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Photo by The Bee Guardian Honey bee on grass blade Kids caring for the bees Photo by The Bee Guardian See all of our current projects! Image created by VisionShiftStudios Pollinators are "the heart of the biosphere" ~Edward O. Wilson	Our Mission We are committed to establishing bee colonies in broad ecological regions that are cared for and maintained by independent backyard Bee Guardians. Read More What is a Bee Guardian? One who is committed to serve and shelter the bees as a species on the planet in a time when this most valuable species is endangered. A Bee Guardian is not a commercial beekeeper in the traditional sense of artificially maintained bee strains, chemical treatments and forced methods of productivity for capital gain. Read More A Call to Action Urgent Call to Combat Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) Become a Bee Guardian in Your Community Hobby Beekeeping is Fun, Simple, and Important!!! It is estimated that in the US alone, more than 24 BILLION bees have disappeared since Spring 2006. Commercial crop production has been effected in a reported 35 States. This is a highly significant, poorly understood problem that threatens not only US and global food supplies, but left unchecked, may soon prove to have devastating consequences for the delicate balance of the Biosphere itself. Beekeeping has become increasingly commercialized, consolidated, and commoditized. Over the last two decades, the number of beekeepers has been cut in half. There is little doubt that "industrial harvesting" and breeding of the honeybee is destroying genetic diversity, and is contributing to the viral nature and spread of CCD. As such, becoming a Bee Guardian in your community may prove critical to ensuring natural/organic pollination of plants and vegetables in your local area, while ensuring a safe habitat for the wide proliferation of genetic diversity among the honeybee population, and thus helping sustain the critical and delicate balance of our planet’s ecosystem, food chain, and Biosphere. With recent technological developments in hive design, almost anyone can become a backyard hobby beekeeper! For more information, and to learn how *simple, easy, and rewarding* it is for you and your family to take action and help combat this silent crisis, please join the growing movement of Bee Guardian’s who are becoming backyard beekeepers in communities across the nation, and around the world. Bees are the heart of the biosphere! Learn More ABC "60 Minutes" segment on the commercial beekeeping! Commercial Beekeeping Yikes!! What's Wrong With the Bees? (Run Time 13 min) If you cannot see video Click Here To View the Segment Events: Organic Beekeepers Conference Talks Video of the conference talks. Corwin And Kelly teach Bee Guardianship with the top bar hive. Click on Link to view the videos Learn about more upcoming events: Learn More Bee Guardian Interviewed by Elephant Magazine
		Crops Dependent on Honey Bee Pollination Click on your favorite food to see how it is pollinated: Almonds Apples Avocados Blueberries Cranberries Cherries Kiwi fruit Macadamia nuts Asparagus Broccoli Carrots Citrus- (oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit, tangerines, etc.) Peaches Pears Nectarines Plums Grapes Cauliflower Celery Cucumbers Onions Legume seeds- (beans, peas, lentils) Pumpkins Squash Sunflowers Apricot Strawberries Olives Cantaloupe Watermelon Honeydew Peanuts Cotton Soybeans Sugar beets Canola (rapeseed) Alfalfa This is a partial list. Honeybee pollination is essential for some crops, while for others it raises yield and quality.

Bee Dandylion
Photo by The Bee Guardian
Bee weathering a rainstorm

pollen bee
Photo by Jon Sullivan
Bee Pollinating Flower

"Beekeeping is becoming somewhat ‘trendy'"
Getting real buzz out of new role!
Feb 21 2008
by Amy Salter, Ormskirk Advertiser

“It seems beekeeping is becoming somewhat ‘trendy’,” he said.
“I think more people want to get in touch with nature now and you can put as much or little time into it as you want. Plus you don’t need to live in a suburban area, it’s often better if you don’t.”
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The Current Honeybee Situation
In the United States, up to 25% of the managed honey bee population has disappeared in 24 states affecting predominantly trucked hives used to pollinate crops.This new syndrome has been named Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). This has become a highly significant yet poorly understood problem that threatens the pollination industry and the production of commercial honey in the United States. Read More

Why I want to be a Bee Guardian
by Amy F. ~ Boulder, CO
I want to provide the bees a safe space where they can do their fairy thing the way they’ve done it for thousands of years. I want to honor them by educating the folks who think bees just sting and make good honey. I want to spread the awe I feel in their presence. I want to help awaken a sense of responsibility among humans; our fear, our ignorance, our greed, our pesticides are killing a very vital and crucial part of our beautiful world. Read More

How Does a Bee Guardian Help the Honey Bee?

A Bee Guardian’s main priority:
To help maintain the health of the bee colony, by allowing the bees to recuperate and reestablish their natural immune system balance.

A Bee Guardian is one who:
Is willing to take on the guardianship of bees, either through supporting a
Bee Guardian or caring for a colony of bees using natural methods.

Backyard Bee Guardians:
Act as nature’s intermediary and a genetic storehouse, supporting the honeybee
species during a time of volatility.

Bee Guardians trained in sustainable methods:
Will permit nature to restore the diversity of bee genetics.

These diversified pockets of bee colonies:
Can be used in an emergency condition to pollinate local organic crops
in the case of a continued worldwide or region wide disease outbreak.

Practical and innovative hive designs:
Now make it possible to introduce bees into ones backyard environment,
enabling anyone to assume the guardianship of a colony of bees.

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BeeGuardian.org ~ Taking Initiative for the Survival of the Honeybee