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Aug 23, 2017 · 3 min read

August 19 is National Honeybee Day

This year’s National Honeybee Day is all about smoking — bees that is. While the theme For a Natural High, Smoke Some Bees! requires some beekeeping knowledge to really get the joke, everyone can do a good deed on August 19th simply by learning more about the plight of the honeybee and finding out where Colony Collapse Disorder stands today.

Eleven years ago, CCD burst into the mainstream media. You remember it, right? Like a story that could have been pulled from the Twilight Zone, worker bees were abandoning their hives, disappearing seemingly into thin air, and leaving nothing behind but a helpless queen and her equally helpless brood, who were then fated to die.

Why was this such big news?

As the most important pollinator in both commercial farming and backyard gardening, CCD put the global food chain in jeopardy. Experts think multiple factors — from lack of genetic diversity to poor nutrition, parasites, and even sunspots — may have caused the crisis. While the worst seems to have passed, about 30% of colonies are still lost each winter. Though CCD is on the decline, bees aren’t out of the woods yet and may never be, no puns intended.

Many American communities still have prohibitive or outright bans on beekeeping. Education is the key to overcoming the fear of bees, which is why National Honeybee Day was created at the height of the CCD crisis.

Bees need our help and we need them. It’s a perfectly symbiotic relationship. What many people may not realize, however, is that we’re not the only ones who depend on this industrious little insect. As NationalHoneybeeDay.com points out, “Your local ecosystem of food production for wild animals and birds is dependent on this same pollination. Beekeepers fill the void with their honey bees. It is that simple.”

If you’ve been thinking about starting a hive or two, there’s no better way to celebrate National Honeybee Day than getting the information you need to make that decision. Beekeeping is an incredibly rewarding hobby and great family experience, but there is a learning curve. Fortunately, veteran beekeepers are always willing to help.

To find out what’s happening in your area, visit:

http://www.nationalhoneybeeday.com/2016nhbdparticipants.html

You can also spend some time online learning about the new and improved way to keep bees. Collecting honey used to destroy the comb and kill the insects that built it, but that’s no longer the case thanks to companies like super green, super bee-friendly Tapcomb, which also happens to make a hive that’s super easy on the keeper.

If you’re even remotely interested in the plight of bees, learning a little about Tapcomb is well-worth your time:

https://tapcomb.com/

Take the first step to getting that natural high this August 19. Maybe next year, you’ll “bee” smoking with the best of them!

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