Dear Bee-L members,

As you probably know, today is the first day of the
Kyoto protocol. We all know every beekeeping is local,
namely every beekeeping is climate dependant. In the
North, we clearly take advantage of our climate to
limit or to protect our bees from some pests and
diseases.

Yet it is now a conscensus in the scientific community
that not only climate change because of anthropogenic
GHG emissions will happen but also has already
started. It is too late to avoid climate change and we
have to adapt. Flora, precipitation, seasons dates
will be slightly but surely modified. Two weeks in the
spring, one week in the autumn make quite a difference
for us, doesn't it ? I do not know how much of you
will still be there in 2030 or 2050 but if Allah,
Buddha and God want I guess I will, and my children
too. If I understood well, nine of the warmest years
(and dry for some) were that last decade.

So, I wonder if climate change assessment on the bees
and beekeeping industry has been performed by councils
and associations. How you, beekeepers in the front
line of environemental impacts, feel with regard to
this issue.


Hervé
www.emelys.com








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