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  1. @EUCommission

    While I support this initiative – who doesn't want less pesticides, cleaner waterways, more nature – #WorldBeeDay is about all the other bees, whose numbers are plummeting hand in hand with habitat loss. Honeybees don't need saving; that would be like saying we have to save the birds and we start with the chicken.

    "Keeping hives to save bees is like keeping chickens to save birds"
    irishtimes.com/news/science/ke

    "The best way to help bees? Don’t become a beekeeper like I did - When I set up my honeybee hive, I had no idea I might be harming wild bee species. Now I’ve found better ways to encourage biodiversity"
    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #bees #biodiversity #EcosystemCollapse #HabitatLoss #honeybees

  2. @EUCommission

    While I support this initiative – who doesn't want less pesticides, cleaner waterways, more nature – #WorldBeeDay is about all the other bees, whose numbers are plummeting hand in hand with habitat loss. Honeybees don't need saving; that would be like saying we have to save the birds and we start with the chicken.

    "Keeping hives to save bees is like keeping chickens to save birds"
    irishtimes.com/news/science/ke

    "The best way to help bees? Don’t become a beekeeper like I did - When I set up my honeybee hive, I had no idea I might be harming wild bee species. Now I’ve found better ways to encourage biodiversity"
    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #bees #biodiversity #EcosystemCollapse #HabitatLoss #honeybees

  3. @EUCommission

    While I support this initiative – who doesn't want less pesticides, cleaner waterways, more nature – #WorldBeeDay is about all the other bees, whose numbers are plummeting hand in hand with habitat loss. Honeybees don't need saving; that would be like saying we have to save the birds and we start with the chicken.

    "Keeping hives to save bees is like keeping chickens to save birds"
    irishtimes.com/news/science/ke

    "The best way to help bees? Don’t become a beekeeper like I did - When I set up my honeybee hive, I had no idea I might be harming wild bee species. Now I’ve found better ways to encourage biodiversity"
    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #bees #biodiversity #EcosystemCollapse #HabitatLoss #honeybees

  4. @EUCommission

    While I support this initiative – who doesn't want less pesticides, cleaner waterways, more nature – #WorldBeeDay is about all the other bees, whose numbers are plummeting hand in hand with habitat loss. Honeybees don't need saving; that would be like saying we have to save the birds and we start with the chicken.

    "Keeping hives to save bees is like keeping chickens to save birds"
    irishtimes.com/news/science/ke

    "The best way to help bees? Don’t become a beekeeper like I did - When I set up my honeybee hive, I had no idea I might be harming wild bee species. Now I’ve found better ways to encourage biodiversity"
    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #bees #biodiversity #EcosystemCollapse #HabitatLoss #honeybees

  5. A bit of bee video from a couple of days ago. They're finding some bright orange/yellow pollen and probably still working the goldenrod.

    #beekeeping #bees #beehive #apiary #BeeMovie #September23 #HoneyBees #BeeVideo

  6. @eLife

    "Tyramine and its Amtyr1 receptor modulate attention in honey bees (Apis mellifera)", Latshaw et al. 2013 (Brian Smith's lab).
    elifesciences.org/articles/833

    Genetics and crosses in honeybees: the patience to do these experiments is admirable. Plus electrophysiology!

    #honeybees #neuroscience #LearningAndMemory #LatentInhibition