Beekeepers
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And even stranger, there were these people, these beekeepers, that loved their bees like they were family, and when I put down the book, I knew I had to see this for myself.
Fifty years ago,
beekeepers
would take a few colonies, hives of bees into the almond orchards, for pollination, and also because the pollen in an almond blossom is really high in protein.
MS: But then
beekeepers
are able to divide their colonies and so they can maintain the same number, they can recuperate some of their loss.
We need to be really appreciative of all the
beekeepers
out there.
Inmates can be scientists and beekeepers, dog rescuers.
They succeeded in breeding mite-resistant bees, but in that process, those bees started to lose traits like their gentleness and their ability to store honey, so to overcome that problem, these researchers are now collaborating with commercial
beekeepers.
Since the 19th century,
beekeepers
have reported occasional mass disappearances, giving them enigmatic names like disappearing disease, spring dwindle disease and autumn collapse.
If not for the work of
beekeepers
replacing these dead beehives, we would be without foods that we rely upon: fruits, vegetables, crunchy almonds and nuts, tart apples, sour lemons.
We have a thousand beehives as little data points across the country, 18 states and counting, where we have created paying jobs for local beekeepers, 65 of them, to manage beehives in their own communities, to connect with people, everyday people, who are now data points together making a difference.
Now of course, if you lose a lot of colonies,
beekeepers
can replace them very quickly.
But what
beekeepers
can do is, if they have one surviving colony, they can split that colony in two.
So it means that
beekeepers
are very good at replacing dead-outs, and so they've been able to cover those losses.
And it's really important to talk about
beekeepers
first, because
beekeepers
are among the most fascinating people you'll ever meet.
If this was a group of beekeepers, you would have everyone from the card-carrying NRA member who's, you know, live free or die, to the, you know, the self-expressed quirky San Francisco backyard pig farmer.
Now, there's another part of that community which are the commercial beekeepers, the ones who make their livelihood from beekeeping alone.
But you meet this beekeeper, and I met this beekeeper here, and he is one of the most knowledgeable
beekeepers
I've ever met.
And these migratory
beekeepers
are the last nomads of America.
And if you look at Florida, in Dade City, Florida, that's where all the Pennsylvania
beekeepers
go.
And then 20 miles down the road is Groveland, and that's where all the Wisconsin
beekeepers
go.
And that's where all the
beekeepers
come after a night of moving bees into the almond groves.
We've just started construction only three weeks ago on a women's enterprise center where we're going to be working with these women not only as expert
beekeepers
but as amazing basket weavers; they're going to be processing chili oils, sunflower oils, making lip balms and honey, and we're somewhere on our way to helping these participating farmers live with better eco-generating projects that live and work better with living with elephants.
Instead it paints
beekeepers
as evil thieving villains without morals or scruples and even manages to play the race card.
It does a good job of coming full circle and educating young viewers of the important role that bees play in the food chain however it never goes back to the beekeepers, a fact which plays way down to every viewer.
The movie revolves around a hive of wild bees and never instructs us in the difference between wild bees and domesticated bees, which are the ones that
beekeepers
tend, transport and care for.
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