If you support me and the letter below that I am going to send to politicians then please leave a comment and I will ask politicians to come here and see that it is not just me who cares about the bees.
Even if you are not in the UK you can still comment because this affects the whole world.
Thank you for reading this. Please share this and support me and the honey bees by leaving a comment so that the politicians know you care too.
love
Hermione
xxx
Dear Mr Politician
I am Hermione and I am eight years old.
I am worried about our honey bees because lots are dying. I think they are dying because of the varroa mite, bee diseases, the use of some agricultural chemicals and because there are not so many places where lots of mixed flowers grow. There is also the threat of Colony Collapse Disorder from the USA.
If our honey bees all die we will have less choice of food because we need bees to pollinate lots of food. There will be a lot less fruit and vegetables. We would have no bee products such as honey, propolis or wax. People who keep bees for a living would loose their jobs too.
I want people to understand how important this is. I know that the UK government has a bee and pollinator health fund. Perhaps the European Union has a similar fund? I would like you to encourage parliament to spend money on finding out about what is going wrong with the honey bees and how to help them.
I want to know if you care about our honey bees and if you will encourage parliament to use public funds to help them.
Yours sincerely
Hermione
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ReplyDeleteHello Hermione
ReplyDeleteWe've got a couple of plants in our garden that we put there especially for bees, the Hebe springs to mind. Don't know if they're any good for honey bees in particular, but bees in general like them we get a few in the summer!
It would be great if more people paid more attention to this to stop Honey bees dying out, I think lots of people don't realise how much we would all miss them.
Keep up the good work :-)
Hazel (Elizabeth, Thomas, Joanna and Kirsty's mam)
What a good idea.
ReplyDeleteCome visit soon.
j
What a wonderful idea! We have planted a variety of flowers over the past few years to try and feed the bees for a longer season, and to give them more variety.
ReplyDeleteThis is an excellent idea. We need to do all we can to help bees. Well done, Hermione, for raising awareness of the problems that bee colonies are facing. I hope you get lots and lots of support!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea Hermione. You have clearly done your research, and I hope that you get a good response from the public and and from the politicians. Something does need to be done soon because bees play such a vital role and we need to do our best to nurture them.
ReplyDeleteWell done, Hermione, for bringing this to our attention. We've got a very wild garden which honey bees and many other insects seem to like and we don't use chemicals in it. Many people just don't seem to realise how important insects are to our ecology.
ReplyDeleteMy 7 year old daughter is planting a wildlife area in our garden for the bees and butterflies, everyone else should do this too.
ReplyDeleteHi Hermione,
ReplyDeleteI think what you're doing is brilliant. Bees are VITAL to humans - without them to pollinate our crops, we will not just have less choice of food, we will be unlikely to survive as a species ourselves. Rowse honey are also putting money into bee research.
I think it might be a good idea to find out the name of your MP, and send it to him/her - I think MPs HAVE to reply to a letter addressed to them from a constituent
Good luck with this
Dill
Wow what a great thing you are doing. This is so important and I am so glad you are taking the time to save the bees. x Pamela
ReplyDeleteHello Hermione
ReplyDeleteWe are having some pipes fitted into our garden this summer and are digging another trench adjacent to plant some bee friendly shrubs in. We have a big garden and we are trying to ensure that all the plants we put in are useful to the birds and bees.
Thank you for raising awareness
Jaki
Great idea! Good luck with the campaign!
ReplyDeleteHi Hermione
ReplyDeleteThis blog is a really good idea. People need to know about the problems bees are having. We've planted some bee-friendly flowers in our garden and hope to see more bees buzzing round next year.
Jessica xx
This is really good Hermione we are trying to do all we can to save the honey bees and we have a lovely plant in our front garden what they love.
ReplyDeleteFrom Isobel :o):o)
(age 11)
Thank you for doing this Hermione. I am 11 and my best friend's dad keeps bees and I love helping him. We got some seeds from the BBC this year especially for bees but they still prefered my Mum's lavender plant! Good Luck with your campain. From Matthew :)
ReplyDeleteHermione, what a fantastic blog! Well done.
ReplyDeleteWe have lots of bee friendly plants in our garden and a big willow tree which they love in late spring/early summer. Our friend has lots of bee hives and the honey from them is the best! Keep up your fight for the bees.
Mary (Cumbria)
Hi Hermione,
ReplyDeleteI loved the site - well done! It is nice to know you are already setting out to make a positive difference in the world.
Barbara-Ann: Secondary English Advanced Skills Teacher
Hi, Hermione--
ReplyDeleteWishing you all the best in your efforts to help save the honey bee! I established a hive last summer here in Portland, State of Maine, U.S., and it's been a total delight to watch it grow. Let's all keep saying good things about bees and pollinators in general!
Susan
Bravo Hermione! Well said about such an important subject. We wish you great success in reaching as many people possible.
ReplyDeleteFuchsia and Jodi
Portland, Maine
Good for you, Hermione!I've been learning about bees this past year and will have a hive or two here in Alfred, Maine, U.S. next spring.
ReplyDeleteWe can all do something ~ blog, keep bees, plant flowers and trees, buy local honeys ~ to support honeybees and give them (and us) a brighter future. Thank you for doing your part.
Susan L.
I established two hives here in Maine last year to do my part to support honeybees. They are endlessly teaching me about themselves and the environment. I do this for the bees and their benefits, not the honey, but the honey is wonderful byproduct.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work, Hemione! They are worth your support. Thank you.
Ron G.
Hi Hermione,
ReplyDeleteI think your letter is fabulous! You have our support. If the politician doesn't respond to this he shouldn't be a politician.
From Jenny and Angela
You have my support, Hermione. The honey bees should be saved. They are such an important part of our world.
ReplyDeleteDiane Varty
Well done for raising such an important issue, Hermione.
ReplyDeleteHI Hermione,
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing that you've started on this blog. Brilliant. I wanted to have hives on my land but I've foudn out that I'm allergic to them :( So I've started to plant flowers as well as vegetables now and it was lovely to see so many different bees on my fruit bushes this year.
The mites you mentioned are being treated and good bee keepers keep on top of it, there seems to be other resons except for this one for the bees dying or dissaprearing and you're absolutely right, people need to hear about it and sit up and listen.
Thank you so much for taking the time to stand up and be heard.
Blessings and Light
Rowenna (Wales)
Wow Hermione!!
ReplyDeleteThankyou for bringing this to our attention! It certainly is a very important issue, and you are doing a great job!!!
Keep up the good work!!
Good luck with your campaign Hermione, I think it's great that you're making the effort to help bring about a change.
ReplyDeleteI've blogged a bit about bees today as a local beehive that we like to visit at a museum has lost it's queen and they can't get a new one because there are so few at the moment :o(
Hi Hermione, we here at Creative Learning And Support wish you all the best in your endeavours to make the world better informed and able to solve this tragic dilema. No bees = no food = starvation = death! Lets hope millions join you in trying to get the governments of the world to take this problem seriously.Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteI don't like Bees because I can get stung! However, If we dont soon take notice and take care of our environment, Bees included, we will all get stung in many ways including the collapse of our food supply. Bees are an integral part of our food chain and must be protected. We must all do our part to hopefully avoid the collapse that is currently happening in my part of the world, North America and particularly the U.S.
ReplyDeleteHermione,
ReplyDeleteI fully support your cause and am myself worried that there is not enough awareness about the plight of the bees and the possible consequences for all of us in the future.
You may be interested in this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m5vt07W2n4&feature=related it will take you to the bee boy dance crew video ( very funny ) on Youtube - to raise awareness for helpthehoneybees.
Hermione, this is a great idea and a very important issue. We are hoping to get some bees and are trying to plant flowers they like. Good luck with your campaign.
ReplyDeleteMim
Hi Hermione! You taught me a lot (and made me hungry for honey as well!) I didn't know there was such a threat to bees before now, so I'm glad you are driven to pursue a solution by any means possible, because if we don't try to help we will never know if we will make a difference. Proud of you! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteHi Hermione! I'm a friend of your Auntie Helen and Uncle Brian. You are a really smart girl. I didn't know half of what you taught me today, wowsers! You go girl! I'm with ya!
ReplyDeleteHi Hermione,
ReplyDeleteWell done for taking action. I live in the US and we have an apiary at the end of our steet. The beekeeper told us all about the colony collapse problem last year. He hasn't been selling any honey from his house this year, so I hope that doesn't mean that he isn't producing much because so many of his bees have died. When I see him I will ask him. I will post the link for your blog on our local homeschool site here in Massachusetts. I know our homeschool community will be pleased to see you taking some action. Good luck with your letter to your MP.
Louise
Hiya Hermione,
ReplyDeletethank you for making us more aware of this, we had heard a bit but now we understand it much more clearly. I'll get Lana and Naomi to pp over to you too to add the'r voice to your campaign.
well done darling !!
Hello Herimone -
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU for working to raise awareness of the importance of honeybees.
I am a Master Beekeeper in America, I live in the state of Maine.
This is a link to a short video I did to raise awareness as well. I hope it will help you in the UK.
http://thesundaybest.net/2009/08/erin-forbes/
Take care and spread the dandelion seeds,
-E.
Hi Herimone - I put an old hive on my land which has not had chemicals for over 20 years, and a swarm moved in, and in just one year they made another 6 hives of bees! I have lots of wild flowers in my meadows and garden for them and they have helped my vegetable garden.
ReplyDeleteMy nephew is really interested in bees. He is 9 and made his own site about bees a couple of months ago he has put some fun things on it about bees I am sure he would love you to visit his site http://buzz.webeden.co.uk/
You are the children who can change the world we live in to be a better place - so good luck and very well done for all your marvellous work.
Susan Worcestershire
Well done! Let the world know. They are beginning to catch on, you know!
ReplyDeleteI spoke to a traditional beekeeper the other day and he said all the bees kept by people he knows are thriving, so many of the problems the bees are having worldwide may be closely related to the way they are being worked and the chemicals they are subjected to.
You might be interested in this film coming out next month - i think it's going to raise a lot of awareness.
http://www.vanishingbees.com/
Hi Hermione,
ReplyDeleteWell done for the honeybee blog! You, and other like-minded people, might also be interested in signing the "Save the Honeybee" petition on the Soil Association website: http://www.soilassociation.org/Takeaction/Savethehoneybee/tabid/434/Default.aspx
Best of luck,
Bianca
Well done Hermione for doing something to save the Honeybees.
ReplyDeleteYou and the other little people in the world are the future of the planet and perhaps the politicians will sit up and take notice and do something to help.
Keep up the good work and we'll definitely make sure that we put more bee-friendly plants in our garden.
Good Luck
Sam
Hi Hermione
ReplyDeleteWell done for raising awareness of this, keep up the good work.
Lyndsey
How fantastic that you are so aware of the plight of bees Hermione! I am very impressed. They are important to us all and deserve to be supported. We need them! Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteSue
Bees are beautiful we must save them. The food chain will collapse, we must keep supporting the bees eco system
ReplyDeletePaul
What a great idea. Bees are so important, well done for trying to help find a solution to their delcine
ReplyDeleteI have been thinking about keeping bees and your letter has spurred me into finding out more about it. I totally agree with the importance of this issue and hope your voice is heard.
ReplyDeleteHi Hermione,
ReplyDeleteI've been worrying about the bees too, because this affects all of us. Thank you so much for caring.
Lorna Allaby, Moncton, NB, Canada
Good Work Hermione!
ReplyDeleteHoney Bees are wonderful and interesting creatures, not to mention the only source of honey!
Keep up your great work!
wendy
Thank you for your work on behalf of bees Hermione! I live in California where 100% of the almond crop is pollinated by honey bees! Half the commercial bees in the US are used to just ensure we get almonds every year. That's just one crop! I don't think the average person knows how much we depend on honey bees for our food. Thank you for raising awareness.
ReplyDeleteBest regards,
Max
Hi Hermione, Thank you for fighting for the bees. I wish you the best of luck. KC
ReplyDeleteWe live within the boundaries of Snowdonia National Park. This year in early summer I was sad to find nearly every day two or three dead bees, in the area outside our house. Over the summer, this number didnt drop. If the bees are dying here, so early, what is happening in the rest of the country? We need to get real help to bee keepers, to protect our bees, and we need to get information out, on what plants will help them..!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea and I think we do need to do something to look after the bees. I was surprised to find out how important they are to our food chain in the UK.
ReplyDeleteThank you for raising awareness and I hope you get lots more comments.
Hermione,
ReplyDeleteIt's great to see someone so young doing something very pro-active about an extremely important issue. I am a beekeeper and know just how important support like this is.
Hello Hermione,
ReplyDeleteWell done for taking some action for this important matter. It does need everyone, no matter where they are in the world, to recognise the important role bees play and take steps to help. Every bit helps, and trying to get the politicians to take it more serious is a great step you are doing. Also your blog can help spread tips to more people on what they can do to help.
Well done Hermione for drawing attention to the plight of the honey bee. I am in full support of anything that keeps honey bees active and making honey.
ReplyDeletePat Bulmer (Farmers wife)
Hello Hermione
ReplyDeleteThis is a very important issue, thank you for letting us know about it. We try to include plants in our garden, albeit small, to attract the bees - they seem to like the lavendar in particular. We fully support the work you are doing to bring this to everyone's attention. Good luck!
Joshua and Patrick Bell & family
Hi Hermione,
ReplyDeleteIt's your supporters at the Countryside Alliance here. Well done for this initiative and for taking a stand on this vital issue. You are right that it affects us all and I hope that through your campaign you can do something to help.
Jill & the team at the Countryside Alliance
Hi Hermione,
ReplyDeleteI hope you get a good response from the politicians. This is a really important issue for the sustainability of UK and world food production.
Well Done
Charles