Honeybees

As mentioned in the Mission Command section, this section is still under construction and serves as a framework from which to start a the scientific aspect of this investigation. Coloney Collapse Disorder has become an alarming ecological issue over the past two decades. It is of particular concern because of the role honeybees play in the global food ecosystem, pollinating over 1/3 of all the food humans eat. Answers to the disappearance of honeybees in recent years is still only hypothesized. Please consult the following links for your own guided inquiry into finding out where all the precious bees have gone.

Talk of Himalayan Bees
http://pollinators.nbii.gov/portal/community/Communities/Ecological_Topics/Pollinators/Pollinator_Species/Invertebrates/Bees_and_Wasps/Honey_Bees_(Apis_spp.)/ 

More research on the retreat of the Honey bees from the HinduKush region of the Himalaya
http://www.bees4livelihood.icimod.org/home/?q=node/42 
http://www.bees4livelihood.icimod.org/home/?q=links 

Another article from region/endangeredness of the issue
http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JIAAS/article/view/691/656 

NGO in Himalaya speaking to the Bee issue/development
http://www.icimod.org/home/ 

 

A medical site with Tibetan and Bee-Keeping insights
http://www.drgrotte.com/OfferingsToTheEarth.shtml 

60 minutes bit on status of bees Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRBJf57aNp4&feature=related 

Part II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RZv9BvQJ-A&feature=related

Crazy Bee Dance video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m5vt07W2n4 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34bU2brNwT4&NR=1 

Haggan-daz site with great info and design your own bee to email to others
http://helpthehoneybees.com/#/honeyBeeCrisis/beeArticles/   

 

Scholarly Report on Coloney Collapse Disorder
www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33938.pdf 

 
US fears over honey bee collapse-25 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7312358.stm 

Asian link
http://www.agnet.org/library/ac/2004d/

Good history of bees+Russian link