Honey Bees are becoming extinct~Why?

Question

I would like your thoughts on why this is occurring and what effects it will have on our planet~

Answer 1

There problem called Colony Collapse Disorder and it has already wiped out about half of the bee population in North America. Some other countries are reporting a loss too.

Possible causes include environmental change-related stresses, malnutrition, unknown pathogens, mites, pesticides, disease, or genetically modified crops.

It is also true that the number of people maintaining bee hives has dwindled. Less bee keepers mean fewer bees.

There are some bee-species that have been more successful. These tend to be the more aggressive species like the African killer bee.

Answer 2

The honey bee extinctions are a very real and serious problem. There seem to be two factors that are at play. One is poisons and other pesticides. As bees collect pollen from plants they are picking up poisons and bringing them home where it contaminates their food supply. The second and more pervasive problem is that the so called killer bees, which do not produce honey, are infiltrating honey bee colonies, and spoiling the gene pool. Some experts are pointing to other problems in bee ecosystems, but proof of these other claims is sparse at best.

Answer 3

Scientists cant figure out why they are disappearing exactly but they have some theories. One of the theories is that cell phone radiation is blinding the bees. The other theory is that the ozone layer is too damaged and too much sun light or UV rays are coming and blinding bees.

Here this is what Albert Einstein said if all of bees were to dissapear. The quote goes: "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would only have four years of life left."

Answer 4

The frequencies on cellphones cause the bees to loss their way to their hives. The effect is that the creatures who feeds on them would not have any food to eat. We will also have less honey. We use honey a lot. There are deseases that honey can cure. And there are food which we use honey as an ingredient. We will have less flowers, because there's no bees to transer pollen and fertilize plants.

Answer 5

Akaveli P has it dead on, it is entirely due to cell phones and the towers. envirodude, is as most environmentalist, completely off base in his "facts"

The facts are clear both the east and west coast have lost 70% of all honey bees, look at where your cell towers are, they don't generaly place these towers in the middle of nowhere.
While the "powers that be" waste their time on the myth of goble warming which in the worst case would have no major effects for at least 30 years, we are loseing the only way we have to produce and feed ourselfs. It's much easier to tell the working people to give up thier cars, than it is the snobs, and yuppies to give up thier phones. so when you crops start failing majorly it will be intreresting if they continue to preach the bull of gw or admit the truth, get off the phone or starve.

Answer 6

It must have something to do with the environmental changes. Until we can locate the beginning of the problem we won't be able to solve it. It is a huge concern though because without the bees there will be less food and that means higher prices. I hope this problem is solved soon.

Answer 7

Global warming is not to blame, cell phones are not to blame (there are too many hives near areas with no coverage).

There are recent articles that blame a bee-virus, fungus or mite

Seems the little buggers are getting sick and dying off.

From the articles:

1 No one knows what's causing adult bees to abandon their hives suddenly, leaving their young to die along with the queen and her helpers.

Possible causes include a fungus, bacteria, virus or chemical sprayed on plants to kill harmful insects -- or a combination of these factors.

2 A TINY mite believed responsible for a potentially catastrophic collapse of bee colonies in the US and other parts of the world, could devastate Australia's horticultural industry, an expert has warned.

Answer 8

One factor may be another species that is nearing extinction; beekeepers. There used to be hives all over rural America's landscape. The are becoming a rarity, as less and less people work as beekeepers.

Answer 9

Rumor has it that there is a virus infecting and killing many bees. This becomes a major problem as farmers request bees to be delivered to their farms to pollinate their crop.

Answer 10

viral mite. and only the Italian species is in danger.