Albert Einstien said,"When the bees die,humans have only 4 years to survive !"
2007-05-18 03:25:11 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Global Warming
i don't think it's global warming doing it. i wonder if it's our G.P.S. network ! it might be messing up their homing abilities. the bees leave the hives and just dont come back !
2007-05-18 03:41:20 · update #1
if bees die out, then food (other than grains) would die out.
there would be no fruit or vegetables. after that, millions of insect species would die out. after that, there would be a global collapse of species simaler to that of a mass extinction.
i believe global warming does have an effect on the bees. i believe it weakens their immune systems and leads to greater suseptability to this killer. (like pine trees and wood beetles in the north west)
2007-05-18 04:20:54 · answer #1 · answered by ranch guy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Turns out the reason why honey bees are dying is not because of cell phone radiation, but caused by a pathogen.
The honey bee population has dropped dramatically within the past few years. So dramatic that nearly 50% of honey bee hives have disappeared. Whole colonies are collapsing at alarming rates all over North America and Europe. After examining some dead bees and deserted colonies, scientists have found a strange pathogen that may be the culprit. They haven't yet figured out exactly what the pathogen does but there's a huge movement to find a cure fast. If honey bees die out, it would mean HUGE ramifications for the environment and economies around the world.
Aww, I feel so bad for them. I didn't know they were so sick. It's like mother nature is playing some mean trick on them. They're also the nicest bees. Of course I would stop doing whatever I have to to save the bee's.
2007-05-18 03:48:38 · answer #2 · answered by Peace 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bees disappearing from their hives has happened quite fast. I am not sure if it is global warming or something else. If I knew that I could stop what I was doing in order to help the bees, I would definitely stop that action and tell everyone I know to stop it.
It seems unlikely to be related to their homing signals, but you never know. Would they take so much time to build a hive if they were always disoriented?
I do not have any idea why the bees are disappearing, but I hope scientists figure it out quickly.
Take care,
Troy
2007-05-18 04:08:35 · answer #3 · answered by tiuliucci 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. Einstein was right in that the pollinators are the foundation for the largest portion of the food chain. GPS? Not likely, more likely something in the soil or rain that is getting passed on to the bees through the nectar they collect and affecting them biologically. Think in terms of estrogen-like compounds and what these are doing to amphibious life. If they have a similar effect on bees, we're doomed.
2007-05-18 05:00:37 · answer #4 · answered by bishopsjewels 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could be all the pesticides and fertilizers we are using. Bees are very susceptible to toxins. Just like pollen they take things with them.
Have you noticed how many people are having their lawn sprayed for weeds, or what they consider to be weeds lately. That stuff is toxic.
Watch the next time you see a truck pull up in your neighborhood to spray a lawn. The people spraying are no more educated about what they are spraying then the people paying them to spray. I watch them time after time spray toxic chemicals and walk right into it as they spray.
And we wonder why the bees are disappearing.
2007-05-18 04:26:50 · answer #5 · answered by JAN 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh I definitely would! Not only would we lose bees and honey, but we would lose the fruits and vegetables that depend on the bees for pollination!
Not to mention, we'd need a new term for the "Birds and the Bees" talk.
2007-05-18 03:33:49 · answer #6 · answered by itsallaboutthehat 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
of course I would stop it, there have be unexplained mass bee deaths before, and those were never explained (maybe a parasite or a disease ) for the satisfaction of all. this is a very serious problem (though I don't believe it would kill us all in 4 years), many plants have other methods of pollination, but it would seriously hurt some aspects of agriculture
2007-05-18 04:00:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The bees provide not only with honey They also do a majority of the of the pollination.
2007-05-18 03:29:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I would! Losing a whole species would reek havoc on the environment, especially one that is so important in the pollenation of plants and whatnot. That is a niche that no other animal has taken quite like the honeybee has. I think everything possible should be done to save the honeybees!
2007-05-18 03:36:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If politicians and eco-band-wagon-jumpers don't very soon bring this plight 'seriously' to the world, we'll most definitely starve to death as a species.
We can't live without food.
The eco-system cannot function without plant life.
Bee's ensure the reproduction of most of our 'important' plant life. Especially the food that provides our essential vitamins.
WE would all do something about it. But it's not politically 'fashionable' at present for any of them to show concern.
Pete.
2007-05-18 05:06:56 · answer #10 · answered by Peter M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋