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)
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
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
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 . ruclips.net/video/TZPkCozuqM8/видео.html
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
@@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. :)
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.
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.
We are also beekeepers. A lot of hives in this area were lost - the speculation is at this point - to the long periods of extraordinary cold. The Polar Vortex. Our hive did not survive. The Almond crop in California was very late last year and our new bees were over a month late in coming. Who knows what will happen this year. This is one of the best talks I've seen on this topic. Thank you for it.
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......
☠🐝 😁👍 *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!*
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.
It's sad to see the mowed grass between the Almond trees. In Napa and Sonoma CA, the vineyards plant mustard flowers and other flowering plants between the rows of grapes. It not only attracts bees, but also tourists. So the growers not only get pollinated plants, but people who come to see the flowers spend money on products (wine, food, and shelter) as well.
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...
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.
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
If you are interested in creating a bee garden, you have a lot of choice. The easy way is to go to a garden centre and buy a bee friendly flowergarden mixture (eg Tubinger mix). You could also plant lavender, sunflowers, phacelia, willow trees, etc... Google. Look for flower/plants that provide nectar and pollen, and use a variety of plants that bloom at different times so that bees always have something to feed on. Grtz.
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.
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)...
I am an analytical chemist and natural scientist who worked with Dr. Marla Spivak years ago, when we were all worried about Africanized honeybees. This is top quality research with top quality results. Take warning from this message.
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?
That's why she pointedly did not preach "stop using pesticide" or "don't monoculture", she told us the effects of it and a few ways to soften them - More planting done in non-agriculture land, not using the really hard-core type of fertilizer that poisons the entire plant (which is obviously a benefit more to us than the bee, I mean we eat it too) and planting hedgerows and types of flowers beneficial for the soil as well as bees (which is, really, very simple to do but hard to convince)
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.
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!
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.
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.
One would think that the impact to not only the produce part of our food chain, but also the impact on agricultural, would make this a more pressing issue. The impact on the agricultural industry, grocery industry, and as mentioned even the floral/florist industry is crazy.
That is absolutely insane. 7 billion people is a massive boon to human beings. It allows us much more then a smaller number. With massive benefits to production, resource acquisition, technological discovery and efficient, massive, large scale specialization. Without that system, we would absolutely not have the possibility of the plenty, in all things, that first world nations are allowed to gather.
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...
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. ;)
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.
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...
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.
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.
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
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!
I live in a complex building were they keep mowing the lawn and the beautiful flowered dandelions 2x/week depriving bees from their natural flowers (and food) during the whole spring, summer and fall. The same for all the dandelions who are considered as "weeds" for our "modern" citizens.
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 RUclips for tis enlightening video. God bless us all.
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.
I find it incredibly ironic she said cover crops such as clovers benefits bees and improve the soil, I remember being a child running around in my backyard that had soft beautiful lush clovers all over instead of grass and by god how enjoyable it was to run around bare foot but one day I stepped on a bee it did sting a little but I look back realized how nice the yard was with all those and out of all the bees the only time I got stung was when I stepped on one. Wasps are jerks though :P even though I was naive back in the day I was fearful of bees but I love them now! Fuzzy little helpers.
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!
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
+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.
Ummm farmer here.........when did we stop growing alfalfa?!? We must have missed that memo here in the Midwest. Yeah the corporate farms may not but the vast majority of us grow alfalfa, it helps that non farming neighbors are more likely to let you rent land for hay or alfalfa vs corn and beans.
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!
People tend to react to the instinction of species in a sentimental way. The ones who are not sentimental may not care, but they should because we can learn a wealth of information from nature and how species interact with their environment. There is still much to learn about bees that can benefit humanity. If they go extinct, the information goes with them.
I'm an organic beekeeper (just over 500 hives)... My 10 year winter colony loss average is less than 3%... This lady isn't sharing the facts, obviously she has an agenda...
With Bees you think in terms of radius, not Square... And yes, all of our hives have a minimum of a 5-6 mile radius of natural wild plants (Mostly wild flowers, scrub oak and sage) NO FARMED CROPS... Our bees rarely travel more than 2 miles... BTW we do not play the "Certified Organic" game... Our honey is sold as wild natural honey... Both our bees and customers love it... Also during early spring, we only feed honey and pollen back to the bees, never sugar... I refer to my beekeeping practices as organic for two reasons... 1. My bees do not feed on any farm land... 2. I do not use any antibiotics or unnatural chemicals on my bees...
Not true. Not all people. I started with a beehive a year ago I got from a beekeeper. Learned about keeping bees. Planted some seeds. I have five hives now which I hope will survive the winter. It is true what she says, sow some seeds and bees will come. What is so hard about throwing stuff away? Just make sure it lands on fertile ground.
Japanese scientists are already working on indoor "vegetable factories"--environmentally controlled multi-level greenhouses with vertically stacked hydroponic trays--and in home systems. I wouldn't mind the latter in my house. Imagine one room filled with hydroponic mini-green houses with tubes connected to a bee hive for growing your own food. ^^ That would suit both crowded living areas like cities and lower the concern of someone stealing food/plants or messing with your home garden.
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?
… as an avid gardener all my 50 years of adulting....I have been harping on this for the last 10+ years... as I have noticed the decline in bees in my garden, in the foothills and in the last 7 years in the Sacramento valley. this is a danger far greater than all the dire warnings alarmists are proclaiming for our civilization...our lives depend on this beautiful insect... In my youth we had 11 hives, on a standard city lot, in San Jose Ca … kept the neighbors happy with honey...
RUclips should promote this video in the main page for a good time. It's really outrageous how low priority this kind of subjects have.
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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)
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
9 years later... Just wondering if you ended up doing anything to help the cause?
this is so helpful and she must have worked so hard to make this speech, so thank you!
My family just got its first hive set up today. This video gives me great pride in our new endeavor.
Bees should remain Wild they are wild creatures. ruclips.net/video/P0XKvtACpSs/видео.html
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
Getting my colony in 2020.
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 .
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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.
This beautiful lecture deserves more views..
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This will help with my essay about bees disappearing and the stem project about bees so thanks
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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.
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Another beautiful and moving talk, Time to go plant some flowers. :)
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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.
Breaks my heart the paradox we've created, and these little gifts from God are paying the price.
I sure miss the bees God sent to us to feed us and now distroying them
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Or as some view, these little parts OF God are paying the price.
Wonderful post. Thanks so much for getting this on the net.
Do you know how humiliating it would be to go extinct because we killed off bees?
If that happens Jesus will strike them down (Monsanto)
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.
Dana William I hope you don’t have children
@@brownlee62534 yes and from mobile antennas and cell phones. 5G will be extinction event : ruclips.net/video/I0NetASlMgU/видео.html
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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...
She’s an icon, she’s a legend, and she is the moment
I really like her. The way she gives the presentation or speech is just like telling a story.
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.
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.
@@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. :)
@@glenncerny8403 Ok well, just saying. Have fun with your ladies.
@@flowgangsemaudamartoz7062 Thanks.
My oldest son loves bees and everyday read and draw about bees. He is very passionated about them.
Great information, thank you for laying it out so simply!
i thank this lady for bringing up such an important topic
beautiful speech! encouraged me to plant flowers :) thank you for bringing this to everyone's attention
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.
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bravo! well done. wellspring of vital information.
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.
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.
Cover-crops also help with floods, soil erosion and drought resistance. Cover crops keep the soil at a lower temperature during heat waves.
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Thank you maam thank you so much...this is an eye opener for all of us.
We are also beekeepers. A lot of hives in this area were lost - the speculation is at this point - to the long periods of extraordinary cold. The Polar Vortex. Our hive did not survive. The Almond crop in California was very late last year and our new bees were over a month late in coming. Who knows what will happen this year. This is one of the best talks I've seen on this topic. Thank you for it.
Cover-crops are a very good natural way to keep not just bees healthy but the soil itself.
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Amazing documentary. I wish more people have watched it.
I was disappointed she didn't open with "I'm Marla Spivak-I speak for the bees."
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This was post 5 years ago and the situation is getting much worse and literally nobody does nothing until is too late.
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......
Wow! She made me love bees and now I'm going to start growing flowers!
awww did she say "plant flowers" at the end :P thats so sweet xxx
☠🐝 😁👍 *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!*
I went to Norway and met the one of the biggest bee keeper his wife and children are allergic as well
@@peterllwlln How big was he?
You are allergic because of pesticides containing it
Starting beekeeping may be the best and most helpful thing I've ever done.
I've suspected Monsatan for quite sometime : /
Very well produced and illustrated...a must watch for everyone.....
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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.
It's sad to see the mowed grass between the Almond trees. In Napa and Sonoma CA, the vineyards plant mustard flowers and other flowering plants between the rows of grapes. It not only attracts bees, but also tourists. So the growers not only get pollinated plants, but people who come to see the flowers spend money on products (wine, food, and shelter) as well.
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...
+Xuvial Sylvester No they wont idiot. If you peacefully walk by 10 bees they attack you like bloodthristy demonic savages.
+Adam C Moron..
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.
some people are allergic to bees. however, most people are simply scared of insects and need to be walked through and get over it.
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
If you are interested in creating a bee garden, you have a lot of choice. The easy way is to go to a garden centre and buy a bee friendly flowergarden mixture (eg Tubinger mix). You could also plant lavender, sunflowers, phacelia, willow trees, etc... Google. Look for flower/plants that provide nectar and pollen, and use a variety of plants that bloom at different times so that bees always have something to feed on. Grtz.
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.
Very Informative Marla, Thanks
Save the bees!
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)...
My friend doesn't like bees and doesn't care if they die. I JUST RAGE AT HER.
Hahahaha
I bet she'll enjoy starving to death when they go extinct.
get new friends who love bees
I am an analytical chemist and natural scientist who worked with Dr. Marla Spivak years ago, when we were all worried about Africanized honeybees. This is top quality research with top quality results. Take warning from this message.
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?
That's why she pointedly did not preach "stop using pesticide" or "don't monoculture", she told us the effects of it and a few ways to soften them - More planting done in non-agriculture land, not using the really hard-core type of fertilizer that poisons the entire plant (which is obviously a benefit more to us than the bee, I mean we eat it too) and planting hedgerows and types of flowers beneficial for the soil as well as bees (which is, really, very simple to do but hard to convince)
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
Fascinating! Clearly explained too
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.
Thank for all the information you have provided for us, thank you thank you, thank you!
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!
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.
Here's some more solutions ...
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Thank you beekeepers!
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.
It feels like I haven't seen a single bee 🐝 in ages..
Same :( it’s sad
Well, atleast not the solitary, efficient ones.
me too. and i live aaround flowers
This is a really scary problem.
They come from outside in my room after sunset and then they become unconscious and then die.😓😓😓😓😓
Great talk... Very eye-opening!..
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.
its a definate concern for sure.
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
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.
BeeKeepers with no bees? As she said, the issue is how humans are disrupting all food chains of all living things.
No thats what we don't need....
One would think that the impact to not only the produce part of our food chain, but also the impact on agricultural, would make this a more pressing issue. The impact on the agricultural industry, grocery industry, and as mentioned even the floral/florist industry is crazy.
Everyone should see this.
That is absolutely insane. 7 billion people is a massive boon to human beings. It allows us much more then a smaller number. With massive benefits to production, resource acquisition, technological discovery and efficient, massive, large scale specialization. Without that system, we would absolutely not have the possibility of the plenty, in all things, that first world nations are allowed to gather.
I plant wildflower and nasturtiums so bees come and make my tomatoes and peppers awesome.
thanks brett, much appreciated.
simple solution...ban Monsanto!
What about Bayer?
Andy Williams ban us from using this stuff. bayer, monsanto... on and on. we are the ones who need to stop buying this stuff.
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...
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. ;)
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.
I have not seen a single bee yet here in Wisconsin and it is July 5th
haven't seen any honey bees here in Connecticut at all this year and don't remember seeing any last year. NOT GOOD !!!
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...
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.
Ive got two hives coming in the spring :)
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.
actually, becoming a beekeeper is PART OF THE PROBLEM. We need more habitat, less pesticides and education.
How are they doing? :)
Helping each other (every living thing), will in the end reap you benefits too.
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
Or create strict regulations where you're required to plant X area of bee friendly flowers for every Y acre of farmland.
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!
I'm ordering flowers right now lol
I live in a complex building were they keep mowing the lawn and the beautiful flowered dandelions 2x/week depriving bees from their natural flowers (and food) during the whole spring, summer and fall. The same for all the dandelions who are considered as "weeds" for our "modern" citizens.
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 RUclips for tis enlightening video. God bless us all.
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.
Thank you for interesting video! Best greetings from beekeepers in Kiev, Ukraine! :)
I find it incredibly ironic she said cover crops such as clovers benefits bees and improve the soil, I remember being a child running around in my backyard that had soft beautiful lush clovers all over instead of grass and by god how enjoyable it was to run around bare foot but one day I stepped on a bee it did sting a little but I look back realized how nice the yard was with all those and out of all the bees the only time I got stung was when I stepped on one. Wasps are jerks though :P even though I was naive back in the day I was fearful of bees but I love them now! Fuzzy little helpers.
i liked the part when she talked about bees.
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!
I love bees. I love bees so much
tomato tickler is my new favourite sentence
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
+Cajun Woodworking yea but the mason bee only pollinate in the spring
+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.
they can't be exploited! we're only left with what profits corporations
Ummm farmer here.........when did we stop growing alfalfa?!? We must have missed that memo here in the Midwest. Yeah the corporate farms may not but the vast majority of us grow alfalfa, it helps that non farming neighbors are more likely to let you rent land for hay or alfalfa vs corn and beans.
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!
You are right mem .... Really this is big issue in agriculture
i have a huge variety of flowers in my front and back yards. and bees practically cover our huge yellow jazmin.
People tend to react to the instinction of species in a sentimental way. The ones who are not sentimental may not care, but they should because we can learn a wealth of information from nature and how species interact with their environment. There is still much to learn about bees that can benefit humanity. If they go extinct, the information goes with them.
I'm an organic beekeeper (just over 500 hives)... My 10 year winter colony loss average is less than 3%... This lady isn't sharing the facts, obviously she has an agenda...
you didnt share any facts either. stop being a hypocrite.
***** Sorry if this is a stupid question...But do you have a phone mast near your hive? Did a change in death rates occur after it was built?
If you're an organic beekeeper, do you have four square miles of certified organic landscape for them to forage on?
With Bees you think in terms of radius, not Square... And yes, all of our hives have a minimum of a 5-6 mile radius of natural wild plants (Mostly wild flowers, scrub oak and sage) NO FARMED CROPS... Our bees rarely travel more than 2 miles... BTW we do not play the "Certified Organic" game... Our honey is sold as wild natural honey... Both our bees and customers love it... Also during early spring, we only feed honey and pollen back to the bees, never sugar... I refer to my beekeeping practices as organic for two reasons... 1. My bees do not feed on any farm land... 2. I do not use any antibiotics or unnatural chemicals on my bees...
I am an NASA ASTRONAUT
Not true. Not all people. I started with a beehive a year ago I got from a beekeeper. Learned about keeping bees. Planted some seeds. I have five hives now which I hope will survive the winter. It is true what she says, sow some seeds and bees will come.
What is so hard about throwing stuff away? Just make sure it lands on fertile ground.
"If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live." - Albert Einstein
He didn't said that. :T
Japanese scientists are already working on indoor "vegetable factories"--environmentally controlled multi-level greenhouses with vertically stacked hydroponic trays--and in home systems. I wouldn't mind the latter in my house. Imagine one room filled with hydroponic mini-green houses with tubes connected to a bee hive for growing your own food. ^^ That would suit both crowded living areas like cities and lower the concern of someone stealing food/plants or messing with your home garden.
Holy Quran, Chapter 16 ("Bee"), verses 68, 69
الله على دينك يااسطورة
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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?
Beefriendly!
… as an avid gardener all my 50 years of adulting....I have been harping on this for the last 10+ years...
as I have noticed the decline in bees in my garden, in the foothills and in the last 7 years in the Sacramento valley.
this is a danger far greater than all the dire warnings alarmists are proclaiming for our civilization...our lives depend on this beautiful insect...
In my youth we had 11 hives, on a standard city lot, in San Jose Ca … kept the neighbors happy with honey...
This might help ... ruclips.net/video/TZPkCozuqM8/видео.html