tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26113031.post8006389494902745287..comments2023-09-18T04:40:34.570-07:00Comments on Blue Skies Urban Farm: Speaking of Sunflowers, Here's A Great ProjectRobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297237900094898777noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26113031.post-70968284169415609512008-06-18T06:55:00.000-07:002008-06-18T06:55:00.000-07:00Thanks for the link about the Sunflower project. H...Thanks for the link about the Sunflower project. Here in Illinois, we also have a similar site for bee spottings at http://beespotter.mste.uiuc.edu<BR/>My son and I just recently attended a presentation on bees with our unschooler group and were told that there are no longer any wild honey bees due to a mite and that they all live in man-made hives now. That if you see honey bees on your property, there must be a man-made hive within 2 miles. Another thing I found interesting is that the colony collapse disorder seems to be occuring mostly amongst beekeepers that have more than 200 hives and transport them from place to place pollinating fields of crops. My thinking is that these traveling honey bees (some of which travel 60,000 miles a year) are getting stressed by not only the travel, but also by the stress of pollinating conventionally produced, and thus heavily chemical laden plants. By the way, I love your blog and all that you write about.Darcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474895637619727452noreply@blogger.com