Honey bee

2017 Honey Bee Domestication and its Correlation with Colony Collapse Disorder ABSTRACT: Honey bee populations have dramatically declined in the last decade. The honey bee, Apis Mellifera L. is an important food source, and an important pollinator for industrial crops and local gardens. The decline, referred to as Colony Collapse Disorder, CCD, has decimated both domesticated managed honey bee populations and wild (feral) populations. Many potential explanations for CCD have been proposed. Experimental

A Bee-line Towards Extinction 　　　The worker bee, the most common type of honey bee and the one most people encounter, is an insect who surprisingly keeps the world afloat. Bees provide food, renewable resources, and pollination for the ecosystem for over a hundred million years. However, these hard workers are disappearing for reasons outside of standard instances. Scientists call this predicament Colony Collapse Disorder, or CCD for short, and it is affecting all life on Earth. 　　For example, since

specifically the western honey bee. Advocates for saving the bees spread information on social media. These posts can show how to start a bee garden and list off the plants that would become “extinct” without honey bees and claim that without honey bees agriculture in the United States would cease to exist. Others have bees that say “If we die, you die with us,” and state that the ecosystem would fail without the honey bee. But are either of these claims true? Western honey bees are one of the many

berries, fruits and vegetables (and even many of our oils). The honey bee population is decreasing and the effects are changing the world as we know it and one part that is being majorly effect is agriculture. Honey bee populations have been declining all over the world. Without honey bees the world as we know it would be totally changed. Many factors are causing this decline around the world. In order to fully grasp the honey bee decline is must be understood when this problem started and where

domestic honey bee population has declined by roughly 50 percent, and researchers have been grappled with the understanding what is exactly is causing the decline in the bee population. The main reasons for global bee decline are linked to industrial agriculture, parasites, pathogens and climate change. Scientists now believe at least some of these pesticides play a major role in Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), the ongoing demise of honeybee colonies. There used to be “6 million honey bee colonies

“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!”)

The honey bee (Apis mellifera) has long been valued for its production of honey, and its pollination abilities. This long-standing relationship between man and honey bee can be dated back 10,000 years where in Valencia, Spain, a cave painting shows a man climbing a cliff to collect honey from a wild swarm of bees [Benjamin. A, 2009]. However, the honey bee also plays a crucial part in the ecosystem [Potts. S.G, 2010a]. Apis mellifera is used globally to enhance agricultural production, with an increase

“Honey Bees were Charley’s favorite thing about summertime. He’d sit outside and watch them, transfixed by their yellow bodies. Once I asked why he loved them so much; it was because they could fly and have all the honey they wanted. He always did have a sweet tooth. In the evening, he would run around the yard, flapping his arms like wings and buzzing. “Imma bee, mama. Look, look...imma bee,” he’d yell, laughter coating every word. One afternoon, he reached for one. Just held out his hand and grabbed

so important that it leads to a 90% dependence upon crops to thrive and grow; without the bee population there will be there would be no yields, no harvest, and the production will be of very poor quality. This will affect the Ben & Jerry’s business immensely for you guys are known for your delectable flavours of peaches and strawberry and silked milk deliciousness, however without the population of honey bee these fruit will lack in abduncacy and the animal that harvest the

Honey Bees Rapidly Evolve to Overcome New Disease, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, ScienceDaily.com, August 19, 2015 Summary: The honeybee population has been dwindling for half a century due to the Varroa destructor mite. Scientists have recently found a species of bee in Ithaca, New York, which are not affected by the Varroa destructor mite due to years of genetic adaptation and evolution. Using various museum samples of honeybees, the scientists found that the bees that had developed