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Major stroke changed my life for the better  by Dee Claypool.  Insights by Jill Bolte Taylor

31/8/2012

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In July of 1999 I had a major stroke, that left my left side inoperable. I have had to learn everything all over again, from letters, numbers, walking, talking and all. I am not all the way there yet, but I have survived this. I learn each and everyday and don't give up. Thanks to my husband who has stood behind me and my children to help me along the way. With the stroke, my personality has changed a lot and from what I have been told for the better. My long term memory is gone and I do not remember anything from before the stroke, my short term memory is iffy, but I get through it all. I guess the sad part of it all is, I don't remember giving birth to my children or marrying my wonderful husband. I work and struggle each and every day to make life what it is. I am who I am and what I have become and I have accepted this. This is part of my life, some days it is harder then others. My family gives me strength and the lord as well. I survived and I am so glad that I did. There are some things I would like to tell you, but not sure I have enough space to do so. Like the first time I saw snow and the amazment of it's beauty. When fall hit and wonderful colors that are in this world. I have to experience it all again and it was wonderful and so very beautiful. 
There are things in our life that happen, but we just need to keep going, work hard to improve ourself and thank god, that life is as wonderful as it is.Dee Claypool 06/09/2002 
http://www.silverliningnews.com/story.asp?pid=4  


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The Varroa Mite Is Changing Your Life Expectancy

30/8/2012

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A Varroa destructor on a honey bee host
Honey bees are important as honey producers and as pollinators of agricultural crops. They are estimated to provide "value added" pollination worth approximately $14 billion per year in the USA. Varroa mites threaten agricultural pollination directly by weakening and destroying bee colonies. They also mandate more regular management of hives that is both labour intensive and expensive.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Varroa_destructor_on_honeybee_host.jpg 


If the UK lost its honey bees the countryside would face devastation, and that is exactly what beekeepers fear could happen. Imagine a country lane. Hawthorn hedgerow on either side, clouds scudding overhead, apple blossom drifting gently by, the only noise the gentle hum of honey bees and the chirping of birds. What could be a more idyllic vision of British country life?

Then fast-forward 10 years.

The hedgerow is deteriorating, the birds are silent, the orchard is disappearing and the countryside is changed. Why? The hives are empty. Their once-buzzing occupants mysteriously vanished.Environment and rural affairs minister Lord Rooker envisaged just such a scenario recently when he warned: "Bee health is at risk and, frankly, if nothing is done about it, the fact is the honey bee population could be wiped out in 10 years." 

In a few weeks' time, Britain's thousands of amateur beekeepers will face what might be called "Bee-Day". In the south of England, the weather will be warm enough that apiarists can lift the tops off their hives for the first time and find out if their colonies have survived the winter.

And these beekeepers are worried. Every winter some colonies are lost. But last year saw widespread anecdotal reports of above average losses, and the enthusiasts fear this year could be worse.

Blood-sucking killer

Norman Carreck is both entomologist and bee-keeper:  And he is one of the anxious. 

"Last winter a number of very experienced bee-keepers lost colonies in very mysterious circumstances."

One change is in the varroa mite, identified by Lord Rooker as the main threat.

The mite, which latches onto bees and sucks their "blood", arrived in the UK in 1992. Within a few years it had spread throughout the country and took the wild honey bee population to the brink of annihilation. Managed hives were also hit hard. 

But having long been kept under control using chemical treatments, there is now a new problem.

"The mites are becoming resistant, there are no good alternatives for treatment" says Carreck.

And as well as varroa, the devil that beekeepers know, there is another cloud on the horizon. Across the Atlantic US honey bees are being wiped out in vast numbers by a mysterious condition that leaves hives deserted.  

To learn more go to  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7240456.stm  of Finlo Rohrer, BBC News Magazine 
  



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1/8/2012

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