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Since the late 1990s, beekeepers around the world have observed the mysterious and sudden disappearance of bees, and report unusually high rates of decline in honeybee colonies. Bees do more than just make honey! Bee transfer pollen and seeds from one flower to another, fertilizing the plant so it can grow and produce food. Cross-pollination helps at least 30 percent of the world's crops and 90% affects our food. The sweet fruits humans eat such as, strawberries, mangoes, grapes, apples, and bananas would not be the same taste wise as they are now. We simply couldn’t live in the same world if it weren’t for the bees.

Global Research of CA has found that just within the last five years, “30% of the national bee population has disappeared and nearly a third of all bee colonies in the U.S. have perished.” (Statistic, Global Research Of California)

Bees are the reason we have jelly, fruit, nuts, coffee and so many other vegetation (Lecture 09/27). Without these creatures we would lose so much more of our biodiversity, which is already suffering from other anthropogenic actions. Our society has a habit of finding the most cost efficient methods to produce goods that please the consumers without considering all the consequences of these actions. More importantly, we do not recognize the harm that we have caused until the damage is outrageous and requires a solution. But, this problem cannot follow those footsteps because it is essential for our ecosystem to thrive. These solution would not only save millions of dollars by being proactive, but would allow us to sustain food sources, biodiversity, and the survival of

Where would we be without the honey bee? Around 2006, a decline in the honey bee population was noticed throughout the world. Beekeepers started noticing that many of their honey bee colonies were dying off, weakening, or completely leaving their hives. As the problem became more and more prevalent, it was given the name Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Scientist studying the sudden death and disappearance of the bees found problems that they were not able to explain. The honey bee decline became worldwide news as more and more beekeepers reported unexplained loss of honey bee hives. The common indicators of colony collapse disorder are the rapid loss of adult worker bees from affected colonies as evidenced by weak or dead colonies with

Colony Collapse Disorder happens when the working honey bees disappear and abandon the queen, plenty of foods, and the few nurse honey bee alone to take care of the queen. This can cause many colonies of honey bees could not survive through the winter because lack of healthy honey bees in the hive. This has happened in the past eight years. The huge number of the death of honey bees cause the decreases of the U.S. Agriculture profit since the honey bees are the best pollinators. The cause of the Colony Collapse Disorder probable because of parasites and pathogens, pollution and climate change, and genetically modified foods.

Bees pollinating crops produce every third mouthful of food we eat. Bees contribute to thirty- five Percent of global food production, 87 of the leading 115 food crops are dependent on animal pollinators, including bees. (The United States White House, 2014). Without bees pollinating plants, there would not be very many fruits or vegetables to eat, Bees transfer pollen between the male and female parts, allowing plants to grow seeds and fruit. In the last decade scientist and beekeepers have observed remarkable decline of bees, in the US alone 30% of the national bee population has disappeared and nearly a third of all bee colonies in the U.S. have

According to the article, Honey Bee Heath and Colony Collapse Disorder, honey bees around the U.S are slowly and puzzlingly disappearing. This slow disappearance of the honey bee population is caused by a disorder known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD.) Colony Collapse Disorder causes adult honey bees to completely “vanish” leaving behind only the queen bee along with immature bees. Although this disease is receiving a lot of attention and research on CCD is taking place, the causes and treatments for Colony Collapse Disorder are still undefinable as well. Some may ask, “Who cares? Why is it important that bees are disappearing?” It is important because bees are the foundation to U.S agriculture and they are vital to worldwide economic stability which is why finding the cause and treatment for CCD is a top priority for scientists and researchers around the world.

Many people say that bees are accountable for one of every three bites of food we eat. In addition to plant pollination (crucial to crop growth), bees also provide people with many wax based products as well. Honeybees are singlehandedly one of the most important organisms in our ecosystem, however their efforts are often ignored. The bees are dying, and their mysterious disappearances are raising far less warning signs than needed. Colony collapse disorder has been an enormous concern for quite a while now, and it is only getting worse. Using multiple scholarly sources, the importance of CCD and bees will be brought to light throughout this paper. An introduction to the definition of colony collapse disorder will be looked at as an

From around the year 2006, many bee farmers in the U.S.A and some parts of Europe started reporting sharp declines in their bee stocks. The reason for this declining numbers was not known and therefore scientists named it colony collapse disorder (CCD). Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is a not a very old phenomena and it became popular when large number of bee colonies started disappearing. The disappearing was mysterious since no dead bees were found in or around the beehives after a colony’s number was reported to have gone down or vanished. This prompted a lot of study and investigations to uncover the mystery and to establish possible remedies. Among the many reasons for the causes of the CCD

The article "Disappearing Bees and Reluctant Regulators.", deals with the current struggle of the beekeepers against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) pesticide regulation. The authors believe that the extremely dangerous phenomenon Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is a result of the current EPA regulations. Colony collapse disorder is a recent phenomenon that is for an unknown reason, many the worker bees in a colony disappear from the hive. Therefore, leaving the queen, food supplies, larva, and the hives nurse bees behind to fend for themselves. In the end the bee hives that suffer from colony collapse disorder tend to expire shortly afterwards. This problem of colony collapse disorder has cause problems with the production of many agricultural products however, no staple food source like grain or rice has been effective. It is the agricultural foods that require pollination between flowers, cherries are a perfect example of this. In the end the authors assert that scientists blame the current EPA-approved agricultural insecticides as the major cause of colony collapse disorder. However, cases

Bees are a crucial element in the world’s survival. Bee population has been rapidly declining due to climate change, pathogens and parasites, and urbanization. The world needs bees to pollinate so that food and other important aspects of survival are available. This paper analyzes how different factors are affecting bee population in a negative way, and will list any solutions possible.

Those who hold gardening as a certified profession have been contacted in relation to the decreasing number of bee colonies. It 's good to know about what is going on and I have built up a brief summary of readings and discussions that I have discovered on the subject of bee colonies. Shelley McNeal, who carries expertise within the bee colonies department, quotes 'The fuzzy little honey bees are the buggies ' when talking about these pollinating bugs. They not only enable your flowers and thus your gardens to flourish but they also play an indispensable part in agronomics. But the scary thing is, these bee colonies are now becoming an endangered specie. Nearly a quarter to one half of bee colonies that are in America have gone within the last twenty or so years. Mites were mainly responsible for the initial loss of bee colonies however another destroyer is looming on the horizon: The Colony Collapse Disorder. The reason is still unknown for the set up of this organization however we have had hints that viral infections or bacteria could be a possible cause. A number of individuals have come together to study the Colony Collapse and is made up of businesses from Pennsylvania. They are currently studying hard; delving into research to look for answers to what could be probable issues causing this, experimenting with CCD colonies so that they may find a way to put an end to the cruelty of bee colonies being collapsed, and instead promoted and enable the next generation of

“Pollen requires a lot of energy, and so many flowers attract and also reward bees with nectar, a mixture of water and sugars produced by plants.” ( Native Plants and Ecosystem Services). If bees happened to go extinct would rise the prices of food drastically. There are many other reasons besides farmers using pesticides that have caused the death of bees being; the climate change, practices, lost of habitat, and many different types of disease. 1970 was the year that CCD colony collapse disorder came to mind. That year beekeepers lost more than 80 percent of their bees. The bees vanished they had no idea what happened to the bees and why they left the queen and the babies. The death streak of bees went down until a recent year that was a enormous death of “42 percent of bee colonies collapsed in the United States alone in 2015.” (Climate

Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) cannot be attributed to one cause alone, but rather a combination of environmental factors that weaken the hive’s ability to survive. Between the typical threat of microorganisms, such as diseases and parasites, and the growing effects of industrialized agriculture, climate change, and cell phone use, bees are more susceptible to starvation, and illness.

Honey bees, feared by the misinformed and admired by the intelligent, are dying. The interest in bees from many environmentalists is not for a sudden cause, as this issue is not new to the world. Honey bees as a population have been in decline for years but have yet to reach the endangered species list anywhere in the United States except for Hawaii. Many people kill bees that buzz around joyfully, simply because they are afraid of being stung by them; however, a vast majority of bees do not sting and the others do not care. This unfortunate commonality is not even one of the top causes of the worldwide epidemic of honey bees. Although bees are jokingly idolized on the internet in pictures and videos as a result of a popular children’s movie, their population decline is in fact quite serious. Honey bees and other pollinators like birds and insects ensure the pollination of flowering plants and crops all around the globe. Not only do honey bees pollinate plants that produce the foods that humans eat, but they also pollinate trees that produce clean oxygen for Earth. Without honey bees, the world as we know it could soon end, due to carbon dioxide pollution and lack of farmable foods. The population of honeybees and other important pollinator-bee species is dwindling due to a dilemma known to scientists as colony collapse disorder (CCD) because of the use of bee-killing pesticides, known as neonicotinoids, the decrease of flower meadows in the world, and the general increase