Will the dying of bees affect our lives?

Question

The reason for the current "Colony Collapse Disorder" (CCD) of bees seems to be totally unknown, the scientists are still trying to find out what happens. They say, about one third of the bees simply disappeared.

How do you think this will affect our lives?

Answer 1

The disappearance of the "B's" will undoubtedly have serious consequences for humanity. It is predicted that a progression of letters will subsequently disappear at an alarming rate. Using a non-linear computer algorithm, I predict that "C's" "D's" "E's" and "F's" will disappear in short order. My IBM supercomputer predicts that by the year 2009, only "A's" and "Z's" will remain. We will then switch to a hieroglyphic system of writing. Sadly, all of our computers will need reprogramming. The situation is as drastic as what occurred at the end of the last millennium. As you will recall, computers were not programmed for the change from 1999 to 2000. All energy grids collapsed, refrigerators ceased to operate, we were attacked by our own computers and nuclear bombs were unleashed worldwide. With the loss of our alphabet (except for "A" and "Z"), we face similarly dire consequences. Even worse, the loss of functionality of spell checking programs will seal our doom. Brave new world indeed, my friends.

Answer 2

Yes, of course, the food industry will be tracking this very closely, along with the USDA, FDA, and a lot of other alphabet only Gov't regulatory agencies, in addition to the CDC is necessary. As with most fruit and vegatable producing nations, direct polllenation affects about 80 % of our production. We will be able to call on Chilie, Argentina, Mexico, San Juan, and many other Producing Nations to pick up any loss of production here in the US.

These kinds of Things (CCD), are not unknown, either here in the US or abroad - they do occur. Sometime the reason for the kill off is found, sometimes it is not. In most cases there is only speculation.. Some blame a genetic defect carried by a new queen, others swear that it's from a DDT dump somewhere near by that was over looked, still others blame a mutant bee invasion caused the kill. And other' s are satisfied to believe that it's basically a 24 hour virus that kill's with impunity, and then the virus dies as well leaving no trace of itself. As our medical knowledge increases, one day we will know what the cause is, and how to stop these blights. So next time you think about swatting a bee - please don't - just gently "shooo" him away in the directiono some blooms.

THanks - we're all in this together.

Answer 3

Most definitely! If the bees don't pollinate the flowers, we will have less fruit. Not only have the bees been disappearing, but so have many other insects. Without food, their are much less swallows in Northern California, where I live, which we usually have this time of year as they come to nest and lay their eggs. I have heard some reports that it possibly could be from the pesticides for the vineyards, which are plentiful in Sonoma and Napa Counties. As for bees in other parts of the world. I do not if similar things are happening in the rest of the world or not. It is well known that birds and animals can predict the changes in the weather, maybe they sense something that we haven't. I'd be interested to hear more comments about this.

Answer 4

News media attempt to scare you so you will watch. What they don't tell you is that this isn't the first time this has happened. Did anyone starve in the 70's or 80's or 90's when bee die offs occurred? Don't let poor news reporting scare you. Bees have a poor immune system. They are susceptible to disease and parasites. Colonies will recover and life will go on.

Answer 5

Every natural thing that exists is like a blade of a spinning fan. each blade not only provides air current, but it also helps balance the rest of the spinning blades. If you were to remove one blade, and run the fan. The whole unit will wobble and fall and possibly break. and if you remove another blade then the fan becomes more unstable. And if you continue to remove blades the problem will worsen until you remove the last blade. Then the fan is no longer useful.

Answer 6

very definitely yes! bees are one of the major pollinators for human crops such as wheat and corn. take away the pollinators, the crop yield will collapse.
p.s.
scientists have noticed that bees move away from areas where there is lots of cell phone/ hi frequency radio activity and if they can't move, they die

Answer 7

the pollination of most foods produced in this country is the results of the work of bees.

Answer 8

80% of the food grown and consumed in the US are from Bee Polinated crops!

Answer 9

Queen Bee my first choice would be....the virgin Mary Queen Bee my second choice would be...August

Answer 10

1 out of every 3 foods we eat are polinated. i heard tonight on coast to coast am, talk radio that the infected bees are dieing out, we will be ok.they won't all die off. but who knows