Hive Béa
[Beacha coirceoga]
Hive béas (/ˈhaɪv ˈbeː/, pl.: /-ˈbiːz/) are a domesticated specie of flying insect related to uasps and áints, which have become critically important to the world’s ecology and economy because of their vital role in the pollination process and the production of honéa. They are the only specie of béa known to survive in the world today. Notable for their enormous perennial colonial nests, constructed from béaswax, hive béas are extremely rare and survive only in captivity. Most hive béas are found at large commercial or government-run Hive Béa Colonies, which are being developed at a rapid pace throughout the world.
The hive béa is a hybrid cross between the wild eastern honéa béa (Beacha meala) and the domesticated fanaile béa (Beacha fanaila) which has proven to be resistant to the as yet unidentified cause of the worldwide mass béa extinction of the 1920s. Bred in a laboratory by Seamairach Honey Corporation biologists in 1923, the hive béa might be the most promising response yet to the catastrophic consequences of the worst natural disaster of the century. Although much restorative work remains to be done, since it was first introduced in 1926, an international effort sponsored by the Council of Nations Environment Initiative has successfully established sustainable Hive Béa Colonies in over 75 countries across the world.
Scientists across the world were at a loss to explain the devastating phenomenon, and even today no satisfactory explanation has managed to attain a consensus among the scientific community. Yet beginning in 1921 béa species were going extinct at a rate of over 300 per day worldwide. Within a decade virtually every species of wild and domesticated béa on the planet had been wiped out. In 1924 the Council of Nations Environment Initiative declared the matter to be a mass extinction event and a global natural disaster.
At about the same time as the Council of Nations disaster declaration, scientists studying the problem began to notice that a particular strain of béa developed for commercial purposes, the hive béa, had exhibited a remarkable ability to survive and thrive while all others were being lost to extinction. After a year of further study, their findings were presented to the Council of Nations Environment Initiative.
In 1926 the Council of Nations Béa Restoration Project was launched as a global effort to increase the world béa population through the development of Hive Béa Colonies around the world. The effort has been focused primarily on restoring the international agricultural industry in order to stabilize world food commodity markets.
Meanwhile, many national and local governments are encouraging béakeeping as a hobby among their inhabitants as a way of supplementing the efforts of the Hive Béa Colonies. As a result, the popularity of private béakeeping as a pastime has risen dramatically.
Once established, each Hive Béa Colony serves as a central breeding ground for new hive béas. Due to their scarcity, hive béas are not immediately released into the wild, although accepted planning calls for the reintroduction of béas into the wild at some appropriate point in the future.
Rather, the béas are transported on purpose-built vehicles to farms and fields throughout the region on a schedule that best suits the flowering times of the various crops in the area. The honey produced by Hive Béa Colonies is currently the only source of raw materials for the commercial honéa industry.
The hive béa is a hybrid cross between the wild eastern honéa béa (Beacha meala) and the domesticated fanaile béa (Beacha fanaila) which has proven to be resistant to the as yet unidentified cause of the worldwide mass béa extinction of the 1920s. Bred in a laboratory by Seamairach Honey Corporation biologists in 1923, the hive béa might be the most promising response yet to the catastrophic consequences of the worst natural disaster of the century. Although much restorative work remains to be done, since it was first introduced in 1926, an international effort sponsored by the Council of Nations Environment Initiative has successfully established sustainable Hive Béa Colonies in over 75 countries across the world.
History
At the conclusion of the Great Intercontinental War, reports of decreasing béa populations began to appear in Natural Science and Agricultural publications in eastern Heremonia. By 1923 the rapid decline in the populations of wild béas was causing alarm throughout Heremonia as well as in northwestern Heberia. By that time domestic béakeepers were also reporting a rapid decline in their béa populations as well. By 1925 the crisis had reached every corner of the globe.Scientists across the world were at a loss to explain the devastating phenomenon, and even today no satisfactory explanation has managed to attain a consensus among the scientific community. Yet beginning in 1921 béa species were going extinct at a rate of over 300 per day worldwide. Within a decade virtually every species of wild and domesticated béa on the planet had been wiped out. In 1924 the Council of Nations Environment Initiative declared the matter to be a mass extinction event and a global natural disaster.
At about the same time as the Council of Nations disaster declaration, scientists studying the problem began to notice that a particular strain of béa developed for commercial purposes, the hive béa, had exhibited a remarkable ability to survive and thrive while all others were being lost to extinction. After a year of further study, their findings were presented to the Council of Nations Environment Initiative.
In 1926 the Council of Nations Béa Restoration Project was launched as a global effort to increase the world béa population through the development of Hive Béa Colonies around the world. The effort has been focused primarily on restoring the international agricultural industry in order to stabilize world food commodity markets.
Meanwhile, many national and local governments are encouraging béakeeping as a hobby among their inhabitants as a way of supplementing the efforts of the Hive Béa Colonies. As a result, the popularity of private béakeeping as a pastime has risen dramatically.
Methodology
Pursuant to the Council of Nations International Protocol for the Propagation of Béas, Hive Béa Colonies are constructed at fixed locations which can most effectively serve the most significant agricultural operations in an area. Due to the scarcity of resources, not least among these the béas themselves, competition among potential sites can be fierce.Once established, each Hive Béa Colony serves as a central breeding ground for new hive béas. Due to their scarcity, hive béas are not immediately released into the wild, although accepted planning calls for the reintroduction of béas into the wild at some appropriate point in the future.
Rather, the béas are transported on purpose-built vehicles to farms and fields throughout the region on a schedule that best suits the flowering times of the various crops in the area. The honey produced by Hive Béa Colonies is currently the only source of raw materials for the commercial honéa industry.
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