Permaculture Can It Save The Bees, And Tke Beekeeper?

摘要

A little over two years ago we settled with our bees into a valley home near the northern end of a protected, undeveloped lake, part of thousands of acres of land owned by the people of New York State. The natural area surrounding us supports an abundance of animal life and a diversity of native and introduced plant species. Many of these plants are beneficial to pollinators. These include joe-pye-weed, boneset, bird's foot trefoil, chicory, skunk cabbage, mints, thistle, Queen Anne's lace, yarrow, sumac, Japanese knotweed, and poison ivy, as well as woody trees and shrubs like hawthorn, serviceberry, ninebark, locust, black cherry, black walnut, basswood, maples and willows. Our small property - just under six acres - reflects the habitat diversity of the surrounding ecosystems. It contains a variety of microenvironments: wetlands, former fields in various stages of succession, mixed deciduous woodlands and small stands of mature spruce and Scots pines.