Ua hana ke kanaka i nā mea kanu a me nā lāʻau pesticides, akā ʻaʻole naʻe i hoʻomohala i kahi kemika e hiki ke hoʻopōmaikaʻi i nā mea kanu nui. I kēia manawa, pollinate nā nalo ma kahi o 80% o nā huaʻai, nā mea kanu a me nā ʻanoʻano i mahi ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Ua manaʻo mākou he hua ka meli i ka pollination maoli o nā nalo i mahi ʻia. Ua ʻike paha ʻoe ʻo nā "cousins wild" o nā nalo meli (e like me ka bumblebees, earth bees) ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā pollinators? Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole lākou i maʻalahi i nā hopena ʻino o ka ticks. No laila, ʻaʻole lākou e hua nui i ka meli.
No ka hana ʻana i 450 grams o ka meli, pono e "lele a puni" kahi kolo nalo (ma kahi o 55 mau mile) i ka wikiwiki o 000 mau mile i kēlā me kēia hola. I loko o ke ola, hiki i ka nalo ke hana ma kahi o 15 teaspoon o ka meli, he mea koʻikoʻi ia no ka hive i ka wā hoʻoilo paʻakikī. ʻO kekahi ʻoiaʻiʻo pono e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka noho ʻana ma kahi kokoke i kahi kukui wax: no ka hana ʻana o 1 g o ka wax, bees. A ʻoi aku ka nui o kā mākou lawe ʻana mai kēia mau mea liʻiliʻi a me ka hana (bee pollen, royal jelly, propolis), ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o kā lākou hana a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pi. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, pono nā pi mahiʻai i loko o kahi ʻano kūlohelohe maoli a pilikia hoʻi no lākou. He meaʻai maikaʻi loa ka meli… no ka nalo meli.
ʻO ka pane i ka nīnau o ka mea e hiki mai ana inā e nalowale ka nalo me he mea lā ma kahi o ke kihi. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua uhi ʻia nā moʻolelo o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka nalo a me ka colony collapse syndrome e nā puke i mahalo nui ʻia e like me The New York Times, Discovery News a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Ke noiʻi nei ka poʻe ʻepekema i ke kumu o ka emi ʻana o ka nalo a me ka mea hiki iā mākou ke hana ma mua o ka lohi.
Pesticides
Ua paʻi ke Kulanui o Pennsylvania i kahi noiʻi i ka makahiki 2010 i loaʻa i nā "pae ʻokoʻa ʻole" o nā pesticides i nā hives US (Inā loaʻa nā pesticides i loko o ka beehives, manaʻo ʻoe aia lākou i loko o ka meli?). Eia kekahi, ʻike ka US Environmental Protection Agency i kēia.
— Nūhou Makuahine Honua, 2009
Ticks a me nā mea hoʻomaʻi
Ma muli o ka nawaliwali o ka ʻōnaehana pale (koʻikoʻi, pesticides, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe), lilo ka nalo i mea maʻalahi i nā maʻi maʻi, nā maʻi fungal a me nā mite. Ke piʻi nei ka nui o kēia mau maʻi i ka lawe ʻia ʻana o nā hives mai kēlā ʻāina a i kēia ʻāina, mai kekahi wahi a i kekahi.
Nā Waihona Pūnaewele
– Nūhou ABC
Ma waho aʻe o ka mana o nā kelepona paʻa, nā pesticides a me nā maʻi, mālama ʻia nā piʻi "kūʻai" mahiʻai, inā maʻalahi a i ʻole nā mea kūlohelohe (kahi i liʻiliʻi ai ko lākou make ʻana, akā aia nō naʻe), mālama ʻia i nā wahi kūlohelohe a me nā kūlana. No ka liʻiliʻi o ka holoholona, ʻaʻohe wahi e hoʻokauwā ʻia ai. Inā kūʻai ʻoe i ka meli mahiʻai a i ʻole kahi brand kaulana, ke hāʻawi nei ʻoe i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pi no ka ʻai kanaka. He aha ke kaʻina o ka "hana" o ka meli?
- ʻO ka nalo e ʻimi ana i kumu o ka nectar
- I ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi pua kūpono, hoʻopaʻa ʻia lākou a ʻai i ka nectar.
ʻAʻole maikaʻi loa… Akā e ʻike kākou i ka mea e hiki mai ana.
- Aia kahi belching o ka nectar, kahi e hui pū ai me ka saliva a me nā enzymes.
- Ale hou ka nalo i ka nectar, a ma hope iho, puka hou ka belching a hana hou i kekahi mau manawa.
Inā mākou e ʻike i kēia kaʻina hana, ʻaʻole anei mākou e nalowale ka makemake e hoʻolaha i ka meli ma kā mākou ʻaina kakahiaka? ʻOiai e kūʻē kekahi, "Pehea?", ʻo ka meli ka hui ʻana o ka kohu a me ka regurgitated "ʻai" mai nā pi.