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[@danlieter5673]

Fantastic talk Humberto, We all need to stand together on this, changes need to be made in every state across the US pronto.

[@atlas4225]

It has been postulated that sophisticated societies should require less governance yet we do the opposite. I do not want to hear that i cant own something like chickens in my rural/suburban area nor do i want to pay a fee to register my bees. Next i will have to register my compost pile and have it inspected for temp and bacteria cultures. Train people how to act right and let them be free

[@paulfairbrass4424]

Most of this is down to the political landscape. Producing cheap food and plenty of it. They don't care what goes into it. If honey was a major part of our diet like fruit,eggs,or bread things would soon change. Luckily I'm in Europe were there's currently another vote banning Roundup and it's harmful chemicals, and there's also a push especially in Ireland to plant a natural habitat with clover ECT.

[@beefuzzz8403]

The ag agency’s get paid by the chemical industry

[@thegr8stm8]

Birds, pollinators are the canaries in the coal mine… when they die… you stop and get out! Native pollinators and birds carry the same function in nature!

[@gloriayoder5173]

Well said!

[@lenturtle7954]

So as long as large chemical companies give money to these government parties this chemical problem will be next to impossibe to solve . California refusing to buy grain with traces of chemicals is a good start . Taxing beekeepers to register hives is just wrong They should be paying beekeepers to register them if they want to track the hive count for whatever reason . Join hands and class action is whats needed .

[@beekeeperd.7656]

100% agree. Look at the overall farming "narrative."

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

Every U.S. president appoints Monsanto (now Bayer)men to top positions controlling the entire usda since 1957. They own our usda agency due to funding political campaigns.

[@maureenjais-mick8114]

Excellent conversation. Now that Bee Informed Partnership has closed down, who is going to track colony losses nationally? If these data don't exist, it will make it even more difficult to respond to claims that beekeeping is in trouble.

[@SuburbanSodbuster]

A sobering, but important topic. Thank you, Humberto, for the panel discussion.

[@NKYHoneyBees]

*This is a great video. Many good points and I'm 10 minutes in. Thanks for sharing this.*

[@nkapiariesjeffbeezos796]

We’ve kicked the varroa can for 40 years and have made little progress due to lack of selective breeding. If we get bees that can thrive in presence of varroa, we can better evaluate losses from pesticides and herbicides. I have bees in my apiary and have corn across the street and maybe they aren’t affected as much by it because they have access to native sources of pollen and nectar.

[@DRIECUTHoney]

If you have to notify beekeepers before spraying, it’s save to assume the practice is harmful to bees, so what about the native pollinators? Are they being notified?

[@WHGWHGWHGWHG]

NOTIFICATION IS A POLITICIZED DECISION & NOT A NECESSARY ONE.

[@beefuzzz8403]

Triple the bee hive rentals it might make them choose spray or pollination

[@mountainhobbit1971]

I am so glad Ross brought up the native pollinators (and other insects) and birds, etc. also being affected by pesticide over use. Bianca is right on about so much that needs to change and that education is part of that. Anything monoculture based is always doomed to fail which is big reason why such heavy pesticide use is so prevalent.

[@johnkillen588]

we lost 60% this past winter also in southern kentucky

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Sorry to hear that.

[@18Yoav]

I lost roughly the same taking into account spring dwindle in quebec

[@BrianJMader54476]

My dad in Athens, WI. Dairy Farms and don’t use any sprays on his fields.

[@wstepnout7215]

Great video as a first time bee keeper (1 hive hopefully 2 and 2 nucs 2024) I've just emailed my seed supplier requesting information regarding what their seeds are treated with. I will be picking the non treated options for 2024. I only plant 600 sqft for personal use but my hive is in close to my vegetable garden. I've also emailed my provincial Apiary Inspector inquiring about our provincial stand on treated seeds.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

That’s great. Thanks for sharing.

[@gloriayoder5173]

Valuable information!!! Our whole country needs to watch these interviews to wake up, become aware & take action!!!

[@BookieLukie21]

Vermonter and new beekeeper, this was eye-openig. I'm up in the Champlain Valley and will contact my state rep bout this.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

That is definetley something good to do.

[@atlas4225]

Mminute 42:00 you touch on the 2 mile proximity between beekeepers. Is it fair to the new beekeeper who is told they cant have 3 hive because you have a neighbor with some count (20 -2000 hives) within 2 miles? Should you as the guy with 2000 hives reduce your hive count to make room for the next generation? I notice this because i recall a vodeo made a few years back when you were endorcing the proximity legislature on your video.

[@missionbeelieve3479]

So glad you followed up on this!

[@stevenbrown1749]

Good conversation ….I brought bees back to my farm 3 years ago, I do not treat my bees with commercial bee treatments for mites and have been yelled at by beekeepers for that reason but I will not put another toxic chemical out there in the soup to add to our problems when no one is acknowledging or looking at the long term picture… we had bees on the farm as a kid as did many farms but in the sixties when canning companies starting aerial spraying fungicides on sweet corn fields and the practice of chemical spraying weeds spread thru the fifties and sixties with atrazine, 2,4,D , DDT, alaclor, and one of the first soil based insecticides, Thimet….we started loosing bees overwinter and so my dad gave up on the,…I’m an old farmer now I have seen all the changes in AG …genetic modifications of seeds started in 80’s and began its rollout in earlier 90’s first in soybeans and then slower in corn but around 2000-maybe 2002 where in one year they pushed the genetically modified corn down everyone’s throat and the seed available to farmers went from conventional corn to genetically modified. The year this happened the percent of available seed flipped from conventional corn 90% / GMO 10% to GMO 90% / 10% conventional corn thing I didn’t hear mentioned was chemtrails in the sky and effects of EMFs …this occurred about the same time as another major world event that stole our freedoms with a good sounding Patriot Act then tic tok…….open your eyes yet… Bees need water to survive like everything on earth maybe we should clean that up ….why are we still poisoning our water systems with fluoride…it’s a toxic waste by product created by chemical production dating back to the early 1900’s. So create a problem and supply a solution ….no should be consuming fluoride and it’s lie that your teeth need it…scientifically it does do one thing which is create a film inside your pineal gland which is your connection to source. The manipulation of numbers to give the outcome or answer they want you to believe is what mainstream science is about today…it’s not true science…..getting beekeepers to put poison in their is akin to mandating untested vaccinations upon the populace… True science should be asking is there active terraforming of earth going on in the skies, why is our world being filled with toxins on purpose…. Why would anyone invest in solar panel projects to harvest energy from the sun when they have openly talked about and practice putting nano chemicals aluminum and barium and others into our atmosphere to block the sun? With no discussion on resources and energy required to implement and the mass change to the natural environment I say all of this not to tell this is the gospel but please open your eyes and mind and seek truthful education so we all can change for the betterment of all.

[@glennsnaturalhoney4571]

Was there a significant improvement in colony losses in the EU after they banned peonies? When did neonics come on the market? When did the colony losses start?

[@WHGWHGWHGWHG]

NOT TRUE !

[@glennsnaturalhoney4571]

@@WHGWHGWHGWHG beeks I communicate with in the EU say there is no difference before and after neonics were banned.

[@mectiv8335]

Wir hatten Probleme mit den Neonicoteiten

[@christopherroop4937]

Russian New Wold Carnoilan Hybrid are thriving in Perryville, IN only one deadout in 2 half years of beekeeping 🙌🏻

[@18Yoav]

In quebec many beekeepers reported 50% losses by october

[@raymschmidt6032]

Enjoyed the forum, you're correct about educating people on this, including one of the members of your forum who mentioned fossil fuels in a list of problems, needs educated about the more drastic harms the alternatives to that are.

[@beefuzzz8403]

The people are convinced that dandelions are a weed but in fact it is a great food

[@rmore935]

A lot of things are great food but that doesn't mean they aren't a weed. In fact dandelions are nonnative and listed as invasive species in Oregon and Alaska.

[@beefuzzz8403]

@@rmore935 another government lie to keep you in bondage to commercialization and taxes

[@framcesmoore]

This was really good I am so sorry Mike and the rest of the beekeepers are having such great loss because of chimacls in the pollen and I am sorry the Gov is not trying to help them. I hope something will be done soon. Humberto I do not know the other bee keepers you had in this chat But I do know mike, Mike has always did talks on his resource hives how he takes care of them and manage them I have never seen him explain his method of mangerment on his production hives will u do a talk with him on that, I am not the only one out here that would love to here how he does it Thanks again for every thing u have a Blessed week

[@maureenjais-mick8114]

I meant to say that the absence of BIP makes it more difficult to respond that claims that beekeeping ISN'T in trouble.

[@maureenjais-mick8114]

Thanks!

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Thanks Maureen. That really helps to keep moving forward.

[@illumi-Nate]

This is the best video humberto has made yet!!!! & its not just vermont its the whole usa

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Thanks.

[@suzanneguiho4882]

It’s worldwide I’m afraid. What was brought up in this bedroom is the same in Europe and in Africa and some parts of South America, India and China to name a few!

[@StevePearce-gq6zr]

Thank you for your talk and the great conversation about pesticides I also think this is a factor here in Ontario as well I have had losses here before the winter as well and a 70 present loss last winter I only have 20 hives but have lost 4 is far

[@CitadelExposed-ex8uv]

Rip Charles

[@beekeepinggarden165]

Humberto great video 👍🐝🐝 Regards Sebastian UK

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

So nice of you

[@suzanneguiho4882]

Thank you for this…! Healthy bees starts with healthy environment not with oxalic treatments …! It seems that in agriculture everything is organized to poison our food chain….? This begs the question as to why this is happening and why we all see it and why there seems to be no way to correct it…! We all seem paralyzed…! 🥴

[@CrazyIvan865]

It's all owned by the Kind of Depop' Bill Gates.

[@orangevw36]

Even if we’re notified prior to spraying, THE CHEMICALS ARE STILL THERE! There’s natural plant based chemicals that are proven to be affective and are safe for us and our livestock and pollinators.

[@WHGWHGWHGWHG]

THERE ARE NO VALID ALTERNATIVES.

[@orangevw36]

@@WHGWHGWHGWHG the alternative is to quit poisoning our food and our animals and quit worrying about how pretty food is. Using pesticides is a money grab 100%. Your statement is just a cop out. As they stated in the video… the reason they won’t ban it is because of the money. It’s insane to use this crap that’s been proven to harm us and nature. I’ll never understand it. People would rather poison everything living thing because of convenience…. The convenience overtakes healthy life

[@lordmike9384]

Beekeepers need to fund research that proves to cattlemen that well managed hay pastures can be more productive than corn.

[@inharmonywithearth9982]

New law we can no longer buy seeds from outside usa so we will be forced eventually to take more of their coated seeds.

[@beefuzzz8403]

What about run off when it rains half life of theses chemicals is 99 years

[@WHGWHGWHGWHG]

NOT TRUE.

[@beefuzzz8403]

Now here is the study done in 2018 and they are still producing these chemicals. The should be held accountable for all honey losses since this time

[@beefuzzz8403]

Neonicotinoid use has been linked to adverse ecological effects, including risks to many non-target organisms, and specifically on bees and pollinators.[9][11][12] A 2018 review by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) concluded that most uses of neonicotinoid pesticides represent a risk to wild bees and honeybees.[11][13] In 2022 the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concluded that neonicotinoids are likely to adversely affect the majority of federally listed endangered or threatened species and of critical habitats.[12] Neonicotinoids widely contaminate wetlands, streams, and rivers, and due to their widespread use, pollinating insects are chronically exposed to them.[14][15] Sublethal effects from chronic low-level exposure to neonicotinoids in the environment are thought to be more common in bees than directly lethal effects. These effects upon bees include difficulty navigating, learning, and foraging, suppressed immune response, lower sperm viability, shortened lifespans of queens, and reduced numbers of new queens produced.[8]

[@glennsnaturalhoney4571]

Does anyone remember how farmers controlled insect pests prior to seed treatments and bt products? I can remember walking out and seeing piles of dead bees in front of a hive from spraying. Have not seen that in 10+ years.

[@WHGWHGWHGWHG]

IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, NEONICS WERE INTRODUCED.

[@lordmike9384]

Vermont doesn’t have the bugs that make neonics necessary to grow corn in warmer states. Vermont farmers simply don’t need neonics.

[@kobyhumbert4798]

I wouldn’t trust what anyone who has to put “(he,him)” after their name has to say…

[@illumi-Nate]

I think he puts that as a joke

[@nikoutzas6155]

Respect! Some scientists have evolved just because they are pronounced differently.

[@mschroed99]

Spot on!

[@BookieLukie21]

Well, then you're just an a-hole, there, bud. Thanks for letting us all know.

[@paulchristu996]

Wife refers to me as it/that. Ima go have a cry.

[@howdarei6761]

same story here in bosnia

[@user-gq1eu9gc9m]

I want all natural with my bees I started using the wild up here Maryland mountains always lose some over the winter but it's usually not half of them I don't use no chemicals I'll leave the bees do what they want just like they was in the wild all I do is supply the boxes they swarm every year on their own enough boxes to keep up with them I think they're getting over the Mites on their own I'm starting a light with one tree 13 years ago and now I'm up to 46 if I would have caught all this morning last year I've had 50 I think the whole problem with the bees is people in all and the Almighty dollar people never satisfied they have to bring bees in from all over the place and they always bring in the problems from other countries I already see that there's another might out there that they're going to bring over to this country and work on it to see what kills it and sure enough they'll let it loose and it'll be so that they can make a pile of money off of The cure its one pest after the next and they profit off it so I have decided not to worry about it let the bees on her own and do whatever they want to do they'll work through their geans yep they take all the fun out of it so I put the phone back leave the bees Be bees and try to keep up with them cuz like I said mine's warm so much I have trouble keeping them in boxes so let's keep it fun until they bring in the next tragedy!!!

[@user-gq1eu9gc9m]

Sorry about that you have to read between the this phone can't understand me if you know the old saying don't worry be happy Bob sealey says what would the bees do without me he said that they would survive and from what I see that's exactly what they do!!! Cuz I'm not going to waste all my money on chemicals that Might do you harm!!!

[@farmer998]

they protect there money follow the money

[@glennsnaturalhoney4571]

How many beekeeper applied insecticides are found in hives that could be causing interactions?

[@CrazyIvan865]

Yep. The same Bayer/Monsato/Bill Gates owns the farmers and has them by the balls in contracts. They own the politicians. They own the USDA. The Beekeepers associations, the labs that do the testing. They own the scientist through the funding for research. They own the media. And they also own the shell companies that market and sell their poison "miteicides/acaricides"... there's no such thing as a miticide or pesticide. There's not even such as thing as an insecticide. I don't understand the people who you ask "okay... so it kills the mites, it's harmful to you or me if we breathe it, get it on our skin or clothing... UT somehow it's perfectly safe for the bees with no negative effect?" And their answer is "bees aren't humans, just like bees aren't mites". It's just like "fleat treatment" for dogs. It soaks into the dogs skin, circulates through the body, poisons the fleas and ticks, I can't get even a drop or a residue on me skin. But it's perfectly safe for the dog? But look at the rate of animals dying of organ failures, cancers, mysterious deaths where they encourage the owners to get them cremated. Cremation how do you dispose of evidence? You turn it to ashes. Poison is poison. You put poison in the hive... you can't harvest that capped honey because the poison might have soaked through the wax capping and that "minute traces" isn't fit for human consumption... but what about the honey and Bee bread in the brood chamber being fed to the bees and larva? Think any might soak into that?

[@beefuzzz8403]

I bet you get the run around and they will say it’s negligible and cost we beekeepers get the shaft

[@farmer998]

look at (apeel)

[@irenedjapa8805]

Mr Rainmaker here it's a cocktail of many factors happening at the same time and you're only addressing one or two of them there's others that are playing a cascading event that is collapsing the hives first of all the sugar water has no bang for its buck that means the bees are eating sugar water if that was the case then the bees would just go out and find sugar cane and eat sugar from sugar canes they are not they use nectar therefore it has fought properties in it that the bees used to fight off the varroa Mite but if you feed them sugar water the whole damn time there's nothing in the sugar water it's like giving them gasoline with no octane and it has no fat in it so therefore you are killing the bees because they can't fight against the varroa Mite because they don't have enough fat reserves to fight it and other contributing factors like the beehives are an insulated the bee farmers are breeding the Queens just to go and get nectar not and not cleansing habits of each other all they do is make bees to go become robbers thank God I'm not doing that and I've got all my hives through the winter so far and their insulated I'm going to do a video on it soon okay thanks for listening to my battling

[@Reymundo65]

I remove bees for work hello more than ever it has been for the last 10 years

[@glennsnaturalhoney4571]

Can we apply the same rules to beekeepers? No treatments until they reach a threshold.

[@suzanneguiho4882]

No one is talking about the levels of pesticide in the milk produced by those dairy cows…???🤮 Have got those stats…??? You know that money drives the agro business. Maybe getting those stats could become a way depending on the results to sensitize the population about the milk and thus put pressure on the milk industry to revise their agro practice…! Just wondering!

[@sh9downonme71]

You're absolutely right it's time that humans woke up what creature on the earth after being a baby requires Milk. The entire concept of adults needing or consuming milk is ridiculous and this is the cause of the problem in our country and the world

[@suzanneguiho4882]

Well adults eat cheese, yogourt, cakes and other pastries, put milk in their tea and cream in their coffees. But Most of all children need milk to grow…??

[@mattlance4272]

Every one of your videos I've watched has serious inaccuracies in it. It's gotten so bad I now watch knowing that whatever the conclusion found is more than likely the opposite of truth.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

Thanks for watching. It will be great if you could point the inaccuracies and the evidences to support your claim. So we could perhaps start a productive conversation.

[@mattlance4272]

@InsideTheHiveTV that would best be done in personal contact behind the scenes but there isn't that option with this streaming service to my knowledge. At least not the free basis.

[@InsideTheHiveTV]

@@mattlance4272 please send me an email then with your phone number I would like to know your thoughts. Best. Humberto.

[@tjones2ful]

I love the information, but I can't go anywhere without the personal pronouns. The person's name should be good enough.

[@benjamindejonge3624]

Bianca talks too much