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Honey bee on
grass blade
Claire, 14 yesrs old, working her hive
Kids caring for the bees
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Pollinators are "the heart of the biosphere"
~Edward O. Wilson
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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
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Bee Guardian Interviewed by Elephant Magazine
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