HONEY BEES... where are they? they are essential to our food supply... where have they gone? why are they disappearing?

Can't find them either...they are calling it CCD... colony collapse disorder... this phenomenon has swept beekeepers in the U.S. as well as Europe... there has been a 33 percent loss in the past 16 months..how odd... as for us here in the desert... we seem to have our fair share... I saw a news report that it has gotten so bad... some farmers are renting or having the bees shipped to them for their crops... but then ... there's no guarantee that they will stick around...what do you suppose could be happening...? Asked by CALIDEE_MOO! 42 months ago Similar questions: HONEY BEES essential food supply disappearing Science.

Similar questions: HONEY BEES essential food supply disappearing.

Nobody is 100% sure what is causing a decrease in the bee population. The current decrease could be perfectly natural, since it has happened before in history. If it is not natural, there have been many causes postulated, with some evidence to back them up, but no confirmation that any one or combination are to complete cause.

Some of the proposed causes are: diseases/viruses, global warming, electromagnetic radiation from cellphones, drought, pesticides, pollen from genetically modified crops, and other. This is important since bees are used to polinate a large percentage of crops grown in the US and elsewhere. You can read more at the link below.

I hope this helps. Sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_Collapse_Di... .

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2 I read an article about this quite a while ago. I don't remember all of it, but the article talked about how hives of honeybees are trucked from one part of the country to another, over and over again, to pollinate crops. The stress of the travel and relocation was cited as one possible reason for CCD.

Also, there's a mite that parasitizes honeybees and has destroyed other hives as well. I'm sorry, I don't remember what magazine the article was in or other details. Next time I'll try to pay more attention!

I read an article about this quite a while ago. I don't remember all of it, but the article talked about how hives of honeybees are trucked from one part of the country to another, over and over again, to pollinate crops. The stress of the travel and relocation was cited as one possible reason for CCD.

Also, there's a mite that parasitizes honeybees and has destroyed other hives as well. I'm sorry, I don't remember what magazine the article was in or other details. Next time I'll try to pay more attention!

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Haven't seen you around. I'm glad to see you back.

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