What hppened to all the honey bees?

Question

I haven't seen any honey bees around my fruit trees this year. They are needed to polinate the trees.

Answer 1

Many theories: increased pesticide use both in agricultural and urban areas, loss of habitat in urban areas, disease or insect problems in the bees themselves and now most recently, cell phones. The increased electromagnetic emissions may interfere with the bee's navigation so they can not find their way back to the hive and die.

We've had a real bee shortage for a number of years, but the problem has suddenly become severe not only in this country but throughout the world.

You are right to be concerned. Without bees, most of our foods will disappear. Think nearly all, if not all fruits, most vegetables, alfalfa for cows.

Answer 2

There have been many problems with the commercial/domestic honeybee population over the last several years. Farmers and orchard owners are having serious issues and many of the commercial bee keepers are losing hives faster than they can be replenished.

The good news is that there have been recent findings that wild honey bee hives are not being effected by whatever it is that is killing off the commercial hives. These bees are smaller, slightly more aggressive, and do not use the commercially available superstructure in their hives so the individual cells in their honeycomb are smaller.

No one really knows why, with any level of certainty, the bees are dying. IMHO, over domestication could be part of the issue. If you have a large orchard, you might try searching the woods for a wild hive and moving it closer to your trees.

Answer 3

The honey bee extinctions are an excessively truly and critical trouble. There appear to be 2 elements which are at play. One is poisons and different insecticides. As bees acquire pollen from crops they're selecting up poisons and bringing them residence in which it contaminates their meals deliver. The moment and extra pervasive trouble is that the so known as killer bees, which don't produce honey, are infiltrating honey bee colonies, and spoiling the gene pool. Some authorities are pointing to different issues in bee ecosystems, however evidence of those different claims is sparse at first-rate.

Answer 4

Funny you asked that question. there was just an article in the Houston chronicle about some disease that is killing off the bees. I didn't really read it now I wish I would have,. They said something about without the bees there will be no pollination and that could start to kill off some of our flowers. Darn I wish I had paid more attention to that article. I guess I hadn't;t noticed the lack of bee's prior to.

Answer 5

Top answer is right on. Scientists are trying to figure out how to avoid an extreme shortage of food. Our bees are dying world wide.

Answer 6

Also bees on organic farms are OK

I saw a couple today