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Eco Green Corner: The buzz about disapearing bees Spring is in the air. With warmer weather approaching, flowers are beginning to bloom all around us, birds are swiftly passing overhead and the bees are buzzing past our ears. But wait, where are the bees? Since 2006 beehives across the country have increasingly been turning up barren. Beekeepers have been returning to nearly empty hives. This mysterious and abrupt disappearance of bees from their hives is called colony collapse disorder, and it is no stranger to Rider’s campus. This past Monday, Rider has made a second attempt at sustaining a hive right here on campus. The first hive, which was prepared last spring, unfortunately collapsed. Hives that have been affected by colony collapse disorder have been abandoned even though the queen is still present, which is unusual behavior for bees. The abandoned colonies show no signs of dead bees and none are found in the area surrounding the hive. So what do all the vanishing bees mean for us humans? No more painful bee stings. But don’t get too excited about that just yet. Bees have been providing for us for as long as their little wings could carry them to the closest pollen rich flower. According to BeeGuardian.org, bees are responsible for pollinating one-third of the country’s crops. One worker bee can pollinate up to 100,000 flowers in a single day. Some crops, such as almonds, are 100 percent pollinated by bees. What would you do if your favorite foods were no longer available because nothing was done to stop the bees from disappearing So what is behind this mass disappearance? The causes are still unknown. According to the same website, the vanishing of the bees has been linked to the use of pesticides on crops. Bees are an indicator of environmental quality and we can use the way that they behave as a message. This means that if there is something wrong with the bees, such as an abrupt disappearance, then something is wrong with their environment. If their disappearance is, in fact, linked to the use of pesticides, the bees clearly don’t like it. Whether it is the pesticides or not, this mystery needs to be solved. As the weather gets warmer and you find yourself crossing paths with one of Rider’s new buzzing friends, keep in mind all the hard work they do for you. As Saint John Chrysostom once said, “The bee is more honored than any other animal, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.” With this in mind, visit panna.org to sign a petition to stop the use of bee killing pesticides. As a part of Rider’s Green Film Series, there will be a showing of The Vanishing of the Bees, narrated by actress Ellen Page from Juno, on Tuesday, April 24, at 6 p.m., in Sweigart 115. Danielle Campanella Lawrenceville Eco-Rep
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Eco Glas Corner: An Buzz faoi beacha disapearing Earraigh é san aer. Le aimsir níos teo druidim, tá bláthanna ag tosú ar bhláth go léir timpeall orainn, ag éin a rith go tapa agus forchostais na beacha ag buzzing anuas ár chluasa. Ach fan, i gcás ina bhfuil na beacha? Ós rud é go bhfuil 2006 coirceoga ar fud na tíre atá ag éirí níos gur casadh suas barren. Beachairí tar éis filleadh ar an hives beagnach folamh. Tá an cealú mistéireach agus tobann de beacha as a n-hives a dtugtar neamhord collapse choilíneacht, agus tá sé aon choimhthíoch a champas Rider ar. Dé Luain seo caite, tá rothaí a rinne iarracht an dara ar chothú a hive dheis anseo ar an gcampas. An chéad hive, a ullmhaíodh earrach seo caite, thit ar an drochuair. Coirceoga go bhfuil tionchar a bhí ag titim neamhord coilíneacht a bheith tréigthe cé go bhfuil an banríon atá fós ann, a bhfuil iompar neamhghnách do beach. Léiríonn na coilíneachtaí tréigthe aon chomharthaí de beacha marbh agus aon cheann le fáil sa cheantar máguaird an hive. Mar sin, cad a chiallaíonn go léir na beacha vanishing dúinn daoine? No cealga beach níos mó painful. Ach ná sceitimíní freisin faoi sin ach fós. Beacha curtha ar fáil dúinn chomh fada agus is féidir a sciatháin beag iad a sheoladh chuig an bláth phailin gaire saibhir. Dar le BeeGuardian.org, tá beacha freagrach as pollinating aon trian de na tíre barra. Is féidir a beach oibrí pollinate suas go dtí 100,000 bláthanna i lá amháin. Tá roinnt barraí, cosúil le almonds, 100 faoin gcéad pollinated ag beacha. Cad a dhéanfá dá mba do bianna is fearr leat a thuilleadh ar fáil mar gheall ar aon ní a rinneadh chun stop a chur leis an beacha ag imeacht ó Mar sin, cad taobh thiar de seo cealú mais? Is iad na cúiseanna fós anaithnid. Dar leis an láithreán gréasáin céanna, tá an radharc na beacha a bhaineann le húsáid lotnaidicídí ar bharra. Tá beacha tháscaire ar chaighdeán an chomhshaoil agus is féidir linn a úsáid ar an mbealach sin iad féin a iompar mar teachtaireacht. Ciallaíonn sé seo má tá rud éigin cearr leis an beacha, mar shampla cealú tobann, ansin tá rud éigin cearr leis an timpeallacht. Má tá a n-iarraidh, i ndáiríre, a bhaineann le húsáid lotnaidicídí, na beacha ní léir go bhfuil sé an-mhaith. Cibé an bhfuil sé an lotnaidicídí nó nach bhfuil, ní mór an rúndiamhair a réiteach. Mar a éiríonn an aimsir níos teo agus fhaigheann tú féin cosáin ag trasnú le ceann de na rothaí ar cairde nua buzzing, a choinneáil i gcuimhne go léir an obair chrua a dhéanann siad ar do shon. Mar a dúirt Naomh Eoin Chrysostom uair amháin, "Tá an bheach níos mó ná mar onóir aon ainmhí eile, ní mar gheall sí saothair, ach mar gheall ar saothair sí do dhaoine eile." É sin san áireamh, cuairt a thabhairt ar panna.org a shíniú achainí chun stop a chur le húsáid na beach lotnaidicídí a mharú. Mar chuid de Sraith Rider ar Scannán Glas, beidh léiriú ar an radharc na beacha, narrated ag aisteoir Ellen Page ó Juno, Dé Máirt, 24 Aibreán ag 18:00, i Sweigart 115. Danielle Campanella Lawrenceville Eco-Ionadaí