Coastal Bend Farms

Honey Bee Educational Information

NOTE: Coastal Bend Farms is no longer in the Beekeeping Business
Thanks to Hurricane Harvey which made a direct hit at Rockport, TX
on Aug 25, 2017.

However, we are actively raising:
New Zealand White Rabbits &
JMF Jumbo Brown Coturnix Quail.

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One of Our Goals Is To Continue to Educate People About
The Importance Of Pollination And How Critical It Is To
The Earth's Ecosystems And OUR Very Own Existence.

Therefore, be sure and check-out our educational topics
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The Beauty of Pollination - Moving Art™
by Louie Schwartzberg

This video was shown at the TED conference in 2011, with scenes from "Wings of Life", a film about the threat to essential pollinators that produce over a third of the food we eat. The seductive love dance between flowers and pollinators sustains the fabric of life and is the mystical keystone event where the animal and plant worlds intersect that make the world go round.

The Simple Truth: We Can't Live Without Pollination
Pollination is not just fascinating, it is an essential ecological function. Without pollination, the human race and all of Earth's ecosystems WILL NOT survive. Neither plant nor pollinator can exist in isolation. If one disappears, the other may be only one generation from extinction.

One-third of our diet depends on honey bee pollination.
Over 80% of the world's flowering plants require pollination by a pollinator in order to reproduce.
Worldwide, roughly 1,000 plants grown for food, beverages, fibers, spices, and medicines need to be pollinated by animals in order to produce the goods on which we depend.
Foods and beverages produced with the help of pollinators include: apples, blueberries, chocolate, coffee, melons, peaches, potatoes, pumpkins, vanilla, almonds, tequila, etc.
In the United States, pollination by honey bees, native bees, and other insects produces $40 billion worth of products annually.

"OUR FUTURE FLYS ON THE WINGS OF POLLINATORS"

Excerpts from:
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/
https://pollinator.org/pollination.htm