Bees: The Issue Of The Declining Bee Population

If you didn’t know, honeybees are dying rapidly, and it is more serious than you might think. The decline of the honeybee is fairly complicated, as we cannot simply target one cause for the honeybee’s decreasing numbers. The combination of factors includes parasitic mites, Colony Collapse Disorder, harmful pesticides, poor nutrition, and habitat loss, all of which have contributed to the loss of droves of honeybees. This issue much more important than what the attention it is getting implies, as honeybees are an essential part to the agricultural society, and the human race in general. Not only are bees responsible for making honey, but also for pollinating a large portion of crops grown around the world. If we did allow honeybees to disappear,

Greenpeace is an organization that investigates and exposes environmental abuse. In their article “Save the Bees” they say that one in three bites of food you eat is effected by bees. Seems as we aren’t giving this problem enough attention as you can see it needs. As referenced in the previous Discover Article one of the main reasons the bees are dying is the

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.

The honey bee population is going down, and while most people think it doesn't really matter or just don’t notice it, they should because it is a very big problem. I think the other people should try and change that. If bees die then it will not be good, at all. In this persuasive piece of writing, I will be trying to make people rethink about the bee population, and what it could potentially do to the human race.

Before we started researching this project we didn’t know how important bees are to our environment. In general, we can help solve this problem in our environment by limiting the use of pesticides. Creating regulations and laws limiting and controlling the use of neonicotinoid and coumaphos pesticides would greatly help the bees population. We can also reward farmers for practices that help wild bee populations thrive, such as leaving habitat for bees in their surrounding fields, alternating crops so bees have food all year long, and not using harmful

One day, Lily and her younger sister Milly went to the carnival and on the way they passed by the zoo. This reminded Lily about how much Milly loved penguins.

Bee decline is an increasing issue in the United states of America. An article written by the University of Vermont reveals a map of over 139 troubled zones for the population of bees and why they might be endangered. The University of Vermont is a well-respected establishment when it comes to research and Agriculture.

The economic worth of global food production supported by animal pollination is at a whopping $265 billion dollars. Bee’s themselves are responsible for the harvest of crops such as nuts, melons and berries, and plays varying roles in the production of citrus fruits, apples, onions, broccoli, cabbage, sprouts, courgettes, peppers, aubergines, avocados, cucumbers, coconuts, tomatoes and broad beans, as well as coffee and cocoa. ( Yes, that’s right without bee’s you wouldn’t be able to relax to/enjoy the sweet taste of, of a hot cup of chocolate after a long winter day). but with bee’s in consistent decline what does this mean for a growing population. Fewer bee’s would mean most likely result in higher prices for fruits, and vegetables. Less food available for mass consumption. So what can we do? In order to reverse the damage done to our bee populations, it is important that we now as a community make steps to encourage ecologically safe farming practices. That means start grocery shopping regionally, and locally and when the holiday/winter season is over and spring rolls around reduce the everyday use of pesticides, and other stuff while

Honeybees, of course, pollinate about a third of all the food consumed by first-world nations. Without them, the global food supply crashes and food prices skyrocket. There are many reasons given to the decline in Bees, but one argument that matters most is the use of Genetically Modified Organism, (GMO) and Terminator seeds that are presently being endorsed by governments and forcefully utilized as our primary agricultural needs of survival. I will argue what is publicized and covered by the media is in actuality, hiding the real problems of Terminator seeds and Genetically Modified Organisms. This awareness came as the seriousness of the problem worsened. With that said, is it too late for us to be able to fix the problem?

Invasive species have a variety of impacts, many of which are unpredictable. The Africanized honey bee (also known as the “killer bee” in the media community or apis mellifera scutellata among scientists) provides an excellent case study of how even an intentionally introduced invasive species can become uncontrollable and problematic.

Bees have been around for about 100 million years, they have survived the dinosaurs and many other things so why are they dying right now? Albert Einstein once said “If the bee disappeared off the face of the Earth, man would only have four years left to live.” Now bees are doing what is called Colony Collapse disorder. This means that bees are disappearing more and more and it has been spreading across the US and Canada. But why?

Albert Einstein once 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” (“Einstein Once Said…”). After careful thought on this matter, this can be a scary concept to process. Millions of years have passed with the honey bee gracing the earth, and in fact, the honeybee is the only insect that aids in the production of food that is consumed by the human race (“20 Amazing Honey Bee Facts!”). Imagine going to a grocery store and there being no almonds to buy, a scarce supply of apples to choose from, and a very limited

Problem: Decreasing Bee population caused by Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) During the 1980s onwards, the population of the bees had decreased at an alarming rate. The cause of the decline was “due to Varroa and tracheal mites: The first Varroa mite infestation was reported in 1987; tracheal mites were first detected in 1984.” [8] These die-offs forced many bee-keepers out of employment. These die-offs during the past were called by various names: “spring dwindle disease, fall dwindle disease, autumn collapse, May disease and disappearing disease.”[3]

Many consequences of climate change affects the population of pollinators, including increase in average temperatures, change in the schema of atmospheric precipitation and appearing as a result of climate change unpredictable and violent weather events (Greenpeace International, 2015). These changes will affect particular individuals, and ultimately the entire community, which ultimately may result in increased rate of mortality of each species of pollinating insects (UNEP, 2010).

Biologists and conservationists pondered why the bees that arrived in central China every spring suddenly stopped showing up because the apple farmers needed bees, which devised the inquiry of the demand for bees. Due to the fact that bees pollinate on flowers, the production of apples is enhanced. So, the disappearance of bees caused the apple farmers to pollinate manually without the help of bees. Manual pollination is not as natural and sufficient as the habitual act of bees, and the apple farmers were conscious of that. Ecosystem services correlate to this because the essential services are the pollination from bees that makes economic activities such as the production of apples possible for farmers. Apple production is meant for survival and the quality of life, which translates to an ecocentric and romantic view of nature. Additionally, the interaction of supply and demand in the marketplace relates to reduced apple production due to missing bees because it will