Bee populations are dying
Last winter about 38% of beekeepers in the U.S. had their colony die. This was one of the worst die-offs of bees ever. Beekeepers will be able to rebuild their hive over the year back to the equivalent that it was over the winter. Every winter there is an average 29% die-off of bee colonies which raises a problem. The problem with this is that bees pollinate our crops and other plants which provide us with food. If they do not pollinate the crops we starve.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/us-honeybees-had-worst-winter-die-more-decade
I think this is a major issue because bees provide us with plenty of resources which help with our economy. If we keep on track with this decline in bee population than we will not have any food because bees are a major part in pollinating plants for us to eat and we also would not be able to have honey. This would also effect other animals that use plants as food because they will not be able to eat which would also decrease another food source which is a major issue due to our rapidly growing population.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/us-honeybees-had-worst-winter-die-more-decade
I think this is a major issue because bees provide us with plenty of resources which help with our economy. If we keep on track with this decline in bee population than we will not have any food because bees are a major part in pollinating plants for us to eat and we also would not be able to have honey. This would also effect other animals that use plants as food because they will not be able to eat which would also decrease another food source which is a major issue due to our rapidly growing population.
I agree that this is a pretty big issue when it comes to supporting our entire biosphere. As while bees may sometimes be overlooked, if we are to continuously increase the amount of crops we are producing; in order to sustain those crops we need a little help from the bees. Therefore, it is in our best interest to raise awareness for bee conservation, as they are ultimately needed for our agriculture to prosper.
ReplyDeleteI agree, this is a very important issue, bee's do so much for us and we don't even realize it. Without bee's our everyday would be very different because it would effects many of the animals and plants we eat everyday. A loss in crops because of decreasing bee populations could be detrimental to human populations everywhere. Overall, we need to continue to help bee populations grow because the thought of extinction for bee's is terrifying.
ReplyDeleteI agree, the Earth is heavily dependent on bees for plant pollination. Honey bees are responsible for $30 billion a year in crops. We may lose that money, all the plants that bees pollinate, all of the animals that eat those plants and so on up the food chain. Which means a world without bees could struggle to sustain the global human population of 7 billion.
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