NYTimes: Honeybees Invaded My House, and No One Would Help

[Tom Rudick]

Hello,

Read this article this morning.

There are definitely valid points about imported bees competing with native pollinators. However, the headline feels like an exaggeration of the situation. I definitely thought that this was going to be a story about a cut out at least.

Understandable that many people are uncomfortable around bees and especially understandable with young children.

Thoughts?

-Tom

[Mark Lewis]

Hi Tom,

Thanks for posting this for discussion. As a health care reporter, Kliff seems to have missed an opportunity to explore overlapping benefits between honeybees, native bees, and humans including concerns about pesticides of all sorts (fungicides, insecticides, and herbicides). I tend to think of the native bee as the smaller sibling of the honeybee, benefitting from many of the same legal protections mandated directly on the labels of pesticides. Kliff seems to have missed the opportunity to explore that question as well as the downstream benefit to our families from any restrictions on the quick point-and-shoot mentality.

I'd imagine T. Seeley would have happily spoken about these overlapping pesticide and human health issues if Kliff had inquired.

Kliff seems to have preferred to take a narrow angle. Honestly it's an approach I'd expect more from someone in real estate than from someone who specializes in health care. And yet, in taking that narrow angle, the article still may have fallen short. For instance, building requirements that mandate filling cavities with insulation (such as the wall next to her child's bedroom) can go far toward eliminating this issue and have other side benefits of keeping out various critters (squirrels), increase energy efficiency, etc.

Mark

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[Angela Roell]

This and that Washington Post article proliferate poor journalism. The way, the native and honeybee populations continue to be pitted against each other for the sake of lifestyle journalism is a tired narrative that lacks nuance. The fickle saviorism of all of it is ridiculous. 

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[Joshua Kruger]

So, I was taking a year off from beekeeping but yesterday I had a large swarm take over one of my vacant hives.  Is there anything special I should do other than the normal spring feeding?  I had not cleaned out the hive but I assume they will take care of it. Is that accurate?  Thanks for any guidance.  

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[Tal Reichert]

Just as I thought I was out, they pull me back in...

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[Mark Lewis]

Hi Joshua,

Lucky! Congratulations. That has only happened to me once, a few years ago. 

I would recommend signing up with MDAR and asking them to take a look asap to be sure all is good in there. 

You shouldn't need to feed them this spring.

Mark

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[Joshua Kruger]

A great scene...😂

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