Scott Martin

Scott Martin

Southern Illinois Honey

Scott Martin is a beekeeper in the southern section of Illinois. Recently the bee population has dropped recently, and we are covering how local honey producers are adapting to the change.

“Once the bees have left the earth, man will have four years left on the planet.” – Albert Einstein 1955

Martin works with bees to help them survive in low density sections of the country. Animal Planet covered an article that displays information gathered by PureHealthMD.
“The loss of bees has been dubbed “colony collapse disorder.” To date, there are two popular hypotheses for this phenomenon. The first is the growing number of cellular phone towers. It is thought that the frequencies used by cell towers may disrupt the communication between bees and possibly how the bees migrate to and from the hive. Many experts fear that this issue will not be resolved because little research is being done on the safety of cellular communications. If cell towers are a problem for the bees, what problems could they pose to our children? The answer is not clear, but the public needs to be aware of the possible threat.”

“If there is two queens in one hive, one of them is going to die in a fight. There can be only one queen bee per hive,” Martin said.

For more information check out the link below.

Animal Planet Web Link


 

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