Bees
It is important to realize many causes would be worldwide without bees. Many think bees are
scary, but they help us in ways we could never imagine. Unfortunately, many do not worry about
the disappearance of the bees. Additionally, there are unlucky environmental factors that lead to
their decline. Specifically, the drastic decrease and negative factors on bees are majorly supreme.
Equally important, the bee population is reducing daily, and it is concerning. Things that people
use and what is in the environment are what causes the bees to die, such as the varroa, a specific
type of mite. With this in mind, “they attach to a honeybee’s body and suck it’s blood, which
kills many bees and spreads disease to others” (Source 2). Not only is the varroa creating these
unfortunate events for the bees, but it also escalates to other bee colonies, causing them to be
exterminated. To point out, the damage that the varroa has produced shortens a bee’s life,
including the fact that the food system is shattered. In short, this means that the food they have
received before was 100% bee diet, and the food standards are now lower than the original
healthier diet. In other words, “climate change is shifting the seasonal patterns for many
bumblebees’…” (Source 1). Given these points, European bees often lived in the wild, and when
they were transferred to North America, they were raised in manufactured colonies. Here and
there, this later leads them to a higher habitat loss. In addition, since the weather is unusual for
some of the specific types of plants that the bees like, it also includes their favorite wildflowers.
Not only is the bee population decreasing, but it later leads to their decline.
As noted, some factors are lamentable, slowly leading to their decline. Not only does it have to
do with the environment, but it also has to do with the daily things that people use. To say
nothing of, “… the amount these chemicals contribute to bee deaths colony collapse disorder is
still debated” (source 2). Of course, to be more precise, one of these chemicals is called
neonicotinoids, and research says that they are dangerous to bees and other insects. Moreover, all
the stress the bees have on them makes their lives even harder, and the viruses take away days
from their lives. However, humanity is using concrete to cover up land, where beekeepers say
nothing will ever thrive there again, not even flowers, which bees need. On the other hand,
“beekeepers have expensive controls for mites…and when appropriately applied, those can curb
the worst of these problems…” (Source 3). For example, beekeepers have compounds to keep
the varroa from destroying the colony, which is a bug-killing bug. Not to mention, the parasites
and pesticides harm the bees, and unfortunately, they fall under the category of neonicotinoid.
Along the lines, in all Mattila’s [honeybee biologist]18 years of working, queen bee deaths are as
common now as before, especially if they die after half a summer. Although the factors are
terrible, there is more included, but they have a solution.
To begin with, in 2013, the data revealed that a standard beekeeper had lost about 45% of the
colony during the winter. Also, it started with the bee population spanning over 28 states, and
time flew, and now bees are in small areas up in the upper Northeast and Midwest. In fact, 71 out
of 100 food crops count on pollination, according to the United Nations. In short, the harsh
decline’s factors and the descending of the bees causes an unacceptable racket. Correspondingly,
one of the ways that has helped so far is planting flowers wherever people can. To include, many
have experimented and researched, that avoiding chemical treatments also does the bees a favor
by keeping them healthier. Did you know that about 35% of crops rely upon bees to reproduce
and survive?