Mixed Berry Crumb Bars
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I asked Bon Iver to describe a perfect day. ‘We spend the morning picking wildflowers in the field near the one-room schoolhouse. When the sun is high, we find a shade tree, spread out our Navajo blanket, and share a salad of organic arugula and some rosemary bread I baked. You wear a picture hat and a linen romper. I bring my banjo and play all your favorite Woody Guthrie songs. In the evening, we smoke hand-rolled cigarettes and drink whiskey from a jam jar. When the whiskey’s gone and we’ve smoked our last cigarette, we make love on the back porch with only the light of the fireflies to see each other by.’
Sounds about right .
honeybees. beautiful little creatures. i suppose these descriptions are accurate for more than just bees.
A mysterious syndrome called colony collapse disorder and cold weather hit the state’s bee population hard last winter.
State apiarist Keith Tignor said it appears losses this past year were likely higher than the previous year. Winter honeybee losses have averaged 31 percent over the past…
NRDC ACTION CENTER:
Bees are a critical agricultural resource that help produce $15 billion worth of crops in the United States each year. The recent unexplained mass disappearance of honey bees, called colony collapse disorder, poses a significant threat to honey bees, beekeepers, farmers and our food supply. Most bee experts believe bees could be falling sick due to a combination of factors, including pesticide exposure, invasive parasitic mites, an inadequate food supply and a new virus that targets bees’ immune systems.
Last year Congress recognized colony collapse disorder as a threat and granted the Department of Agriculture emergency funds to study the problem. In addition, the department receives $20 million each year for honey bee research, pest and pathogen surveillance, and other bee-related programs. But to date, the agency has been unable to fully account for how these funds are being used or show any significant results from its work.
The Agriculture Department should be held accountable for a clear and complete annual report of its progress on all of its duties concerning colony collapse disorder. Moreover, the department should determine what resources are needed to fully address the problem and inform Congress of these needs as soon as possible.
What to do:
Urge the Department of Agriculture to fulfill its commitment to fight colony collapse disorder.
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Haunted Weather: COLONIES
Episode one of the radio series I’ve been working on. This episode, which is all about honeybees, airs on Friday, July 1 on CiTR 101.9 FM.
This episode addresses the human relationship with bees, and features an interview with writer/anthropologist Hugh Raffles, as well as interviews with professional and aspiring beekeepers.
Check out our website for more info.
