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The honey bee hasn't had a great time these last few years.
In 2006 some thing new was happening to honey bee hives in America. It Was discovered by a commerical pollinator, one who trucks loads of bees across America pollinating crops like citrus, Almonds , blue berries and apples along with many other crops where the land owner doesn't have honey bees to do the job for him his self. This new thing was named Colony Collapse Disorder , the only thing that was found to be common in this disapperance at first was it was solely the commerical beekeepers who seemed to be effected. Whole colonys will dissappear only leaving the queen a some young workers in the hive.
There were many a thought given to the dissaperance's
Since that first report of CCD millions have been spent on trying to find the answers. Most of the millions are coming from donations from beekeepers in nickles and dimes some times. Some from bussiness who benifit from what the honey bee does for crops. Even Ice Cream making companies are donateing and setting up a percent of sales from some flavores.
They have found an proven some of the findings.
1. Malnutrition
Wild honeybees that remain in nature forage on the diversity of flowers in their habitat, enjoying a variety of pollen and nectar sources.
Honeybees used commercially limit their foraging to specific crops, such as almonds, blueberries, or cherries. Colonies kept by hobbyist beekeepers may fare no better, as suburban and urban neighborhoods offer limited plant diversity. Honeybees fed on single crops, or limited varieties of plants, may suffer nutritional deficiencies that stress their immune systems.
2. Pesticides
Any disappearance of an insect species would implicate pesticide use as a potential cause, and CCD is no exception. Beekeepers are particularly concerned about a possible connection between Colony Collapse Disorder and neonicotinoids, or nicotine-based pesticides. One such pesticide, imidacloprid, is known to affect insects in ways similar to the symptoms of CCD.
3. Genetically Modified Crops
Another suspect in the case is the pollen of genetically modified crops, specifically corn altered to produce Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) toxin. Most researchers agree that exposure to Bt pollen alone is not a likely cause of Colony Collapse Disorder. Not all hives foraging on Bt pollen succumbed to CCD, and some CCD-impacted colonies never foraged near genetically modified crops. However, a possible link may exist between Bt and disappearing colonies when those bees had compromised health for other reasons. German researchers note a possible correlation between exposure to Bt pollen and compromised immunity to the fungus Nosema
Al
In 2006 some thing new was happening to honey bee hives in America. It Was discovered by a commerical pollinator, one who trucks loads of bees across America pollinating crops like citrus, Almonds , blue berries and apples along with many other crops where the land owner doesn't have honey bees to do the job for him his self. This new thing was named Colony Collapse Disorder , the only thing that was found to be common in this disapperance at first was it was solely the commerical beekeepers who seemed to be effected. Whole colonys will dissappear only leaving the queen a some young workers in the hive.
There were many a thought given to the dissaperance's
Since that first report of CCD millions have been spent on trying to find the answers. Most of the millions are coming from donations from beekeepers in nickles and dimes some times. Some from bussiness who benifit from what the honey bee does for crops. Even Ice Cream making companies are donateing and setting up a percent of sales from some flavores.
They have found an proven some of the findings.
1. Malnutrition
Wild honeybees that remain in nature forage on the diversity of flowers in their habitat, enjoying a variety of pollen and nectar sources.
Honeybees used commercially limit their foraging to specific crops, such as almonds, blueberries, or cherries. Colonies kept by hobbyist beekeepers may fare no better, as suburban and urban neighborhoods offer limited plant diversity. Honeybees fed on single crops, or limited varieties of plants, may suffer nutritional deficiencies that stress their immune systems.
2. Pesticides
Any disappearance of an insect species would implicate pesticide use as a potential cause, and CCD is no exception. Beekeepers are particularly concerned about a possible connection between Colony Collapse Disorder and neonicotinoids, or nicotine-based pesticides. One such pesticide, imidacloprid, is known to affect insects in ways similar to the symptoms of CCD.
3. Genetically Modified Crops
Another suspect in the case is the pollen of genetically modified crops, specifically corn altered to produce Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) toxin. Most researchers agree that exposure to Bt pollen alone is not a likely cause of Colony Collapse Disorder. Not all hives foraging on Bt pollen succumbed to CCD, and some CCD-impacted colonies never foraged near genetically modified crops. However, a possible link may exist between Bt and disappearing colonies when those bees had compromised health for other reasons. German researchers note a possible correlation between exposure to Bt pollen and compromised immunity to the fungus Nosema
Al
