Ok, I am not a beekeeper, but I have the utmost admiration and respect for the guys and gals in netty hats. They are imperative to the continuation of my favorite hobby. The American Beekeeper Federation is having there annual conference and tradeshow in Orlando, Fl January 2010. I drool a little think about the honey on display, and marvel at the latest and greatest in beekeeping.

What is telling is the theme of the conference/tradeshow: “Keeping the Hive Alive”. With the phenomena of CCD (colonial collapse disorder), and the lost of millions of dollars for the U.S. it seems an apt name for the annual conference.

If you do not know anything about CCD, Time online has 2 good articles on the phenomena, and how it impacts not only the production of honey, but the pollination of crops. Well, the first article is about Rowan Jacobsen’s Fruitless Fall, a really good overview. The book has recently come out in paperback. I wish I could get it for my iPhone kindle, but I digress. I’m looking forward to picking it up soon. You can find the other article here. This article was written recently and it states that CCD is a more complex issue than originally thought. . . I think it was widely known that this problem was rather complex, since it is referred to as a “phenomena”.

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Posted by admin on October 6th, 2009 :: Filed under Beekeeping
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