General / Off-Topic Save the bees if you want bumblebeer

[SciTrekker]

Here's why we need to save bee colonies. Seriously.
Article: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/next-happy-hour-buzz-brought-bees/
[video=youtube;nI4j8AgFCeI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI4j8AgFCeI&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[Robin of Spiritwood]

Fascinating stuff!

 

[Patrick_68000]

We must eradicate the Asian hornet who exterminates the bees

 

[SciTrekker]

We must eradicate the Asian hornet who exterminates the bees

While drinking bumblebeer, ofc.

 

[Yaffle]

We must eradicate the Asian hornet who exterminates the bees

This is important. While bees in Asia have evolved with them, and cook the scouts (literally) our European honeybees are a long way from it.

http://www.nonnativespecies.org/alerts/index.cfm?id=4

Please don't confuse them with the beautiful Vespa crabro, the European Hornet (http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/hornet). Those are quite rare in the UK, compared to wasps, and do little harm. Unless you sit on one, or poke a nest, then it will smart a bit.

 

[Patrick_68000]

This is important. While bees in Asia have evolved with them, and cook the scouts (literally) our European honeybees are a long way from it.

http://www.nonnativespecies.org/alerts/index.cfm?id=4

Please don't confuse them with the beautiful Vespa crabro, the European Hornet (http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/hornet). Those are quite rare in the UK, compared to wasps, and do little harm. Unless you sit on one, or poke a nest, then it will smart a bit.

We also have in France the mosquito Tiger who arrived some years ago. I do not know if he is present in the UK