Insect Resource and the Forgotten Pollinators
Bee Mythology
Mythology of bees honey since time began... Honey and bees have been part of the great myths of humanity and have always been extraordinary potent symbols...
The Secret Life of Bees
Has found out of thy bed of crimson joy,
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.
- The bee symbolizes the soul that flies away from the body in the Siberian Central Asia and South American Indian traditions.
- Because of its honey and its sting, the bee is considered to be an emblem of Christ: It represents his mildness mercy on one side and its justice on the other. St. Ambrose, Patron Saint of Beekeepers.
- In some text from India, the bee represents the spirit becoming intoxicated with the pollen of knowledge.
- Many American Indian tribes used honey and other bee by-products that were readily available and widely used. Long before European settlers brought honey bee "Apis Mellifera," to America in the seventeenth century, the early Maya and Aztec Indians kept bees and collected honey from the wild bees, of which there are more than 3,500 species in North America.
- Bee keeping was practiced in ancient Egypt as early as 2500 B.C.
- One pound (.45 kg) of honey equals the life work of approximately 300 bees and a flight distance of two to three times around the earth.
- Approximately 70% of our crops are pollinated, to some degree by bees. If bee populations were to plummet, due to chemicals or habitat loss, we would literally be taking food out of our mouths. Our survival as a species is dependent on pollinators such as bees and thousands of other animal species that are interconnected in the web of life.
- "A strange observation some 20 years ago had been made by the Berlin Cancer Institute. Its scientists and doctors had never seen a bee keeper who was suffering from cancer." -- Dr. W. Schweisheimer (1967)
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And Your Lord Revealed to the Bee Saying
"Make hives in the mountain and in the trees and walk in the ways of your Lord submissively.
There comes forth from within it a beverage of many colours, in which there is healing for men; most surely there is a sign in this for a people who reflect."
Non-Apis Pollinating Insects - Our Forgotten Pollinators
- Bees for Development
- Pesticide Impacts on Bees
- BeeSource.com
- Global Entomology Agriculture Research Server
- Tales from the Hive
- The Bumble Bee Pages
- Solitary Bees
- Everything you need to know about pollinators.
(Courtesy of Gardener's Supply Company) - Beyond Pesticides - working with allies to protect public health and the environment, is leading the transition to a world free of tocix pesticides.
- Horizon Solutions Site - Information about the environment, health, population, and development
- Apiculture (Beekeeping) and Social Insects - Iowa State Entomology Index of Internet Resources
- Learn everything you need to know about beekeeping
Insect Resource
- BugBios - Learn more about insects from this entomological database of very cool bugs
- Horizon Communications - Spiders Help Farmers Grow Safer Crops
- NCAP’s Healthier Homes and Gardens In their monthly email newsletter, you can get tips about a common pest problem and you’ll get their toll-free hotline number so you can get answers to your questions.
- Alien Empire by PBS Online
- 3D Insects - a world of virtual insects
- The Antlion Pit - a doodlebug anthology
- California Academy of Sciences Entomology
- Iowa State Entomology Index of Internet Resources
- Grasshoppers
- Insects, Disease, and History
- Living Jewels - Insect photography
- Minibeast World of Insects and Spiders
- USGS Moths of North America
- University of Arizona - Insect Information Sheets
- Discovery Entomology at Texas A&M University
- Robber Flies
- What's That Bug?
- Bugs!
- California Dragonflies & Damselflies
- Essig Museum of Entomology
- Scientific Reference Resources
- Dragonfly Museum
- Earth Changes TV
"Humanity, for its own sake, must attend to the forgotten pollinators and their countless plant species."
-- E.O. Wilson, The Forgotten Pollinators
To learn more about the Forgotten Pollinators, visit the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.
Herbal Remedies and Additional Information
Sources and Suggested Readings
- Buchmann, Stephen L. and Gary Nabhan. 1996 The Forgotten Pollinators. Island Press Washington D.C. 292 P.
- Buxton, Simon. 2004 The Shamanic Way of the Bee: Ancient Wisdom and Healing Practices of Bee Masters. Destiny Books, Rochester, Vermont.
- Sammataro & Alphonse Avitabile Forward by Roger a. Morse. 1998. The Beekeeper's Handbook. Third Edition. Cornell University Press, Ithica and Landon "... simply put, it is the best of the best of beekeeping books."