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| The Disappearance of Honey Bees - How You can Help Save Them? |
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The Disappearance of Honey Bees - How You can Help Save Them?
Honey Bee Colony in the Wild - Photo by Sharon copyright 2010 You could be forgiven for thinking there is no shortage of honey bees. A hot summer’s day and they seem to be flying literally everywhere. But there is the smell of trouble in the air, a disease known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is laying claim to our North American honey bees.
“Albert Einstein once said “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.”
(Source: The Natural News )
About Honey Bees
Honey Bee - copyright 2010 by photographer Daniel Sharp Honey bees live in a hive community which can contain between 20,000 and 100,000 bees. The queen bee produces
all the babies. The wonderful thing about bees is that they communicate through dance, navigate using the sun and pollinate our food crops. Interestingly enough, bees are the only insect that provides a food eaten by people. “Bee pollination is responsible for $15 billion in added crop value,” states the U.S. Department of Agriculture, “about one mouthful in three in the diet directly or indirectly benefits from honey bee pollination.”
The Disappearing Honey Bees: Beekeepers on What's Happening
“CCD seems to be the most serious, die-off of honey bee colonies, it is characterized by sudden colony death with a lack of adult bees.”(Source: American Beekeeping Foundation )
Concerns over the decline of honey bees started in the early 1980s. “CCD seems to be the most serious, die-off of honey bee colonies,” the American Beekeeping Federation (ABK) explains,
“it is characterized by sudden colony death with a lack of adult bees.” The introduction of widespread chemical use, as well as new nasty pests and pathogens, has impacted on the loss of habitat for bee colonies. The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) report that “CCD has resulted in losses of 50 to 90% of managed colonies in U.S. beekeeping operations during the past several years”.- Ads by SeaGreenNews.com -
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all the babies. The wonderful thing about bees is that they communicate through dance, navigate using the sun and pollinate our food crops. Interestingly enough, bees are the only insect that provides a food eaten by people. “Bee pollination is responsible for $15 billion in added crop value,” states the U.S. Department of Agriculture, “about one mouthful in three in the diet directly or indirectly benefits from honey bee pollination.”
“it is characterized by sudden colony death with a lack of adult bees.” The introduction of widespread chemical use, as well as new nasty pests and pathogens, has impacted on the loss of habitat for bee colonies. The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) report that “CCD has resulted in losses of 50 to 90% of managed colonies in U.S. beekeeping operations during the past several years”.


habitat for honey bees in your garden.



















