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Research is pointing to a complex disease in which combinations of factors, including farming practices, make the bees vulnerable to viruses. More than half of 3,000 were completely devoid of bees. Only 800 of the original of the 3,000 colonies had survived. The bee loss has raised alarm because one third of the world's argicultural production depends on the European honeybee. Bees suffering from CCD tend to be infested with multiple pathogen, including a newly discovered virus. There is no easy remedy to CCD, it requires taking better care of the environment and making long-term changes to our beekeepings and practices. The number of managed honeybee colonies in 2006 was about 2.4 million, less than what it was in 1949. Large farms are required to pollination activity for short periods of time, a role that other species cannot fulfill.
Although the honeybee's population is vey low, CCD will not cause the extinction of the honeybee In the spring of 2007 the task force began detailed, countrywide surveys of all aspects of all colony management. By interviewing operators who had encountered CCD as well those who did not. Many people were eager to share their concerns, as the media went on investigating the situation theories started to erupt. One theory favored by many citizens would be that bees could have poisoned the pollen from genetic modified crops. Soon the community started to notice that the large commerical honeybee keepers were more likely to suffer from higher losses as well as lower operations.
While I was reading the article I was surprised by the idea of how the honeybee is a very important specie. All I ever thought was that their job was just to pollinate plants and be bugging around in the world. But after reading the article it turns out that they are very significant specie to us humans mainly because they pollinate fruits and vegetables that we consume everyday. If it wasn't for the honeybee pollinating the plants we wouldn't have jam, jelly, almonds, and sometimes even milk. Honeybees are the safeguards to our food supplies, and have protected the environment from the environment.I truly believe that mankind needs to act very fast to make sure that these very essential species do not become extinct.
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Says Who?
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What does it remind you of?
- Millions of bees worldwide have emptied out as honeybees , mysteriosuly disappear, putting at risk nearly 100 crops that require pollination.
- Research is pointing to a complex disease in which combinations of factors including making bees vulnerable to virus. Taking extra care with hive hygenie seems to aid prevention.
- The bee loss has raised many alarms because one thirds of the world's argicultural production depends on the European honeybee , the kind that are adopted in the Western countries.
- Large farms are required to pollination activity for short period of times, a role that other species cannot fulfill.
- Bee suffering from CCD tend to be infested with multiple pathogens, including a newly discovered virus, but these infections seem secondary much the way pneumonia kills a patient with AIDS.
- Even before the colony collapsed, honeybees had suffered from a number of aliments that reduce their population.
- The number of managed honeybee colonies in 2006 was about 2.4 million, less than half of what it was in 1949.
- Although honeybee CCD will not cause the extinction of the honeybee, it could push many honeybee keepers out of business.
- Mites, feed on the honeybee's blood carrying virus and actively inhibits the host's immune responses.
- In the spring of 2007, task force began detailed countrywide surveys of all aspects of colony management by interviewing operators who had encountered CCD as well as those who had not.
- Large commercial honeybee keepers were likely to suffer from high losses as were small operations.
- There are an estimated 900 to 1,000 commercial honeybee keepers in the United States, managing 2.4 million colonies
- Nearly 100 kind of crops require pollination by honeybees. The annual value of bee's work is $14 billion in the United States and $215 billion worldwide.
- Every February virtually all movable U.S. hives are taken to California to pollinate almond trees. Even before CCD, in certain regions of China bees had completely disappeared, possibly because of pesticide use, forcing orchard owners to pollinate pear trees by hand.
- Many bee keepers have some success at preventing colony use loss by redoubling their efforts at improving their colonies diets, keeping infections and parasites in check.
Summarize the author's main idea
Research is pointing to a complex disease in which combinations of factors, including farming practices, make the bees vulnerable to viruses. More than half of 3,000 were completely devoid of bees. Only 800 of the original of the 3,000 colonies had survived. The bee loss has raised alarm because one third of the world's argicultural production depends on the European honeybee. Bees suffering from CCD tend to be infested with multiple pathogen, including a newly discovered virus. There is no easy remedy to CCD, it requires taking better care of the environment and making long-term changes to our beekeepings and practices. The number of managed honeybee colonies in 2006 was about 2.4 million, less than what it was in 1949. Large farms are required to pollination activity for short periods of time, a role that other species cannot fulfill.
Although the honeybee's population is vey low, CCD will not cause the extinction of the honeybee In the spring of 2007 the task force began detailed, countrywide surveys of all aspects of all colony management. By interviewing operators who had encountered CCD as well those who did not. Many people were eager to share their concerns, as the media went on investigating the situation theories started to erupt. One theory favored by many citizens would be that bees could have poisoned the pollen from genetic modified crops. Soon the community started to notice that the large commerical honeybee keepers were more likely to suffer from higher losses as well as lower operations.
While I was reading the article I was surprised by the idea of how the honeybee is a very important specie. All I ever thought was that their job was just to pollinate plants and be bugging around in the world. But after reading the article it turns out that they are very significant specie to us humans mainly because they pollinate fruits and vegetables that we consume everyday. If it wasn't for the honeybee pollinating the plants we wouldn't have jam, jelly, almonds, and sometimes even milk. Honeybees are the safeguards to our food supplies, and have protected the environment from the environment.I truly believe that mankind needs to act very fast to make sure that these very essential species do not become extinct.
So What?
- No honeybee, no one to pollinate our food supply
Says Who?
- Diane Cox-Foster
- Denis vanEngledrop
What if?
- Methods to increase the honeybee's population
What does it remind you of?
- The Bee movie