The Downfall of Bees Nearly everyone loves coffee and chocolate, but not everybody knows how much bees help in the process of coffee beans and chocolate. Without the bees, we wouldn 't have the crops that are pollinated by them, we would only have wind pollinated crops like wheat. The only way that the bees population can be restored is if we all get the more of the world aware of how serious this issue is. Most people know that the bees are dying, but they don 't know why and how we can stop the rapid decrease of honeybees. Domestic honeybees are dying at an alarmingly fast rate periodically. They have been dying for a decade, up to 30% a year with losses of commercial honeybees at 40% in the United states since 2006, 25% in Europe …show more content…
Varroa mites are the bees biggest enemy or threat to the bees, they latch on like ticks or leeches, enfeebling their immune systems. Bees suffer from their own diseases and parasites, like the mites can weaken and or kill them. Most of the diseases and parasites are invasive species that can 't be fought through the natural adaptation of bees. Sick bees, or bees with parasites, are be more vulnerable to other factors, such as poor nutrition or exposure to toxic chemicals. It seems like as of now, the biggest reason that the honeybees could be dying is because of insecticides called neonicotinoids. The neonicotinoids, or neonics, potentially toxic to honey bees and other beneficial insects even with low levels of contact. Neonicotinoids may impact the bees’ ability to forage, learn and remember navigation routes to and from food sources. “When fields are sprayed with more pesticides, more fertilizers are applied and valuable agriculture structural elements such as hedges and rows of trees, are transformed into fields, the insects vanish.” (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, …show more content…
Bees are the main pollinators of many major fruit and nut crops. Without the bees, we wouldn 't have coffee, or chocolate. I 'm sure that nearly every American, if not most of the world, loves chocolate or coffee. Actually, most food we eat depends on natural insect mediated pollination. Without the bees we would have to rely on the windblown crops, like wheat, or other backbone pollinators like hummingbirds or bats. Cotton is pollinated by bees and other insects, so without bees there 'd be fewer choices for clothing material. Many medicines are plant-based, so if bees become extinct we would lose our source of some pharmaceuticals. Morphine is extracted from opium poppies. Opium poppies can self-pollinate, but they are better off being pollinated by bees. Many other plants used in pharmaceuticals also require pollination by insects. Without bees not only would we have less food and animals, but also less options for clothes, because of the lack of cotton, and lack of the base of all pain relievers,