British bees starving

[MJBee]

For a few seconds this morning Sky news displayed a newspaper article titled:

"British Bees Starving"

I only managed to read the first couple of lines as it was only on for seconds:

"British bees are starving because so many people have taken up beekeeping..."

Did anyone else see this? and what paper was it in? Yet another bit of scaremongering

 

[Tom Bick]

Well a couple of weeks ago bees were starving or at least down my way as my bees had no stores and I was pouring sugar into them to keep them going.

Now they are going mad building up stores and a few filling supers.

I don’t know the article but would be interesting to read it.

 

[Luminos]

No disrespect to Robin Gibb, but all I can find is articles about the Bee GEES

 

[mbc]

Well a couple of weeks ago bees were starving or at least down my way as my bees had no stores and I was pouring sugar into them to keep them going.

Now they are going mad building up stores and a few filling supers.

I don’t know the article but would be interesting to read it.

likewise

 

[AnotherNewBee]

Perhaps not deliberate scaremongering if written by someone with little knowledge of beekeeping.

Perhaps, also, a reminder that aspiring beeks should get some sort of mentoring from experienced beeks so they don't make mistakes such as assuming that if the bees aren't foraging they aren't eating.

 

[susbees]

There are (apparently) parts of the UK which have reached saturation with the number of bee colonies. At which point productivity will drop (in a good year) and starvation will be more prevalent in a bad year.

What can be done about it is another thing...

 

[Skyhook]

Perhaps not deliberate scaremongering if written by someone with little knowledge of beekeeping.

Not sure the distinction is considered important in journalism, it's whether a story will grab attention and therefore sell.

 

[Black Comb]

There are (apparently) parts of the UK which have reached saturation with the number of bee colonies. At which point productivity will drop (in a good year) and starvation will be more prevalent in a bad year.

What can be done about it is another thing...

Which parts Sue?

 

[DontWorryBeeHappy]

Not in my garden!

To answer they question open your colonies and take a look.

My hives currently have 3 supers full of honey and pollen. Perhaps the journalist didn't look in my hives before scaremongering!

 

[Bee buddys we unite]

British Bees starving

desent hurt to add some extra feed due to the poor weather , it seems every body has been caught out this summer even the most experanced bee keepers have lost hives due to starving bees

 

[hallshoney]

dont worry next week it will be british beekeepers are all drowning their bees after that prat in milton keans