Negative Influence Of Honey Bees

Most people, when they see a bee of any kind, tend to swat at it in an attempt to get it to go away from them. But what many do not know is that honey bees are for the most part harmless. The chances of being stung by a honey bee are very low because they will not sting you. People tend to look at only the negatives of honey bees. But what about the positives? Honey bees help to pollinate many plants found in nature and they also help to pollinate most of the food that humans eat. So what is happening to them? Honey bees are dying off at an alarming rate. The cause of this can be one of multiple things such as pesticides, humans, and breeding patterns. If humans want things to stay how they are and do not want to give up about sixty percent of what they know, things need to change and quickly. In the eyes of many, the risk perception of losing the honey bees is extremely high.

Honey bees are essential in pollinating much of nature. Many plants that are found in nature are one hundred percent dependent on the bees to help pollinate them. As we saw in the movie “More Than Honey”, there was a scene in which honey bees are used to help pollinate the almond trees in California. Another scene from that movie that shows the importance of honey bees was when workers in China had to pollinate the trees
It was seen in the documentary “More Than Honey” the German beekeeper takes his bees breeding very seriously. He had seen that his black bees had been breeding with bees with yellow stripes. This was a problem for him because the black bees had become accustomed to the weather in the mountains of Germany. They knew when to hibernate in order to stay warm and alive and they knew when they could go out in search of pollen and nectar. They also created some of the purest honey. It becomes a problem for many beekeepers such as the one in the film when their strong honey bees begin breeding with weaker