I got an email from a Lady in California who works for a Public broadcasting company in San Fransisco.They do lots of videos, radio shows, and reports about the environment in California.They have done interesting broadcasts about honey bee's and wild bee's in California. The problems they have had with the vast amount of agriculture they relys on pollinators to make the crop fruit.
The farmers fields are huge, and the death of millions of colonys of bees threatened the Agricultural backbone.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6438373.stm
They report on the short term measures put in place which have helped the crops, and ongoing research.
I will embed the videos and I hope they are watchable, as i have struggled this morning to get them working. But they did last night!
Better Bees: Super Bee and Wild Bee
Attract Native Bees to Your Garden
The UK has the same problem with Declining bee populations. The gardening leaders here advocate planting wildflowers, and traditional plants that can attract bee's and butterflys.A rich, diversely planted garden will create the best environment for wildlife to visit your garden.
The great thing about this here in the UK, and in the USA is people can do things in their own backyards. They dont have to travel anywhere. Its like a bottom layer up movement, to protect traditional plants, and to save the bee's that pollinated plants rely on, to provide fruit and flowers, and to ensure a good genetic mix of the next generation of plants.
I also love Bee's and can spend hours watching them and photographing them. Natures own black and yellow garden spirits. They fly around me but sense I am no danger.Even when i have disturbed one deeply embedded in a flower they just alight, and fly to the next nectar rich flower.
