Are Honey Bees Disappearing?
Honey bees have been in the news a lot recently. Farmers and beekeepers are alarmed by recent news headlines about Colony Collapse Disorder, and you should be, too.
Colony Collapse Disorder is the mysterious disappearance of entire honey bee colonies. The unexplained phenomenon was first noticed by commercial beekeepers, who reported their bees had vanished, seemingly overnight. Researchers are now scrambling to find the cause, and farmers are paying high premiums to rent the healthy hives that remain.
If you could no longer find apples, blueberries, almonds, cherries, or cranberries at your local grocery store, would you miss them? Without healthy honey bee colonies to pollinate our crops, we could face higher prices or crop shortages.
It's hard to imagine an insect that has a bigger impact on our lives than the honey bee. Learn more about this important insect by reading my new profile on the Honey Bee, Apis mellifera.
Photo: © Susan Ellis, Bugwood.org
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YOU HAVE TO WONDER …ALL OF THIS STARTED IN CHINA ..THEY ARE DOING THE BEES WORK BY HAND .BECAUSE THEY KILLED THEM ALL ..AND THIS IS ARE BIGGEST IMPORTER ..NOW THAT STUPID ..WE ARE STUPID ..WE DESERVE WHAT WE GET.WHEN THE BEES GO WE GO…..SD
My neighbour has had honey bees nesting in the roof of his shed for years all of a sudden they have disappeared Its not just the bees but other insects have disappeared ,my wife and I saw not one insect at our local canal either on the water or in the air strange not to hear the buzz or see insects busily darting about