both profitability and bee health but also in the medium long-term by what is happening with varoa. Beekeeping in New Zealand is facing a huge crisis caused by a CF of problems and this sort of poorly researched so-called journalism will not help it. End of rant. [/QUOTE]
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