whats killing the bees and how will we live without them.?

Answer 1

The varroa mite, also known as the vampire mite, is reported to be the culprit. It has been in the US since 1986, but only recently has the infestation become catastrophic. The bees die when they are away from the hive, so their disappearance is seen as mysterious.
(I still see honeybees in my garden in Ventura, California; they are probably from a wild hive.)
Honeybee hives are trucked from state to state and rented to pollinate crops, so I guess this facilitated the spread of the mites.
Researchers are looking for a treatment or a mite-resistant strain of bees.
Honeybees are not the only pollinators, and not all crops need them. But they do represent a large proportion of the pollinators, and the die-off threatens our fruit supply.
Honeybee die-offs have happened before, but this is the worst on record.
It is likely that some honeybees will develop a resistance to the mite, and the numbers will increase again as these multiply.
If all the honeybees do die out completely, it will be difficult for a while, but nature will fill the vacuum.

Answer 2

Nobody knows yet, and it's very, very scary! What is so weird is that the bees aren't just dying, they're disappearing! The scientists don't have bodies to autopsy and try to figure out what's happened to them! Bees are the ONLY way to pollenate the plants which grow into our food supply, and when the bees go, we are totally screwed. There's one theory I've heard that has to do with cell phone transmissions - I'm not sure of the details, but there's something going on and I hope for the sake of all of us, they figure it out soon!

Answer 3

Too bad the A's couldn't have gone first.

Alphabetical order thing.

Answer 4

don't worry son, where I live there are plenty of bees.