The War on Bees

What's the link between collony collapse disorder and modern agriculture? We are heavily reliant on bee pollination for a large proportion of our food. However, our farming practices and climate change are causing beehives to die off in a phenomenon called colony collapse disorder.

In this video we describe the key factors affecting domesticated be populations, and how these factors are linked to our modern agricultural practices. Increasingly industrialised farming is a war on bees and other essential pollinators. By endangering these species we are endangering our own food supply. Watch till the end to learn how you can help protect essential pollinators in your corner of the world.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:28 - Why bees are important
01:18 - How bad is the bee apocalypse
02:07 - How pollination works
02:29 - Monoculture plantations
03:36 - Flowerless landscapes
04:25 - Pesticides
05:02 - Disease and parasites
05:37 - Environmental pollution and climate change
06:18 - Summary
07:28 - What you can do about it
08:32 - Outro

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[likestomeasurestuff]

reddit led me to your gem of a channel! I will share this.

Subscribed and belled

[rilsoe]

Fantastic video shedding light on how these things are connected. Keep it up!

[jeffharmed]

Thanks for sharing. I like your approach to solving problems. I wonder if Elon Musk will be using bees to pollinate plants in hydroponic food production units in future mars colony. Will bees survive at 0.4g? Is it practical to use robotic pollinators?

[jonathanesseiva]

Incredibly interesting and sanctimonious, well done, keep doing it please!

[cameron]

A great video with some really good suggestions. My only point of contention is the suggestion to grub out hedgerows in order to plant more flowers. Hedgerows are an important source of biodiversity in and of themselves, and are also of historical value. There are a great many hedgerows in the UK that are over 500 years old, and some even over 1000. For older hedgerows, it is typical for them to contain 8-10 different species of trees, providing habitats for a variety of wildlife. I would highly recommend Oliver Rackham's The History Of The Countryside for some more insight and myth-busting on the fascinating topic of hedgerows.

[Dr_Tim_Sidnell]

Wow! Great video, very informative :)

[Gojirella]

I hate Varroa destructor. We need to treat our honeybees for it every year.