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David Burns of Long Lane Honey Bee Farm on how recent weather and colony collapse syndrome has impacted honey production by killing off hives.
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Well we know prices are going up for just about everything these days especially food milk coffee sugar.
Believe it or not even honey now that -- -- Prices continuing to rise in fact but despite these increases -- -- are also feeling that staying -- As recent weather and disease threats are killing off -- Jeff Flock at that.
Long lane honey -- farming in the noise but the story Jeff and I've been there all they've been -- yeah.
No the Gloria Lori my -- -- photographer -- gets Tom.
And so in the middle of a live broadcast is a matter of fact you're looking at what what I'm looking at -- data you're gonna for -- from a -- or five.
We'll different than a traditional money -- that's the -- was to be working at what I can even touch these -- I am.
Needing to stay very calm now and if we look you put your hand -- side we have a life.
Be honey cam there -- money and it's amazing if you stay home.
They will not -- you.
Now is -- pointed out.
Colony collapse syndrome.
As well as very tough winner.
Has reduced the number of -- and of course when there's high demand which -- is higher demand and not enough supply you get an increase in prices that's right honey -- Beekeepers lost about 30% of their colony -- winner.
The government -- strain on honey production we're trying to be very -- we're speaking softly we also have a smoker here because he's if you smoke -- See the smoke yeah well he go -- and down right let's go to the entrance around the front here I've always wanted to do almost hatred and there's no here's here's some -- these.
And we'll gonna smoke these so they don't kill us and then smoke that underneath here -- you -- -- you pointed out to me David burns.
And sick if I can smoke these yesterday that -- world I -- -- -- okay rumpled home beautiful thing that yet you pointed out that.
And the pollination pollen is -- what -- they pollinate OIC which it will look at this say lord look at this.
-- one out of every three bites of food that we eat comes from the pollination of -- honeybees we really need are honey pretty well.
And people hire your -- to go to like Allman torture murder and character there.
To actually pollinate and were more in the queen -- -- where pollination but lots of beekeepers certainly do you follow you actually raise your own queen Suisse raised in and sell themselves look at just been an incredible pupil that -- up some like it's.
Well I'll smoke it for -- -- thanks.
Former looking at here just to make from of honey where you know -- run out of time but I'll tell you this fascinating picture guys but that's funny you know that's funny.
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OK guys.
That's fascinating and you're so brazen act and I can't believe you haven't been stung at.
It is an important industry sometimes.
When you smoke humans they get docile as --
