DID YOU KNOW?
Bees and other pollinators are responsible for almost 70% of all flowering plants' ability to reproduce?
They also account for 30% of the food we consume.
With the increased use of pesticides and fungicides, the future of these tiny (yet AMAZING) creatures is at enormous risk.
The rapid, worldwide decline of the honeybee population is nothing short of alarming.
If we cannot raise awareness of their importance, decimation is inevitable.
As part of the ecosystem in which we live, honeybees are absolutely essential to our food supply.
It is widely believed that without honeybees, mankind would be foodless within 5 years or less.
It is in supporting this cause, that we have devoted our passion, in creating this site.
As the bee moved further into the frontier, the Indians realized in the advent of the bee, the beginning of their end. There is a curious Indian superstition, familiar to most of the early Texan borderers, often told in connection with the sad prophecy of the extinction of the red race under the breath of white civilization. The Indians affirm that the honey-bee always goes before the white settler to warn the red-man to retire and yield up his hunting-grounds to the dominion of the ax and plow.c. 1855. Sam or The History of Mystery, by C. W. Weber, page 181
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Bees as medicine: Amongst the tribe of Indians in the State of Kansas, bordering on the banks of the mighty Missouri. Squaws would make medicine by bruising a number of bees into a pulp in a crudely formed pestle and mortar, then adding some boiling water, and converting the mass into a tea. The Indians say; 'We give it to the papoose, to remove the dropsy left after the measles and scarlet fever.'
c. March 18, 1890. British Bee Journal & Bee-Keepers Advisor - Volume 18 Page 129
-Among the Moqui, in Arizona - "There is a charm used for calling down rain. It consists of a small quantity of wild honey wrapped up in the inner fold of the husk of the maize. To produce the effect desired it is necessary to take a piece of the shuck which is contained the wild honey, chew it and spit it upon the ground which needs the rain." c. 1895. The American Meteorological Journal, Feb., 1895, page 384
KIDS CORNER
1.Only one queen bee exists for each hive.
2.Bees use GPS-without needing a cell phone!
3.Bees have facial recognition.
4.Worker bees are female only.
5.Bees are responsible for 1 in every three bites of food we eat.
Native American Indian Words For Bee
Navajo call bees: "tsís'ná"
Delaware call bees: "a mo e wak"
Ojibwe, Ojibwa, or Chippewa call bees: "ahmo"
Cherokee call bees: "wadulisi"
Lakota Sioux call bees: "tuhmunga"
Choctaw call bees: "foe"
Apache call bees: "gosnih"
Blackfoot call bees: "naamóó"
Native Languages of the Americas:
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