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Honeybees Observation Report

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Hope all is well and everything is going great. Last week I noticed your inquiry on the absence in honeybees via email and I want to say I am grateful that you have asked. Let me go ahead and give you a full insight on how bee populations are currently declining. However, before we go ahead and dive into full details, I want to first introduce you to why we humans idolize honeybees so much. Within these details I will examine the biological characteristics of honeybees, their contribution to nature and humanity, the effects in the ecosystem because of colony declination, two assumptions on why this disappearance is happening, and finally, a suggestion on how you can make a difference. At a first glance, bees can be quite intimidating but they are not as creepy as you think. I made this choice until I realized what the honeybees’ soul …show more content…

There are seen to be many theories and guesses on hand on why bees are disappearing. Some of them include, diseases, viruses, radiation from cellular devices, and nutritional or chemical stresses (Ruland, G. 2014). There are also many farmers throughout the world that use different types of pesticides known as neonicotinoids on plants and flowers, which can also be an indication on why bees don’t make it back home to their colonies (Zimmer, C. 2012). The colony collapse disorder (CCD) is known for this abundance in bee colonies. Scientist suggest that honey bees are loaded with parasites. Mites haunt these bees, they tend to live within the insect’s body and feed from it. There are also “Tracheal” mites that are attached to the bee’s breathing apparatus, which unfortunately suck out the “hemolymph” (the main components of the insects blood source) and injects them with bacteria, having a deadly consequence in weakening and killing adult bees (Watanabe, M.

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