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I decided that with almost two years of blogging upon me, it was time for me to finally dedicate some 600 word blog space to environmental activism. What after all is more environmentally friendly then the blog format? It's clutter free. You don't have to chop down any trees. And, it will be here forever and ever to haunt me and my grandchildren.
What I'm trying to say is that the bees are dying. |
The great black and yellow bumble bee is dying. Global bee populations have been in decline since the 1990's and in great capitalist fashion we still haven't fixed it.
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This might not sound important, after all bees sting people. Bees are not the happy friendly poster child for animal support. Still as the The Bee Movie showed, as long as you have the help of Jerry Seinfield you can make them marketable. Even with a little bestiality.
Bees as you may recall from your 1st grade science class, pollinate the planet. They are responsible for all of the things that we enjoy to sustain our bodies. Almonds, apples, peaches, raspberries, watermelon, grapes, garlic are all pollinated by bees. And, if we don't have the bees pollinating the garlic how are we going to guard ourselves from vampires? |
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Pollination is how we get food. It's how food grows. I'm not sure of the logistics, but it's a very big, very important part of the food chain.
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Without the bees what will do? Knowing America we'll pay migrant workers to pollinate everything by hand, but is Sally in Minnesota really going to be willing to spend the extra money for that asparagus man handled by a foreigner. No.
Some exciting things humans have been doing to kill the bees is by using pesticides that directly effect bees. Farmers are attempting to protect their crops not only from the bad, but from the good. In the process they are killing the bees. Good job on that big agriculture. |
Industrial agriculture is specifically linked to to the global decline of the bee population. Something about the loss of biodiversity and monoculture have led to the massive decline in the health of the bees. Do I know what any of those words mean? No, but their killing the bees and that's not good.
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Climate change has also been connected to our bee problem. The more I read, the more I realize that humans are just doing our best to kill the earth. It's not going to stop me from taking that twenty minute shower in the morning, but mama earth are you okay? If she doesn't take us out with a national disaster, it will be starvation from killing all the bees.
Think of our children. Without the bees we can't survive as the human race. It's time to get rid of the pesticides and do everything we can to protect our bees who are just trying to survive in this world like the rest of the angsty teenagers. |
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Most importantly if we don't save the bees, we won't have honey, and if we don't have honey what will Pooh bear do when he's hungry? DIE. And, how are you going to explain that to your two year old.
SAVE THE BEES.
SAVE THE BEES.
RECIPES:
Honey Raspberry Iced Tea
2 cups of freshly brewed Tea
2 cups of Cranberry-Raspberry Juice
¼ cup of Honey
Combine tea, cranberry-raspberry juice, and honey in a large glass pitcher. Whisk to dissolve honey. Chill in refrigerator.
Honey Spiced Chicken
2/3 cup of Honey
6 tablespoons of Mustard
4 tablespoons of Butter
4 teaspoons of Cajun Seasoning
4 teaspoons of Curry Powder
2 teaspoons of Lemon Juice
2 minced cloves of Garlic
6 Chicken Breasts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Greased a 13x9x2 inch baking dish.
Combine honey, water, mustard, melted butter, Cajun seasoning, curry powder, lemon juice, and garlic in baking dish. Stir until well blended.
Add chicken breasts, turning to coat. Bake uncovered until chicken is tender and no longer pick for about 30 minutes.
Honey Raspberry Iced Tea
2 cups of freshly brewed Tea
2 cups of Cranberry-Raspberry Juice
¼ cup of Honey
Combine tea, cranberry-raspberry juice, and honey in a large glass pitcher. Whisk to dissolve honey. Chill in refrigerator.
Honey Spiced Chicken
2/3 cup of Honey
6 tablespoons of Mustard
4 tablespoons of Butter
4 teaspoons of Cajun Seasoning
4 teaspoons of Curry Powder
2 teaspoons of Lemon Juice
2 minced cloves of Garlic
6 Chicken Breasts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Greased a 13x9x2 inch baking dish.
Combine honey, water, mustard, melted butter, Cajun seasoning, curry powder, lemon juice, and garlic in baking dish. Stir until well blended.
Add chicken breasts, turning to coat. Bake uncovered until chicken is tender and no longer pick for about 30 minutes.
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