Reblog:Bee Essay

Queen Of the Sun

 

Colony Collapse disorder is the disappearance of the honey bees. The honey bees are dying, because there is not enough food (honey) for the bees. People don't realize that the pesticides such as acetamiprid, clothianidin and imidacloprid, some of the most widely-used pesticides in the world, has roughly tracked rising bee deaths, and those who do notice don't do a thing. Its time they take action, or else we will have no more bees, and what we get from them. 

We don't do anything about this because we think it wont effect us, but it does. People wont do anything about it until bees are actually decreasing, then that is when people will try to do something from stopping Colony Collapse disorder, but it'll already be to late. Farmers, bee keepers, and company workers are noticing how pesticides effect the bees, and plants, such as flowers. And are noticing why we need bees. Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is a serious problem threatening the health of honey bees and the economic stability of commercial beekeeping and pollination operations in the United States. Despite a number of claims in the general and scientific media, a cause or causes of CCD have not been identified by researchers. The main symptom of CCD is very low or no adult honey bees present in the hive but with a live queen and no dead honey bee bodies present. Often there is still honey in the hive, and immature bees are present. Another harmful issue is Varroa mites ,or mites, a virus-transmitting parasite of honey bees, have frequently been found in hives hit by CCD.

Why should we care about bees you may ask? Bees are  more useful then  you think. They provide foods that we have today. Bees help the flowers, without bees all our flowers will die. Our plants will die, animals, like birds, that feed of plants will die. If they cant complete their jobs our whole ecosystem will fail. Bees are flower feeding insects. Bees need nectar from flowers to survive. We need bees to pollinate flowers for food production. Americans consume 1.5 pounds of honey per person. Bee pollination is responsible for more than $15 billion in increased crop value each year. About one mouthful in three in our diet directly or indirectly benefits from honey bee pollination. Commercial production of many specialty crops like almonds and other tree nuts, berries, fruits and vegetables are dependent on pollinated by honey bees. These are the foods that give our diet diversity, flavor, and nutrition. We look at bees like harmful stingers, and nasty bugs that fly around. We don't look at them as helpers. When really they are. Don't you think its time we help them.