The Buzz on Bees

Um, I think the reason-- one of the reasons I was attracted to the idea of beekeeping, and I think most beekeepers, uh, feel this way, is it's like a small way that you can contribute something positive, uh, to the universe.

Um, bees are crucial to our lives, uh, because they pollinate something like 70 to 80% of all food crops, uh, in the world require or at least benefit from honeybee pollination.

And so, um, you know, adding on a small scale to the bee population is, is a really great thing.

And they're just fascinating animals.

Um, there's a thing called colony collapse disorder, or CCD, and that's the other reason, um, beekeeping is a really good thing because, for whatever reason, it's a very controversial topic, but hives die, uh, a lot more than they, than they reportedly used to at a higher rate.

And, and it doesn't matter whether it's a wild beehive or a, you know, a human l- a human-created beehive.

Hives tend to die, and there's a lot of controversy over what causes this.

You know, s- genetically engineered crops have ta- have gotten blamed for it.

Um, I know Roundup, uh, and pesticides, uh, and weed killers have also been, you know, listed as possible reasons.

I'm not sure we really know with 100% certainty what causes it.

But the bottom line is that the bee-- world's bee population is shrinking, and so anything we can do to, um, to, to change that dynamic or to put more bees out into the environment, it's a good thing.