Marla Spivak: Why bees are disappearing

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  • Honeybees have thrived for 50 million years, each colony 40 to 50,000 individuals coordinated in amazing harmony. So why, seven years ago, did colonies start dying en masse? Marla Spivak reveals four reasons which are interacting with tragic consequences. This is not simply a problem because bees pollinate a third of the world's crops. Could this incredible species be holding up a mirror for us?
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  • @cristiansosa1512
    @cristiansosa1512 10 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    TH-cam should promote this video in the main page for a good time. It's really outrageous how low priority this kind of subjects have.

    • @NBM3
      @NBM3 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/TZPkCozuqM8/w-d-xo.html

    • @markmcgowan8935
      @markmcgowan8935 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chemtrails

    • @whatabeautifulworldastral6177
      @whatabeautifulworldastral6177 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@markmcgowan8935 electromagnetism

    • @whatabeautifulworldastral6177
      @whatabeautifulworldastral6177 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@markmcgowan8935 ELctromtism

    • @Celevie
      @Celevie 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And your Lord inspired to the bee, Take for yourself among the mountains, houses, and among the trees and [in] that which they construct.
      “Then eat from all the fruits and follow the ways of your Lord laid down [for you]. There emerges from their bellies a drink, varying in colours, in which there is healing for people. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.” (Quran 16:68-69)

  • @Myrmidon26
    @Myrmidon26 9 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    My family just got its first hive set up today. This video gives me great pride in our new endeavor.

    • @plantherain
      @plantherain 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bees should remain Wild they are wild creatures. th-cam.com/video/P0XKvtACpSs/w-d-xo.html

    • @bernadettefern
      @bernadettefern 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bayer-Monsanto is decimating the bees throughout the world with deadly chemicals such as glyphosate and dicamba, neonicotinoids, and list is long...this is just criminal!!!!!!! Over fifty percent of the world's bee population has become extinct and over three billion people worldwide are poisoned to death by pesticides.Darwin said that three years after the bees die we humans will die. Indigenously growing food and reverting to the wisdom that our ancestors had and which allowed us all to still be alive is what we must do if we are to stop killing our ecosystem. It is the persistence of corporate misguidance, our lifestyles,and food choices in the first place that are animal products and grains are not necessary for the health of humans or the environment

    • @meyerlemon3776
      @meyerlemon3776 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Getting my colony in 2020.

    • @NBM3
      @NBM3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Watch this ...it will help you in your bee endeavours..maybe even save your colony one day.
      Best of luck with your new family members ..the bees .
      th-cam.com/video/TZPkCozuqM8/w-d-xo.html

    • @elliottccah
      @elliottccah 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      shut up i dont care

  • @AudioDriver
    @AudioDriver 10 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I'm no botanist, but this makes complete sense to me. It even made me feel motivated to do something about this problem.... exactly what a TED talk should do

    • @jorge10928
      @jorge10928 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      9 years later... Just wondering if you ended up doing anything to help the cause?

  • @yazmincarrero1775
    @yazmincarrero1775 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This will help with my essay about bees disappearing and the stem project about bees so thanks

    • @elliottccah
      @elliottccah 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      shut up i dont care

  • @devonlovesanimals5549
    @devonlovesanimals5549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    this is so helpful and she must have worked so hard to make this speech, so thank you!

  • @miriammk8590
    @miriammk8590 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This beautiful lecture deserves more views..

    • @elliottccah
      @elliottccah 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      shut up i dont care

  • @susanleemcfarland2043
    @susanleemcfarland2043 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for this comprehensive talk...I have long suspected these causes of bee decimation myself. Bees are my favorite animals and I really miss being able to garden. I had so many types of bees in my yard it sounded like a symphony! Let's hope other take this to heart...

  • @pandrews5042
    @pandrews5042 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The world needs more people like Marla Spivak. She is an inspiration to bee keepers all over the world.Thank you Marla !. From Phil Andrews in the U.K.

  • @vickit9190
    @vickit9190 10 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    Do you know how humiliating it would be to go extinct because we killed off bees?

    • @prof.orlandoferguson3288
      @prof.orlandoferguson3288 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If that happens Jesus will strike them down (Monsanto)

    • @brownlee62534
      @brownlee62534 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      If the chem planes aren't downed by 2020, bees will die by 2022, we will die by 2026. Forget this people pollinate instead charade. No bees, no people. And the bees are dying mostly from the chem planes aluminum spraying. We've been spraying chems on them since 1950.

    • @OldManClutch
      @OldManClutch 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dana William I hope you don’t have children

    • @777theodora
      @777theodora 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@brownlee62534 yes and from mobile antennas and cell phones. 5G will be extinction event : th-cam.com/video/I0NetASlMgU/w-d-xo.html

    • @NBM3
      @NBM3 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/TZPkCozuqM8/w-d-xo.html

  • @mmainieri1625
    @mmainieri1625 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great information, thank you for laying it out so simply!

  • @honeybgone7159
    @honeybgone7159 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful post. Thanks so much for getting this on the net.

  • @Tankbuster77
    @Tankbuster77 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Superb video I myself am starting to get into bee keeping through my local bee keeping acociation to do my part and also spreading awareness of this to younger people to get more flowers and bee keepers.

  • @howardkaemerer
    @howardkaemerer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    bravo! well done. wellspring of vital information.

  • @scruffysmustache
    @scruffysmustache 10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Another beautiful and moving talk, Time to go plant some flowers. :)

    • @elliottccah
      @elliottccah 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      shut up i dont care

  • @pamfaught3620
    @pamfaught3620 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very Informative Marla, Thanks

  • @jasonchen8916
    @jasonchen8916 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    beautiful speech! encouraged me to plant flowers :) thank you for bringing this to everyone's attention

  • @masukatbasser8713
    @masukatbasser8713 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you maam thank you so much...this is an eye opener for all of us.

  • @glenncerny8403
    @glenncerny8403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I just got my package bees 2 days ago and have been continuing to search for more information. Thank you for the excellent presentation. So far, so good with my first hive.

    • @flowgangsemaudamartoz7062
      @flowgangsemaudamartoz7062 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Did you order them through the internet? If yes, please consider getting them from a local Beekeeper instead, for the sent ones can be infected and could mess up other bee colonies in the area.

    • @glenncerny8403
      @glenncerny8403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@flowgangsemaudamartoz7062 I did get my bees from a recommended supplier over the internet. They did come with a state certificate. After two months they have been healthy and rapidly expanding an empty 10 frame deep box. I only have the one colony and there are no others near me. All future colony's I hope to make from this one by splits. Thanks for asking. So far, so good. :)

    • @flowgangsemaudamartoz7062
      @flowgangsemaudamartoz7062 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@glenncerny8403 Ok well, just saying. Have fun with your ladies.

    • @glenncerny8403
      @glenncerny8403 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@flowgangsemaudamartoz7062 Thanks.

  • @qianweiyi4217
    @qianweiyi4217 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really like her. The way she gives the presentation or speech is just like telling a story.

  • @themainproblem
    @themainproblem 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video and you have made me a little more aware. I'll make an effort to help as much as I can. Greeting from Apache Junction, Arizona.

    • @NBM3
      @NBM3 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/TZPkCozuqM8/w-d-xo.html

  • @museluvr
    @museluvr 10 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Breaks my heart the paradox we've created, and these little gifts from God are paying the price.

    • @larryhamm2405
      @larryhamm2405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I sure miss the bees God sent to us to feed us and now distroying them

    • @elliottccah
      @elliottccah 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      shut up i dont care

  • @walterfierro2407
    @walterfierro2407 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Soy médico y apicultor, hasta la fecha en TED solo he visto presentaciones de profesionales de la salud. Hoy quedé gratamente sorprendido al ver la excelente presente de Marla Spivak, una investigadora de reconocida trayectoria en el ambiente apícola. Enhorabuena que un tema tan crucial para la humanidad sea difundido por este medio de comunicación tan masivo.
    Felicitaciones.

  • @otorishingen8600
    @otorishingen8600 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    i thank this lady for bringing up such an important topic

  • @faroe6410
    @faroe6410 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing documentary. I wish more people have watched it.

  • @MotionArtist3D
    @MotionArtist3D 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    ALSO, apart from few exceptions, the whole bee keeping industry, specially in the USA is geared towards profit making where the well being of bees is being put on a knife's edge through *diabolical mistreatment* when they are being moved from location to location, often transported great distances and under atrocious conditions which put them under great strain.

    • @elliottccah
      @elliottccah 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      shut up i dont care

  • @kylem6165
    @kylem6165 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    She’s an icon, she’s a legend, and she is the moment

  • @AnonymousUser1452
    @AnonymousUser1452 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great talk... Very eye-opening!..

  • @AvaT42
    @AvaT42 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fascinating! Clearly explained too

  • @creamykinas
    @creamykinas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow! She made me love bees and now I'm going to start growing flowers!

  • @TiborRoussou
    @TiborRoussou 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've suspected Monsatan for quite sometime : /

  • @TRICIA757
    @TRICIA757 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank for all the information you have provided for us, thank you thank you, thank you!

  • @brimwithadreamofclutchin5285
    @brimwithadreamofclutchin5285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you Ma'am Marla Spivak, I learned a great deal of stuff from your talk. I will study more how to integrate my bees along with my backyard farming.

  • @thatswhatshesaid.literally737
    @thatswhatshesaid.literally737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    ☠🐝 😁👍 *I'm deathly allergic to bee stings, but you can bet your life on it that I'm planting flowers this spring in any patch of dirt I can get my hands on, and spreading this video to everyone I know that will take time to watch it!*

    • @peterllwlln
      @peterllwlln 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I went to Norway and met the one of the biggest bee keeper his wife and children are allergic as well

    • @hamishanderson6738
      @hamishanderson6738 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@peterllwlln How big was he?

    • @carmenmoldoveanu4897
      @carmenmoldoveanu4897 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are allergic because of pesticides containing it

  • @meanpplsuck37
    @meanpplsuck37 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Loved this. I hope we can learn a lesson from this.

    • @NBM3
      @NBM3 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Here is some follow up !!
      th-cam.com/video/TZPkCozuqM8/w-d-xo.html

    • @elliottccah
      @elliottccah 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      shut up i dont care

  • @EllisD1249
    @EllisD1249 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    awww did she say "plant flowers" at the end :P thats so sweet xxx

  • @ElanSunStarPhotographyHawaii
    @ElanSunStarPhotographyHawaii 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very well produced and illustrated...a must watch for everyone.....

  • @judomagyar
    @judomagyar 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Cover-crops are a very good natural way to keep not just bees healthy but the soil itself.

    • @elliottccah
      @elliottccah 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      shut up i dont care

  • @thestrangejames
    @thestrangejames 10 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I was disappointed she didn't open with "I'm Marla Spivak-I speak for the bees."

  • @agedchoirboy
    @agedchoirboy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    thanks brett, much appreciated.

  • @johnnyaingel5753
    @johnnyaingel5753 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent video thank you

  • @xuvial1391
    @xuvial1391 9 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Personally I have a fear of bees, but I absolutely understand how vital they are for human life and our ecosystem. If we look after bees, they'll look after us...

    • @adamc5478
      @adamc5478 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Xuvial Sylvester No they wont idiot. If you peacefully walk by 10 bees they attack you like bloodthristy demonic savages.

    • @micnolmadtube
      @micnolmadtube 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +Adam C Moron..

    • @011azr
      @011azr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bees are different from wasps. As you've seen, there are bees surrounding that girl's body and face but she's just fine. Why? Because unlike wasp, bees aren't aggressive and the only reason they sting you is because they saw you as a huge threat. They even die right after they sting you.

    • @erniebakeswell9623
      @erniebakeswell9623 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      some people are allergic to bees. however, most people are simply scared of insects and need to be walked through and get over it.

    • @rinoamenna
      @rinoamenna 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      wasps will attack u theres dozens of bees in my yard every summer & will fly right next to u and carry on with there day bees are actually very peaceful they will only attack if u try attacking them

  • @tjmounga4029
    @tjmounga4029 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Save the bees!

  • @oscarvilla6841
    @oscarvilla6841 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great talk open mind

  • @LandrewxAmpEdits
    @LandrewxAmpEdits 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the information! U helped me do my homework.

  • @loftyblond
    @loftyblond 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    A wonderful speech. All you need to know about this problem in just 15 minutes. Just learned that neonicotinoids have been banned in EU since 2013. Would be interesting to hear about the results of this.

  • @nightelf7701
    @nightelf7701 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    At the time of this writing, 32 people clearly need to take 1) a basic biology class and 2) a basic logic class. Good video, extremely important topic!

  • @amazingdany
    @amazingdany 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm glad I'm doing my small part by planting lots of nectar plants throughout the growing seasons in my backyard. I should've done it years before. Now I know many new plant species and it's really fun!

  • @ShamanartsFlorida
    @ShamanartsFlorida 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    very enlightening....thanks

  • @maymayaddison4912
    @maymayaddison4912 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My friend doesn't like bees and doesn't care if they die. I JUST RAGE AT HER.

  • @OCButterfly99
    @OCButterfly99 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    WHY does this have so little views. SO SO IMPORTANT!!!! Save the Bee's. ON behalf of the Bee's thank you. I am learning so much. Thank you TED talk for sharing. WE MUST SAVE THE BEE's.

  • @terraknohs8199
    @terraknohs8199 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! Thank you for this video.

  • @QuantPhilosopher89
    @QuantPhilosopher89 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow what a great presentation.

  • @danjackson4149
    @danjackson4149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    American inspired monoculture agribusiness has a lot to answer for.
    moving bees about stresses them. why aren't more american farmers keeping permanent year round hives?
    and growing flowers in their almond orchard/plantations?

  • @KehindeSonola
    @KehindeSonola 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Bees need our help❀.
    Earth❤deserves better from our species.
    Plant more bee-friendly flowers and avoid pesticide contamination. Thank you Marla Spivak & TED.
    #life #bees #MarlaSpivak #Earth #love #flowers #hope #ted #tedtalks

  • @wpankey57
    @wpankey57 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great presentation.

  • @eydubrot
    @eydubrot 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much!

  • @prototypMANIAC
    @prototypMANIAC 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm ordering flowers right now lol

  • @Kingsfilth_
    @Kingsfilth_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It feels like I haven't seen a single bee 🐝 in ages..

  • @gorillaxrich
    @gorillaxrich 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you Ms. Spivak... I'm a new beekeeper (this spring) and the presentation was excellent and I can feel the love through you... There is so much to learn from these extensions of God (honey bee's)...

  • @eethry
    @eethry 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Perfect presentation.

  • @abhis568
    @abhis568 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They come from outside in my room after sunset and then they become unconscious and then die.😓😓😓😓😓

  • @davidg8626
    @davidg8626 10 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    simple solution...ban Monsanto!

    • @AWEdio
      @AWEdio 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      What about Bayer?

    • @SandyRowley
      @SandyRowley 10 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Andy Williams ban us from using this stuff. bayer, monsanto... on and on. we are the ones who need to stop buying this stuff.

    • @AWEdio
      @AWEdio 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sandy Rowley It is really quite difficult to know what 'this stuff' is. It is not labelled and requires considerable amount of research to be done by the consumer. I only consume organic honey, but that's not necessarily a solution...

    • @SandyRowley
      @SandyRowley 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Your right Andy, but, there is hope. Search for organic bee keeping, permaculture, as well as buy and plant plants that are either certified organic OR from an organic resource you trust. NEVER spray with pesticides. Weeds can bee a good thing for bees and all native pollinators. There is plenty we can do. Find your passion and make it a done deal. ;)

    • @tmitchellw1000
      @tmitchellw1000 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ban Monsanto?
      First off, I'm a beekeeper in Knoxville, TN. I'm not defending Monsanto (or anyone else). If you think banning Monsanto will end Colony Collapse Disorder I think that you haven't spent enough time looking at the problem. This video alone shows a great deal about the problem. I've concluded, based on my own research, that Colony Collapse Disorder is caused by a variety of problems, not just one or two. Marla gives a very good example of how this happens.
      Monsanto isn't here in Knoxville making trouble, but we are still losing 1/4 to 1/3 of our managed hives. Monsanto is only one of the many causes nationwide. Don't be blinded by your hatred of big business. Monsanto probably plays a roll, but they're also are a massive employer in the United States when we need jobs so badly. I think that your fighting the wrong fight. Let's try to figure out a solution, not an elimination. The solution also needs to not increase the costs of doing business too much for all of the farmers in the U.S. If it does, the cost of food will become too high.
      I have an idea. It may not work exactly how I propose it, but it could be somewhere to start. What if all commercial farmers where required to keep a set number of working hives in their fields. That number could be based on acreage, or maybe annual yield. There could be some formula developed that would establish that number. It would also create a small economy around each farm because most farms would probably hired an established beekeeper to manage the hives. Based on the size of each bee hive management company they would employ skilled or semi-skilled beekeepers to help conduct this business. I haven't worked out any details, but this seems like a way to make corporate farmers seem more green, establish lots more jobs, and help the environment all in one fell swoop.
      Tell me what you think.

  • @onerider808
    @onerider808 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Starting beekeeping may be the best and most helpful thing I've ever done.

  • @erniebakeswell9623
    @erniebakeswell9623 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i love this woman! thank you! beautiful poetic language to describe charismatic creatures, combined with "scientific" or rational, objective observation. perfect synthesis of right-left brain. brava!

  • @Peguinwithhats
    @Peguinwithhats 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you beekeepers!

  • @benfromsk7740
    @benfromsk7740 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I plant wildflower and nasturtiums so bees come and make my tomatoes and peppers awesome.

  • @TheAbyssalWasp
    @TheAbyssalWasp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    tomato tickler is my new favourite sentence

  • @simonebottan2358
    @simonebottan2358 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    very touchy :)

  • @krixig
    @krixig 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Ive got two hives coming in the spring :)

    • @autumnhomer9786
      @autumnhomer9786 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Krixig I think you're doing a great job for the bees and humanity on the whole. I hope that we as humans can reverse the damage done before it's too late.

    • @sandyrowley5159
      @sandyrowley5159 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      actually, becoming a beekeeper is PART OF THE PROBLEM. We need more habitat, less pesticides and education.

    • @KAMZA.
      @KAMZA. 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      How are they doing? :)

  • @josesolismusic
    @josesolismusic 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Everyone should see this.

  • @Zaekk
    @Zaekk 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The place where I used to live that I saw that was London, Ontario.

  • @judomagyar
    @judomagyar 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cover-crops also help with floods, soil erosion and drought resistance. Cover crops keep the soil at a lower temperature during heat waves.

    • @elliottccah
      @elliottccah 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      shut up i dont care

  • @mugsyjeff
    @mugsyjeff 9 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    So basically in the U.S. since 1945 the human population has more than doubled & the bee population has more than halved, WE NEED MORE BEEKEEPERS.

    • @redlineXX
      @redlineXX 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      its a definate concern for sure.

    • @rainretribute9852
      @rainretribute9852 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jeff Heriot No we need less humans. Wake up to reality and realize humans are doing evil and destroying EVERYTHING we touch for money and luxury

    • @kalebwharton3710
      @kalebwharton3710 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The amount of beekeepers is not the problem, we already have many beekeepers but there are too many in an area that is too small to keep healthy bees.

    • @SupaPoopaScoopa
      @SupaPoopaScoopa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      BeeKeepers with no bees? As she said, the issue is how humans are disrupting all food chains of all living things.

    • @George-nx5lo
      @George-nx5lo 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No thats what we don't need....

  • @xelarutra
    @xelarutra 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Beefriendly!

  • @Elround4
    @Elround4 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I highly recommend getting a "Buddleja" or a Butterfly Bush as it is commonly called. Its beautiful, requires low maintenance--at least the one in my back yard--and attracts butterflies, bees, moths, and potentially other species.

  • @littgaia2939
    @littgaia2939 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome information! I'm old enough to remember when they said DDT was harmless to humans and showed newsreels of children playing in the mist of sprayed powder. Years later we learned it made birds' eggs thin and too fragile to hatch creating a reduction in songbird population. Sometimes I wonder if the release of africanized bees was really an accident.

  • @LucasVe208
    @LucasVe208 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i have a huge variety of flowers in my front and back yards. and bees practically cover our huge yellow jazmin.

  • @Ashley-yw4oq
    @Ashley-yw4oq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i liked the part when she talked about bees.

  • @toltschin
    @toltschin 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent presentation, connecting all of the dots in a manner which provides helpful insight and understanding. Neonicotinoid pesticides are slowly disappearing, not fast enough.

  • @TheGkmasta
    @TheGkmasta 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The call to action is at 12:25 Go there and listen carefully. I searched for the study you mentioned and couldn't find it. Something like that would probably have come up in top results but you are welcome to direct me to a website or specific search term I should use.

  • @arunm83
    @arunm83 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We are heading to a total dependency on GM foods which in turn helps to the formation of Orveillian state world order ruled by few technocrats.. Oh God please have mercy on us and protect us from this calamity...

  • @iLOVEpicklesBRO28
    @iLOVEpicklesBRO28 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love bees. I love bees so much

  • @1107861214ali
    @1107861214ali 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great speech

  • @rafinha7081
    @rafinha7081 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was post 5 years ago and the situation is getting much worse and literally nobody does nothing until is too late.

    • @thomasfoss9963
      @thomasfoss9963 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have been noticing a big decline in bees and bumblebees over 20 years... I have a predominate native landscape with dozens of native plants, which attract the native bumblebees mostly... I never see honeybees near my as they are mostly non-native from Europe and Africa, and are attracted to different cultivars..... I may take up beekeeping again to help them and my garden.... People need to stop using all these pesticides that permeate American culture......

  • @shaunbarker9201
    @shaunbarker9201 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Come on folks listen to this lady, take up bee keeping or at least plant perennial bee rich flowers.
    Even if you scatter a packet of annual flowering seeds in a border it will help.
    I'm a bee keeper in the uk and trying to keep the population growing.
    I noticed Jeff made a comment, he's from Australia and a very good keeper.

  • @VictorFursov
    @VictorFursov 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for interesting video! Best greetings from beekeepers in Kiev, Ukraine! :)

  • @anthonyravenda4178
    @anthonyravenda4178 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a wonderful lecture. I live across the street from a wooded area and the bees love to come onto my property and get at my flowers. What are the best plants I can use in my yard to help my neighbor bees?

  • @ANANDCHOUDHARY143
    @ANANDCHOUDHARY143 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You are right mem .... Really this is big issue in agriculture

  • @nataliewilliams9741
    @nataliewilliams9741 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Amazing that there are 46 peeps who hate bees . . . and eating much apparently . . . I hope the rest who liked this simple solution get busy like bees! I'm looking up native pesticide-free bee-friendly flowers right now!

  • @LeonardoLionheart
    @LeonardoLionheart 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live." - Albert Einstein

    • @Jo_77259
      @Jo_77259 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He didn't said that. :T

  • @lalumierehuguenote
    @lalumierehuguenote 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks ! I was looking for solution since we can't really get rid of pesticides right away. So if get it right : plant flowers, cultivate more diverse grains and foods in all the areas, not just one, and find a way either to use natural fertilizer we used to use or pesticides that don't affect bees.

    • @NBM3
      @NBM3 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Here's some more solutions ...
      th-cam.com/video/TZPkCozuqM8/w-d-xo.html

  • @yahiriama
    @yahiriama 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    My oldest son loves bees and everyday read and draw about bees. He is very passionated about them.

  • @thetawaves48
    @thetawaves48 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    honeybees are the new canary in the cave.

  • @vietnamvet6474
    @vietnamvet6474 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Sadly, however, almost no one knows there are actually numerous native North American bees that are very skilled at pollination. Native bees did 100% of the bee pollination before honey bees arrived. You may be even more surprised to know they are the more efficient pollinator for native plants. Like the Mason Bee

    • @devoywilliams5549
      @devoywilliams5549 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Cajun Woodworking yea but the mason bee only pollinate in the spring

    • @SuzyBriseno
      @SuzyBriseno 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Cajun Woodworking Thanks, Cajun (I'm from Louisiana myself). There are some 4,000 native bees in North America, those who evolved with our climate and vegetation, unlike the imported European honey bee. Seeing as we have many, many sizes and types of flowering plants, many, many sizes types of bees are critical to our ecosystem. I'm not sure about Louisiana, but in Texas, we have between 700 and 900 native bee species. No one is sure exactly how many we have, because very few scientists are studying them. Most, save the bumble bees, who pollinate tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, and mason or blue orchard bees, are not commercially viable. That is, they cannot be managed, i.e., crated up and shipped from coast to coast.

    • @erniebakeswell9623
      @erniebakeswell9623 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      they can't be exploited! we're only left with what profits corporations

  • @AGRO.Rafaelmartins
    @AGRO.Rafaelmartins 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Congratulations for the video

    • @saadali5407
      @saadali5407 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your Lord revealed to the bees: "Build dwellings in the mountains and
      the trees, and also in the structures which men erect. Then eat from
      every kind of fruit and travel the paths of your Lord, which have been
      made easy for you to follow." From inside them comes a drink of varying
      colours, containing healing for mankind. There is certainly a Sign in
      that for people who reflect. (Qur'an, 16:69)

    • @saadali5407
      @saadali5407 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      THERE IS A CHAPTER IN QURAN NAMED AFTER BEES NAHL WHICH MEANS THE BEE

  • @micheluzzo99
    @micheluzzo99 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you ! for your lovely bee presentation !! (a beekeeper) ... :-)

    • @NBM3
      @NBM3 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Check this one ...it may help you and your bees .
      th-cam.com/video/TZPkCozuqM8/w-d-xo.html

  • @iLOVEpicklesBRO28
    @iLOVEpicklesBRO28 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    None of what she said is even hard- get the government to spead seed on roadside, farms add roadside flowers to increase diversity and plant native plants on your property (personally).
    It's not too hard you guys!! Do what you can :D

    • @steffeeH
      @steffeeH 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or create strict regulations where you're required to plant X area of bee friendly flowers for every Y acre of farmland.

  • @patsycav
    @patsycav 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Morgan Freeman has invested himself in the fight to save the bees. He has a huge bee farm with beekeepers. This is a fascinating thing that he did for us. I hope we get more people like Morgan in the near future, to help save our food supply. But that is the temporary band aid on the injury ... we have to insist that the evildoers stop poisoning the bees and the food chain. The nightmare is real. It was started by man, but man can end it. Please plant flowers that are native to your area for the birds, the bees, and the butterflies. Thank you Marla and also, Ted and TH-cam for tis enlightening video. God bless us all.

  • @claudiopaciornik
    @claudiopaciornik 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good the sugestions to plant flowers everywhere. These information is at least 40 years old. Who and where started the chemichal agriculture, and with what chemichals? It was not a modification of the chemical war material, to be applies in Japan? Beautiful talk.

  • @shamassive
    @shamassive 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm wondering if there is some way to synthesize nourishment for bees.