Episode 205 - New Mexico Honeybees and Colony Collapse Disorder
It is so nice to get outdoors occasionally when you live in an office with no windows. When we had the chance to visit A-Bee Honey & Farms , we made a beeline for the KNME Hummer and took a drive just south of Belen.
DAVID ALIRE GARCIA, SUITED UP AND READY TO MEET THE HIVE
The bees were friendly - unless one happened to get trapped in an untucked pant-leg. (Poor David - Ouch!) Epinephrine and antihistamine were at the ready, but, fortunately, neither was needed. The bees were incredibly interesting, and the folks at A-Bee Farms were wonderfully accommodating. Check out some behind the scenes footage below, showing crew members Josh Keenan and Karl Swanson filming our bee piece for this week's show.
And the honey was delicious!
But it wasn't all a walk in the park, or, in this case, the field. Colony Collapse Disorder is serious business, and back in the studio, David was joined by Master Beekeeper Les Crowder, Richard "The Bugman" Fagerlund, and Charles Martin, an Agriculture Specialist from New Mexico State University, to talk about this issue. You can read more about bees in New Mexico in this excellent article.
And not to be outdone, Gene Grant and The Line Panelists delve even further into the controversy surrounding The Last Conquistador, both the statue and the film that was aired on PBS stations recently. 16th century Conquistador Don Juan de Onate stirs up a lot of emotion in our viewers (as you can see by the all the comments posted about last week's episode devoted to the subject and last night's airing of the documentary.) Some of you objected to the panel we put together for our program last week. We appreciate hearing from all of you, even when you don't like what we do.
The Line also takes on national politics (how can they not with the presidential race in full swing?) And they say goodbye to Scott Darnell, who will be leaving for Harvard University and the John F. Kennedy School of Government to get his master's in public policy. We'll miss you, Scott, and wish you well!
The Public Affairs Team
Albert Einstein said: "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man." NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS looks at how the bee is faring in the Land of Enchantment, explores the mysterious “Colony Collapse Disorder,” and looks at why it might be that New Mexico isn’t as hard-hit as other states. Plus, Gene Grant and The Line panelists take on a further discussion of the controversial statue of Oñate in El Paso, Senator Barack Obama’s overseas trip, New Mexico Racing Commission’s last permit, and the Supreme Court’s possible re-thinking on the “Exclusionary Rule.”
NM inFOCUS: Ep 205 - Honeybees and Colony Collapse Disorder (Intro)
NM inFOCUS: Ep 205 - Honeybees and Colony Collapse Disorder (Bee Farm)
NM inFOCUS: Ep 205 - Honeybees and Colony Collapse Disorder (In Focus)
NM inFOCUS: Ep 205 - Honeybees and Colony Collapse Disorder (The Line)
We were directed to the farm by beekeeper Ed Costanza, who dressed us in bee-gear
(note the pant-legs tucked into socks in the slideshow below!) and took us out to meet one of his gentler hives.
DAVID ALIRE GARCIA, SUITED UP AND READY TO MEET THE HIVE
The bees were friendly - unless one happened to get trapped in an untucked pant-leg. (Poor David - Ouch!) Epinephrine and antihistamine were at the ready, but, fortunately, neither was needed. The bees were incredibly interesting, and the folks at A-Bee Farms were wonderfully accommodating. Check out some behind the scenes footage below, showing crew members Josh Keenan and Karl Swanson filming our bee piece for this week's show.
And the honey was delicious!
But it wasn't all a walk in the park, or, in this case, the field. Colony Collapse Disorder is serious business, and back in the studio, David was joined by Master Beekeeper Les Crowder, Richard "The Bugman" Fagerlund, and Charles Martin, an Agriculture Specialist from New Mexico State University, to talk about this issue. You can read more about bees in New Mexico in this excellent article.
And not to be outdone, Gene Grant and The Line Panelists delve even further into the controversy surrounding The Last Conquistador, both the statue and the film that was aired on PBS stations recently. 16th century Conquistador Don Juan de Onate stirs up a lot of emotion in our viewers (as you can see by the all the comments posted about last week's episode devoted to the subject and last night's airing of the documentary.) Some of you objected to the panel we put together for our program last week. We appreciate hearing from all of you, even when you don't like what we do.
The Line also takes on national politics (how can they not with the presidential race in full swing?) And they say goodbye to Scott Darnell, who will be leaving for Harvard University and the John F. Kennedy School of Government to get his master's in public policy. We'll miss you, Scott, and wish you well!
The Public Affairs Team
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NM inFOCUS: Ep 205 - Honeybees and Colony Collapse Disorder (Intro)
NM inFOCUS: Ep 205 - Honeybees and Colony Collapse Disorder (Bee Farm)
NM inFOCUS: Ep 205 - Honeybees and Colony Collapse Disorder (In Focus)
NM inFOCUS: Ep 205 - Honeybees and Colony Collapse Disorder (The Line)
Labels: Beekeeping, Bees, Colony Collapse Disorder, New Mexico Honey, The Last Conquistator
posted by Kevin McDonald at
9:21 AM
1 Comments:
I too would like to wish Scott Darnell the best in his new endeavors at Harvard. Even though he is a conservative Republican, liberal left-wingers like myself need him and his colleagues to keep me and my colleagues on the centerline.
And now - where can I get some socks like those??
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