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Updated: 9:09 PM Jun 26, 2011
The Buzz On Bees
This week is National Pollinator Week and a beekeeper in Tarboro wants to bring more awareness about the importance of bees in Eastern Carolina.
Posted: 8:28 PM Jun 26, 2011 |
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This week is National Pollinator Week and a beekeeper in Tarboro wants to bring more awareness about the importance of bees in Eastern Carolina.
Beekeeper Berry Hines Sr. says honeybees pollinate one third of all fruits and vegetables that make it to our dinner table. He says North Carolina is 26% farmland so bees are needed here in our state.
Hines says the bee population is declining at a fast pace and that could create problems in the future.
Hines says, "One of the problems we have had here in Eastern North Carolina is a lot of the feral hives are dying off because of disease and different things like that and when that happens, if they get a disease or a pest in the wild, there is no one to treat them so they are dying."
Hines says there is a need for more beekeepers that maintain hives. Those bees then help farmers in the area maintain their crops.
Latest Comments
My husband and would like to take a coues on bee hive can you tell us when and where there might be a course avaiable . We live In Hyde co.
Munchy, Dont giveup but abide by the laws and you will see, it is very healthful, its like a fish tank, perpetual motion.
Hello Ryan, Yes we are an old group, I promote beekeeping and give classes to boy scouts, church groups, schools, and anyone interested in learning about the art or they are interested in starting a hive. Berry
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