How to pronounce “beek” in English

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But I can dictate what I put in the hives.So beekeepers can actually control what goes in the hives.So that's really a good reason why we ought to control what it is because it's at the highest levels.

And so, how am I doing for time? Do I have a few more minutes? OK, OK. I'll go really quickly.Backwards beekeeping. There's a club here in Los Angeles that does a natural beekeeping method where there's no chemicals whatsoever and they follow this beekeeper from SantaCruz, who was an interesting fellow. "I have established mystic contact with the spiritual core of apiculture, and now anything is possible." This is a little light fixture that was about

They market treatment-free honey.They run beekeeping conferences and classes.They write and do research.

It's not terribly surprising.Some of these beekeepers have 70,000 colonies.But we're talking about somewhere in the order of 1,000 beekeepers that are keeping 99% of the bees in this country.

And what you'll see is certainly white sugar, table sugar, just being mixed into a serum and being fed to the bees for them to over winteron so that the beekeeper can have the honey on their breakfast table.I think the bees want the honey on their breakfast table.

And it's not a ridiculous theory.Almost every beekeeper, whether they're a hobbyist or a commercial beekeeper feeds and treats.

they consume every day. They wrote a book that I highly recommend called "The Urban Homestead". It's a great book that really helps you get started in learning how to dothings like gardening and beekeeping, and raising chickens, preserving food. They also have a really great blog called "Home Grown Evolution", where they continue to exploreurban homesteading. So I visited -- they have things like raised bed gardens scattered around their backyard.

So I think the honey bees are a really graceful and really elegant example of how we all need each other to survive.We can support each other and support beekeeping as a whole.

And here's some ways that we can help save them.So you can support your local beekeepers by buying local honey.Or you could visit local beehives and learn a little bit more about the bees.

They write and do research.They're active in the Worcester Beekeepers Association.They travel around the country speaking about treatment-free beekeeping and the importance of microbial environment in beehive.

And it's not a ridiculous theory.And my contention is that if beekeepers really wanted to keep the feed out of the honey, really wanted to keep that sugar syrup,

And it's not a ridiculous theory.So a few things about beekeeping in Massachusetts today is that land use has changed quite a bit.

And it's not a ridiculous theory.I'm just saying that from a beekeeper's perspective, these two things have been happening.

Maybe you really want to be creative.Except for instead of the beekeeper, she quit and did a four-month-- or four-week, actually, yoga instruction course to become a yoga instructor in the New York area.

We like to start by talking about the worker bee because she makes up 97% to 99% of a colony throughout the year, which is referenced back to why Spencersaid you probably need to be a feminist to be a beekeeper because not only is the future feminist, the future is female in the bee world.It's always been for these bees.

So I think the honey bees are a really graceful and really elegant example of how we all need each other to survive.We have a running joke that if you ask two beekeepers one question, you'll get five answers.

So I think the honey bees are a really graceful and really elegant example of how we all need each other to survive.I'm not trying to say that treatment-free beekeeping is the way.

So I think the honey bees are a really graceful and really elegant example of how we all need each other to survive.Purchasing raw and local honey is a great way to support beekeepers.

So I think the honey bees are a really graceful and really elegant example of how we all need each other to survive.If you don't have the time to become a beekeeper-- hopefully, everybody does.

And what you'll see, if you're driving on the roads in the northern part of Finland, Sweden, and Norway-- they don't really growin Denmark-- is people in full-- they're like beekeepers, because they're covered head-to-toe.But they're protecting themselves against the mosquitoes which are really vicious.

They're active in the Worcester Beekeepers Association.They travel around the country speaking about treatment-free beekeeping and the importance of microbial environment in beehive.Golden Rule Honey LLC is their honey business.

as well. So first, a little bit of baseline beekeeping.So a few facts and numbers to put the beekeeping industry in this country in perspective.It's a little bit like the Occupy Movement except the opposite, that 99% of the bees in the US are owned by 1% of the beekeepers.

But these are serious synthetic pesticides, the kinds of things that as environmentalists we're all trying to get out of the environment.But of course, beekeepers are telling farmers not to use some of this stuff while they're putting it in the hives, which makes it a little bit difficult.So those synthetic chemicals, they are agricultural pesticides.

Then the bees are fed.Generally around here we don't have a whole lot of beekeepers that are big enough operations if they're buying truckloads of high fructose corn syrup.But that's the common practice.

In the middle of the summer, we get a dearth.And it's very common around here for beekeepers to just toss feed on them.Sugar on the hives as soon as there's a dearth.

And it's not a ridiculous theory.Massachusetts used to be a major center for beekeeping.

And it's not a ridiculous theory.So a few things that you don't know about beekeeping but you should.

And it's not a ridiculous theory.And if you're buying honey from somebody who's a beekeeper and they never run out of honey, then you've got to suspect that they might be buying in honey sometimes.

So I think the honey bees are a really graceful and really elegant example of how we all need each other to survive.But one of the sources that is really a hot topic within beekeeping are the Varroa mite.

Some of these beekeepers have 70,000 colonies.But we're talking about somewhere in the order of 1,000 beekeepers that are keeping 99% of the bees in this country.Three quarters of the bees in this country-- which is, of course, mostly from these 1,000 beekeepers-- they all go to California

They are toxins.And essential oils are used in the hive by a lot of beekeepers, a lot of beekeepers who consider what they're doing natural and sustainable.They certainly consider it more natural and more sustainable and better for the bees than the beekeepers that are using the synthetic chemicals up there.

and with honey bees flying all around her.I like to say her because you kind of have to be a feminist to be a beekeeper.And we'll get into that further.

So I think the honey bees are a really graceful and really elegant example of how we all need each other to survive.It would be great-- but if you don't, you can support your local beekeeper.

So I think the honey bees are a really graceful and really elegant example of how we all need each other to survive.If you can, even better, go meet your beekeeper.

Well, I'm really glad to be here at Google, and I'm hoping that one of you is working on charging my phone over 4G because the battery keepsdying. We're really happy to be here and talk about some things about beekeeping.This is going to be a little bit of a mishmash of a talk.

I'm going to cover a lot of different bases, things that are on our mind that we think are important and we think that are important that other people understandas well. So first, a little bit of baseline beekeeping.So a few facts and numbers to put the beekeeping industry in this country in perspective.

And remember, I was talking about treatments that are near universal.That really pretty much anybody keeping bees, whether they're going to a hobby beekeeping class or they're commercial beekeepers, using some of this stuff.The most obvious stuff are the synthetic chemicals.

And essential oils are used in the hive by a lot of beekeepers, a lot of beekeepers who consider what they're doing natural and sustainable.They certainly consider it more natural and more sustainable and better for the bees than the beekeepers that are using the synthetic chemicals up there.But I'm not really convinced that the impacts are any less of a problem.

But there's been very good work out of Penn State specifically that looked at the amount of pesticides and agricultural chemicals in the hive.And what was found was that by far, the highest levels were the ones that the beekeepers are putting in the hive.And specifically fluvalinate and coumaphos.

So now I'll talk a little bit about feeding.Because as you'll see, feeding is also a universal practice among beekeepers.There's a bunch of reasons for feeding.

And it's not a ridiculous theory.But this is one of the plans that we're trying to look into as a way to increase our beekeeping operation here in Massachusetts.

And it's not a ridiculous theory.That's significant. We've got a lot of beekeepers in the state, but most of them are hobby beekeepers with one or two hives.

Maybe you really want to be creative.But to be at Google and to also be exploring theater and to also be exploring filmmaking and also be exploring beekeeping, well, you're crossing strong career

And what you'll see-- --If you're driving on the roads in the northern part of Finland, Sweden and Norway, theydon't really grow in Denmark, is people in full, they're like beekeepers, because they're covered head to toe.But they're protecting themselves against the mosquitoes, which are really vicious.

So I think the honey bees are a really graceful and really elegant example of how we all need each other to survive.Oftentimes, our hand, our unseen hand, in beekeeping limits their ability to develop these tactics, or our genetic manipulation stifles their growth.

Go mountain biking in Moab, go on a trapeze-- be careful, I once hurt myself terribly on a trapeze-- but take in all of these different pieces,Whereas if you're rock climbing, if you're-- well, if you're beekeeping, you're usually berating yourself for the many mistakes you've just done--

Very important. The future's in plastics, right?That and they package, distribute, and retail honey from other treatment-free beekeeping operations.And they produce the queen of chocolate as the king of chocolate.

So a few facts and numbers to put the beekeeping industry in this country in perspective.It's a little bit like the Occupy Movement except the opposite, that 99% of the bees in the US are owned by 1% of the beekeepers.It's not terribly surprising.