I am a contractor for Nestle. We own Haagen-Dazs. This morning, the employees received a package containing information on honey bees. The information stated that a portion of the proceeds of the sale of all honey bee-dependent Haagen-Daaz flavors will go to UC Davis and Penn State for research in CCD. I live in Glendale, California. I live in an old (1932) Spanish house that has a wall surrounding the entry courtyard. The wall is hollow. For the past five years, bees have been returning to this wall around March. I have had the holes cemented, but they always manage to find a way inside the wall. Unfortunately, I have had to “get rid” of them. I was told that I could have as many as 40,000 bees in the wall if I did nothing. This year, there were only about 30 bees. Please advise me what I could do differently. I, too, love bees. I understand the crisis and do not want to be contributing to the problem.

First off, the bees may not be returning but rather emerging. In cold climates bees will huddle together to preserve the hive over the winter and come out when it warms up. Search for your local beekeepers association and contact them asking for help. I strongly encourage you to go to their meeting to learn more. I first heard about CCD in April and became a beekeeper 6 weeks later. I firmly believe that the preservation of honeybees is in the hands of hobbyists - join us!

yes im abee keeper and we have been on all the news and pbs and katie couric for help still no help..we lost 1,000 hives at 150.00 each we couldnt pay our house anymore that we lost for over a year now and our brand new flat bed 550 poweer stroke diesel. after this whole mess my mom hasnt been the same so i took over and just rebuilt but with no money i had to start small. thank you our government suxs ass swartnegger and barbara boxer and fienstein all told me oh well bees arnt inportant yea neither are you…….