The most inspiring talk on bees i've ever seen

[borderbeeman]

Hi beeks,
A friend just sent me a link to this stunning lecture - with photos - by a chap called Dennis Van Englesdorp who is the State Apiarist for the whole of Pennsylvania in the USA. It is a talk for the general public - rather than a specialist talk for beekeepers, but if you have ever seen a more inspirational speaker - I would like to hear about him/ her. Make yourself a coffee - or grab a glass of beer/wine/cider and sit down and watch this - it may give you some ideas for creating a similar talk for your own local community.


http://www.ted.com/talks/dennis_vanengelsdorp_a_plea_for_bees.html?ga_source=embed&ga_medium=embed&ga_campaign=embed

Cheers

Graham

 

[jezd]

pretty good, I agree with the ' world obsessed with mowing lawns' - did he say 5% of ghg?

 

[Tom Bick]

Yes interesting talk still not getting to the point in my mined that commercial beekeepers and farmers on the scale of the us are pushing the boundaries to far and the bees can not keep up they are however the canary in the nine and we will have to take note

 

[mikethebee]

Brilliant festinating man

 

[Nick W]

Great video - enjoyed it.

NIck

 

[Onge]

Thanks for that.

 

[MJBee]

Nice to see a professional with so much enthusiasm, Thanks Graham Mike

 

[Somerford]

interesting and thought provocking for non-beeks in that audience. good use of humour.
interesting talks on the TED site that are new to me !

 

[MrB]

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Thanks for the link, interesting video.

 

[gavin]

Yup, great video, great enthusiasm from Dennis van Engelsdorp.

For those of you who haven't read the similar thread started by Graham on 'another' forum, you really ought to follow it up with an easy-to-read online refereed paper which brings the story - by the same guy - right up to date.

http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0006481

Then tell me what you learned about pesticides and CCD!

all the best

Gavin

 

[jezd]

Yup, great video, great enthusiasm from Dennis van Engelsdorp.

For those of you who haven't read the similar thread started by Graham on 'another' forum, you really ought to follow it up with an easy-to-read online refereed paper which brings the story - by the same guy - right up to date.

http://www.plosone.org/article/info:...l.pone.0006481

Then tell me what you learned about pesticides and CCD!

all the best

Gavin

can you check the link, something not right I think

 

[gavin]

Sorry jezd - should be fixed now.

G.

 

[BKF Admin]

I can read it this end,thanks Gavin..