The Declination of Honey Bees

Bees being such a small creature may seem unimportant, but they have a massive impact on how we live and now with the alarm that the honey bees are dramatically decreasing in numbers something has to be done. With honey bees facing so many issues and with the bees being so crucial to the agricultural industry. There must be many methods to control and stabilize the honey bees population. Honey bees are a simple insect that many people seem to overlook and take for granted their importance and according to Elizabeth Grossman, "One of every three bites of food eaten worldwide depends on pollinators especially bees" (1). This mean that without the honey bees 33 percent of the food supplied worldwide could be …show more content…
Honey bees are the primary pollinator for most of these crops and the bees are negatively impacted by these pesticides. Most of the pesticides used are toxic to the honey and when bees pollinate the plants the buildup of toxins that the pesticides contain will lead to the bees death. With the use of pesticides and insecticides primary the class of insecticides known as neonicotinoids the honeybee population has dramatically decreasing due to the toxic chemicals used. According to Grossman, “Neonicotinoids are one of the world’s most widely used insecticide. Using these pesticide is one of the major culprit to why the honey bee population is dying”(1). Elizabeth Grossman also shares, “Neonicotinoids are one of the leading suspected colony collapse disorder”(1). Colony collapse disorder is “a syndrome characterized by worker bees abandoning their hives […] and eventually kill honeybees it may pose an emerging threat to North American apiculture” (core et al. 1). With the pesticides possibly being one of the many reasons why the bee population is suffering the usage of pesticides that are toxic to bees should not be allowed to be used on seeds and plants that are attractive to honey bees as advised by Elizabeth