Honey Bees Research Paper
Save the Honey Bees!
What are Honey bees?
Honeybees, or Apis Mellifera, are one of the most familiar insects in the world according to GPMC.org. There are more than one species of honeybee in the world that span from Southeast Asia to Europe. The four different species include The Little Honeybee, The Eastern Honey bee, The Giant Honeybee, and the Western Honeybee. Additionally there are three types of Honeybees inside of any given hive and those are The Queen, The worker bee, and the drone bee.
The Worker bees are the most commonly seen because the Queen bee stays in the hive forever until she dies, and the drone bee is there until it mates with the queen bee and dies directly afterwards, says Kenneth A. Chambers on the everything about bees …show more content…
Altogether according to the honey bee conservatory around 15$ billion worth of crops would be destroyed because they require honeybee pollination. California’s Agricultural Industrial Almond Complex yields over 80% of the world’s almonds. This makes almonds the number one horticultural export crop in the US and generates over 2 billion dollars in income. It is also California’s #1 agricultural export. Over 1,100 square miles in central California are devoted to almonds. 700,000 acres with about two hives per acre dot this area every February. That could lead to an increase in food prices about 10 fold. We should help save honey bees because while grains do not require honey bees to flourish, virtually all of our non-grain foods are dependent on honey bee pollination to a large degree. Worldwide, there are 90 different food plants that depend almost exclusively on the honey bee. In the USA honey bees are considered critical pollinators of many fruits, nuts and vegetables. Our diets would be changed dramatically if we lose our honey …show more content…
Honey bees are subject to various diseases and parasites. American and European foulbrood are two widespread contagious bacterial diseases that attack bee larvae. A protozoan parasite, Nosema, and a virus cause dysentery and paralysis in adult bees. Two species of blood-sucking parasitic mites are particularly troublesome for beekeepers and are currently affecting wild honey bees worldwide. The honey bee tracheal mite lives in the breathing tubes of adult bees; the varroa mite lives on the outside of larvae and adults. These mites have killed tens of thousands of honey bee colonies in North America during the past ten
What are Honey bees?
Honeybees, or Apis Mellifera, are one of the most familiar insects in the world according to GPMC.org. There are more than one species of honeybee in the world that span from Southeast Asia to Europe. The four different species include The Little Honeybee, The Eastern Honey bee, The Giant Honeybee, and the Western Honeybee. Additionally there are three types of Honeybees inside of any given hive and those are The Queen, The worker bee, and the drone bee.
The Worker bees are the most commonly seen because the Queen bee stays in the hive forever until she dies, and the drone bee is there until it mates with the queen bee and dies directly afterwards, says Kenneth A. Chambers on the everything about bees …show more content…
Altogether according to the honey bee conservatory around 15$ billion worth of crops would be destroyed because they require honeybee pollination. California’s Agricultural Industrial Almond Complex yields over 80% of the world’s almonds. This makes almonds the number one horticultural export crop in the US and generates over 2 billion dollars in income. It is also California’s #1 agricultural export. Over 1,100 square miles in central California are devoted to almonds. 700,000 acres with about two hives per acre dot this area every February. That could lead to an increase in food prices about 10 fold. We should help save honey bees because while grains do not require honey bees to flourish, virtually all of our non-grain foods are dependent on honey bee pollination to a large degree. Worldwide, there are 90 different food plants that depend almost exclusively on the honey bee. In the USA honey bees are considered critical pollinators of many fruits, nuts and vegetables. Our diets would be changed dramatically if we lose our honey …show more content…
Honey bees are subject to various diseases and parasites. American and European foulbrood are two widespread contagious bacterial diseases that attack bee larvae. A protozoan parasite, Nosema, and a virus cause dysentery and paralysis in adult bees. Two species of blood-sucking parasitic mites are particularly troublesome for beekeepers and are currently affecting wild honey bees worldwide. The honey bee tracheal mite lives in the breathing tubes of adult bees; the varroa mite lives on the outside of larvae and adults. These mites have killed tens of thousands of honey bee colonies in North America during the past ten