ipl-logo

Colony Collapse Disorder In Honey Bees

925 Words4 Pages

Situation
Honey bee is One of the world's most important creatures. These little insects are the pollinators that most of our crops depend on to set fruit. Honey bees are so important, in fact, that we have them to thank for 1/3 of the food We eat, including 80% of our fruits and vegetables. Crops that are highly dependant on honey bee pollination include avocado, almonds, kiwi and apples.

But, Nowaday the shrinking of bees population related to human activity, such as pesticides, urban development/rural encroachment, radio frequencies, global warming etc.Recording to some experiments, Non Lethal exposure of honey bees to Thiamethoxam causes high mortality due to homing failure at levels that could put a bee colony at risk of collapse.Simulated exposure events on free-ranging foragers labeled with a radio-frequency.identification tag suggest that homing is impaired by thiamethoxam intoxication. so that onset Several cases of decreasing numbers of honeybee colonies have been reported, (Neumann and Carreck, 2010). This phenomenon, termed colony collapse disorder (CCD). …show more content…

Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is the phenomenon that occurs when the majority of worker bees in a colony disappear and leave behind a queen, plenty of food and a few nurse bees to care for the remaining immature bees and the queen.

What factor lead to colony collapse disorder (CCD)?
Farmers might use pesticides to protect their plants or plant products against pests, pesticides among include Thiamethoxam.

Radio frequencies such as effect of electromagnetic radiation of cell phone.

CCD Signs and

Show More
Related
245 Words | 1 Pages

This project was chosen to investigate the decline of the honeybee and the impact on Australian agriculture. The honeybee decline is interconnected with environmental sustainability with key environmental challenges threatening the future of the honeybee and the industry of beekeeping. Some of these factors such as land degradation, limited water availability, loss of plant biodiversity, climate change, pests and pesticides loss of public lands such as National Parks, State forests and reserves, all impact on the sustainability and ecosystems which the honeybee depends and likewise, the ecosystems depend on the honeybee. With the disappearance of land to urbanisation and government restrictions on access to public lands some 70% of Australian

Read More
443 Words | 2 Pages

The most affected creature are the bees that are coming into contact with the insecticide. The aerial spraying in North Carolina resulted in the death of millions of honeybees. The product used, Trump, which contains the pesticide Naled, is labeled to be highly toxic to bees. Many beekeepers were not warned about the aerial spraying which resulted in the loss of their colonies. Juanita Stanley stated: “Now, I 'm going to have to destroy my hives, the honey, all

Read More
691 Words | 3 Pages

Timmcdonnell. "Here's why all the bees are dying. "Mother Jones. N.p., n.d. Web.

Read More
384 Words | 2 Pages

One of the big environmental issues here in Connecticut over the past few years is the high dying rate of bees. It has been reported by some of our local beekeepers that they are losing about 30% of all honeybee colonies each winter. This has adversely affected Connecticut’s almond, apple, strawberries and alfalfa productions, and costing millions annually. Scientists have identified several possible causative factors which include global warming, habitat loss, parasites and insecticides. Ethical extensionism, the argument that environmental ethics that moral standing should to be extended to things that traditionally are not thought to have moral standing, would argue that it is morally wrong to use insecticides that are killing local bee

Read More
1306 Words | 6 Pages

Many have said, “that the cause of colony collapse disorder is likely a combination of factors that includes the widespread use of pesticides and fungicides, as well as the spread of viral pathogens and parasitic mites in beehives“ (Tucker). these can wipe out an entire colony or even thousands. This problem is a global problem, as Europe is also seeing the effects of an extraordinarily strong winter rolled by, potentially causing around 50% of their bee population to drop due to the harsh cold and crisp air. This is generally the most concerning against global warming causing harsh winters and summers, potentially dropping the bee population

Read More
2017 Words | 9 Pages

In the autumn of 2006, farmers began to notice a loss of 30 – 90 percent of their bee hives. Loss of bee population over the cold seasons is common, but never had the decline in population been that drastic (Stress and Honey Bees). Colony Collapse Disorder is the event in which bee colony populations rapidly decrease. In this phenomenon, the bodies of the missing bees are not found and the only remaining bees are juvenile and the queen. Noticeable symptoms of CCD are: absence of adult bees in the hive, little to no dead bees in the hive, and what is left of the bee colony is reluctant to eat any of the feed given to them by the beekeeper (Related Topics).

Read More
853 Words | 4 Pages

Colony collapse disorder is when an insubstantial amount of worker bees decide to leave the hive and any immature and Queen Bees. There is little evidence that Neonicotinoids help the crops produce, but is a fertilizer that deadly to the thousands of bees who pollinate. More specifically, this fertilizer“kill bees by damaging their nervous systems, weakening their memories and impeding their ability to forage and fly”(Steve Ellis). Due to these fertilizers, bees are dying at a higher rate, increasing the chance for a food

Read More
721 Words | 3 Pages

This again stops the bees from doing their job of pollinating and stops them from getting the food they need to survive. The community can help bees survive by employing a few tactics. One tactic alone will not cure the bee population degradation but it can help boost the bee population. One local and more personal tactic would be to have a “bee garden” that consists of flowering plants that bees like which include apples, oranges, lemons, limes, cucumbers, carrots, and cantaloupes. Another tactic would be do be more environmentally conscious.

Read More
820 Words | 4 Pages

The last reason is from the sugar syrup that beekeepers use to save money. This syrup gives the bees as much energy as real honey but it causes a short life span. All of these reasons and much more cause bees to lose their lives and most of them get caused by

Read More
459 Words | 2 Pages

Hazel Sillver says, “Honey bees are declining in population and may be facing extinction. This is bad not just for the bees, but also for humans, who rely on bees to pollinate many plants and important agricultural crops.” Without bees, crops cannot be pollinated, which stunts growth and can cause the crop to be uneatable or it could be left with very low nutrients. Later, Hazel Sillver states, “The bee is vital…. It pollinates

Read More
840 Words | 4 Pages

Sir Isaac Newton was born on January 4th, 1643 in Woolsthorpe, the hamlet (small town) of Lincolnshire, England. His father, also named Isaac Newton, was a prosperous local farmer that died three months before he was born. Newton was born prematurely and was not expected to survive. When he was three years old, Hannah Ayscough Newton, his mother, left him with his maternal grandmother when she got remarried to a well-to-do minister with the name of Barnabas Smith. Being abandoned by his mother left an indelible imprint on him, later manifesting itself as an acute sense of insecurity.

Read More
516 Words | 3 Pages

This all started when we changed our methods of farming. We started spraying various types of pesticides all over crops, using synthetic fertilizers, and removing small flowering plants. We started large farms for a single plant. The problem is that pesticides act like pollen and adhere to the bee. As a result, the bee larvae died or would take longer to develop.

Read More
777 Words | 4 Pages

These levels were high enough to kill a bee instantly. In a study from 2016, 35 different pesticides and fungicides were collected from pollen that bees used to pollinate food crops in five U.S. states. Bees that came in contact with these combinations of chemicals were more likely to be infected with the Varroa Mite, a parasite that is associated with Colony Collapse Disorder. Colony Collapse Disorder is a phenomenon that occurs when all or the majority of worker bees suddenly disappear and leave their queen, plenty of food, and a few nurse bees behind. Without the worker bees, a hive cannot sustain itself and will eventually

Read More
869 Words | 4 Pages

Bees are major factor in our environment. But recent studies show that we are to blame for the decline in the Bee populations. The main reasons are industrial agriculture (pesticides), mites and climate change. And we should care about them because they provide us with honey and beeswax, and provide a major ecosystem service in the form of pollination. Bees pollinate a lot of crops like apple, citrus, strawberry, blueberry, tomato, melon, oilseed rape, carrot, etc.

Read More
784 Words | 4 Pages

This disorder causes worker bees to disappear, never returning to the

Read More

More about Colony Collapse Disorder In Honey Bees

Related Topics

Open Document