Environmental Pollution In Honeybees

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.

While society has impacted this alteration, climate change has also made a significant imprint. This study “assesses the extinction risks to species within an important genus of pollinating bees by estimating the expected changes in the area and isolation of suitable habitat under predicted climatic condition for 2050.” (Roberts, S. P., Potts, S. G., Biesmeijer, K., Kuhlmann, M., Kunin, B., & Ohlemüller, R., 2011) Climate change has caused bees to migrate from their native environments. The loss of these bees have begun to effect various types of plants, some of which are beginning to perish. Therefore scientist are in pursuit of a suitable habitat. One in which expresses the origin of edible plants, as well as climatic suitability. (Roberts, S. P., Potts, S. G., Biesmeijer, K., Kuhlmann, M., Kunin, B., & Ohlemüller, R.,

The oldest known bee fossil is estimated to be over 135 million years old (The Xerces Society). Knowing this, one would certainly realize the importance of the relationship between plants and bees, as they have depended on each other for survival for such an immense period of time. The colossal variety of plant species are around today on behalf of the pollinators that evolved with them. However, this knowledge has not quite convinced society of the dangers the decline in bee populations pose to life as one knows it, as the loss of plants causes a dangerous chain reaction. At the curtains of every winter, a dwindling number of bees are making their debut in the thriving spring. The decrease can be seen in how United States beekeepers have lost 40 percent of their colonies since 2006 (Johnston,

A further study by Rader. et al. (2013) of pollination and its effects on watermelon crops, further supports the findings of Klatt et al. (2014). They used various climate change scenarios to predict how pollination services would be affected and using the most extreme IPCC scenario the results showed that pollination services by managed honey bees an expected decline of 14.5% would occur although pollination services by mostly native wild taxa would according to their predictions increase by 4.5% by 2099.

Bees are important pollinators of many plants in the ecosystem (2). Recently, the decline in the number of bees in North America and Europe has shifted the research focus of many ecologists towards pesticide use (2). The impacts of pesticides on bees and other pollinators can have a major influence on honey production and biodiversity.

The bees are dying because of humans. Global warming, habitat destruction, pesticides, and air pollution are just some of the ways that humans are actively destroying the global bee population. The insecticide neonicotinoids are the most widely used, and also one of the most hurtful. Neonicotinoids can affect the bees’ ability to navigate back to their hive, and also can lead to a decline in queen bees. The insecticides weaken the bees’ immune system which allows them to be much more susceptible to getting sick, and dying. However, honey colony collapse Disorder is not exclusively caused by neonicotinoids, viral pathogens and parasite mites are also fatal to the bee population. “Wild bee habitat shrinks every year as industrial agribusiness

In centuries, the honey bee has a very important role in our agriculture. According to Watanabe, Honey bee approximately benefits $10 billion of crops, including almonds, apples, and alfalfa every year in the United State (Pollination Worries rise As Honey Bees Decline, 1170). In addition, The National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) had estimated 2660 million honey producing colonies in 2015 (2017). Based on honey bees’ behavior, they can expand nearly all habitable corners of the globe which made them highly adaptable species (Dennis, 80). With adaptable capability and high productivity, our beekeepers can able to maintain their life

Since the mid 2000s, bees have mysteriously vanished and have not been returning to their honeybee hives and as years go by much of society has become unconscious to the situations occurring in our environment. Although, bees are small in size, they are big providers for sustaining our food system. The honeybee pollination is the key role in the development of food we humans grow and the overall relationship of bees is what helps us receive that food. Bees are clear indicators of showing how our environment is producing and by their extinction will

Bees are some of the most hardworking insects on the planet, but unfortunately, their diligence is often overlooked, leaving these creatures extremely underappreciated. Not only are bees the sole producers of honey, they also responsible for pollinating around one-sixth of the flowering plant species worldwide and approximately 400 different types of plants. Without the pollination of bees, a large portion of the world’s food supply would vanish; different studies have shown that between 50-80% of the world’s food supply being directly or indirectly affected by the honey bee population. From the pollination of apples, or of the seeds used to produce grain for livestock, the food chain is strongly linked to honey bees. Furthermore, bees also provide us with beeswax, propolis, pollen, royal jelly, apitherapy, and an income for bee keepers; they certainly have a lot to offer. This paper will discuss the mysterious decline of the bees over the past few decades and why they are disappearing.

As the Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck 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.’’ The abovementioned quote that was used by the famous astrophysicist Albert Einstein many years later proves that the importance of honeybees in our ecosystems is a known fact since the beginning of the 20th Century. It has been 15 years that the worldwide bee population’s decline, the colony collapse disorder (CCD), is at an alarming rate, which concerns the whole scientific domain. Many companies, environmentalist groups and

Bees are some of the most feared insects on the planet but aside from their sting they are quite a complex and beneficial creature. There are over 20,000 species of bees on the planet (Spivak,2013). They are often associated with honey however, they play a far more important role, they pollinate. Bees are responsible for about 80 percent of pollination worldwide and a single colony is able to pollinate upwards of 300 million flowers each day (Greenpeace.org). Although there are ways for human pollination it is often a painstaking and time-consuming process. Studies have also shown that human pollination is not as effective (Spivak, 2013)). With 90 percent of the worlds nutrition dependent upon bees we need to support the bees with pollination (Greenpeace.org). If we want to continue enjoying the many foods bees provide for us we

Honeybees are considered a keystone species because of the extremely important role they play in supporting and pollinating a large variety of ecosystems. Human beings are also reliant on the services that honeybees provide, and often use them in commercial greenhouses and orchards to ensure proper pollination. Although much research has been done to try and discover the cause of the dying bees, no single factor has been determined. However, if the problem remains unsolved, it could lead to disastrous economic an ecological changes.

The honeybees performed well in North America, but not so well in South America because of the heat and the predators. Therefore, in 1956 Africanized “honeybees” were imported to Brazil to create a gentle bee that would be better adapted to living in the tropics. But with the best made plans of mice and men, some of the African bees escaped into the wilds where they have thrived and have begun to journey

The honeybee as a pollinator has a huge influence to not only the agriculture, but the agriculture around the world as well. These bees play a huge role in food production, although the decline in pollination will take a huge toll on not only food production, however the human race as well. The believed cause of this decrease is believed to be from the insecticides farmers use on their plants and a deadly parasite that kills bees in their own hive.

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