Erika Thompson, a Texas Beekeeper is on a mission to save the bees. Erika lives in Austin, Texas. She founded and owns a company named Texas Beeworks.
A significant part of Erika's company includes removing unwanted colonies off of people's property, among other things. The process of removing colonies can take anywhere from 45 minutes to 4 hours. Because she has been doing this so long she is able to 'read the bees' and be able to tell whether she will need her Beekeeping suit. Erika began posting colonie removal video's on TikTok. As of right now Erika has 3.8M followers and 50.9M Likes.
Erika didn't join TikTok for the fame, or to make money off of what she does post to TikTok. Her aim is to educate people about bee's and how important they are to everyone's survival.
Erika's misson statement for her company is Hives before Honey and to help maintain a healthy honeybee population. When you take honeycomb and honey out of a colonie, you put the hive in jepardary if you're not careful. The honey feeds the colonie, and the comb is their home.
You may wonder why honeybees are so important anyway. Well, honeybees are the most important pollinator in food crops. It has been estimated that 1/3 of the food we consume each day relies on honeybee polination. We also know that honeybees are responsible for 30 Billion dollars a year in crops. Without bees we would loose all plants that they pollinate, which in turn leaves the animals with very little to eat and so on. Without bee's we would struggle to feed the 7.6 Billon people that reside on this planet.
So next time you see a honeybee instead of swatting or running away from it, maybe consider saying thank you and tell the bees to keep up the good work!
1. What do you think of Erika's company? Do you believe that her business is helping maintain our healthy bee population?
2. In your perspective what do you think would happen if bee's were extinct?
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Good story and summary! I saw this video and couldn't believe that she didn't have any pretective gear on! You didn't comment to any student replies which is worth 30 points.
It is very good that she is using her platform to promote her company and the dire need to save and protect bees. Bees, as you said, are very important for humanity, and most people don't tend to realize this. If she and her company are able to protect them, that will be very good for both the bees and people.
Our bees are dying, and light shed on things like this is absolutely a great thing. I'm glad that there are people out there using their resources and helping the bees because without them we wouldn't be able to survive at all.
If all bees went extinct, there would be a shortage of all the Fruits and vegetables like no other. Bees are one of the best pollinators out in the world. The company and her tik tok are one of the best ways to spread the message. Our family owns bees so we know just how important they are.
I think it is a great company idea. I do believe that it is helping the bee population because if she wasn't removing the bees someone else would come in and kill them off so yes I do think that it is helping. if all bees went extinct the world would never be the same.
I think that it is a very good idea that she started the company and that she is helping the bees out. I do believe that her buisness is helping maintain our bees healthy and good. I think that lots of foods ecpesially honey would be terrible for many companys because thats all they produce.