As bees are pollinators their death would mean that we would lose at least one-third of all our world’s crops. Bees pollinate about two-hundred billion dollars worth of crops worldwide("Wild bee population down due to wide pesticide use." EKantipur.com). If we were to lose that many crops there would be mass food shortages and even famine in lesser developed countries. Other than just crops wildflowers and other wild plants would also die off in
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Protect the Bees Author id: 0963 Word Count: Proposed species: Bees Proposed action: Protect What are bees? Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants‚ and are known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea‚ presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila. There are nearly 20‚000 known species of bees in seven to nine recognized families‚ though many are described and the actual number
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(rodenticides)‚ and others (Toxins). Pesticides were created to maximize crop yields by protecting the plant from possible attackers and are composed of chemicals that are dangerous (A history). Combining chemicals to create pesticides pose even greater risks (Bee). Proper research was not done on the possible effects that these chemical pesticides could have on attackers‚ or farmers. Current research has proven
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(KVIC) scheduled the next morning‚ Pradip Mohanty‚ Coordinator of Sarvodaya Samiti‚ wondered what would be the best course of action for his organization as he was concerned about the large number of honey bee-keepers associated with the Samiti. He knew that his action will have implications for the local honey industry in general and the beekeepers in specific. He had to decide on the linkages of his organization with KVIC and its presence in different core activities like production‚ processing‚ and
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insects are to us. The act of commercial bee keeping became the mass market it is now due in large part to a man named James Harbison. He was a bee keeper that had learned the craft from his father. He moved from a farm in Pennsylvania to a plot of
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and makes the bees more prone to choosing the addictive crop than non-tainted alternatives. Many beekeepers and studies are suggesting that colonies that have pollinated neonicotinoid-infected plants‚ are suffering from rapidly declining colony populations. However‚ there are not many studies within this specific topic area‚ making many test results unreliable and juristically different compared to others. The last argument this article makes is if honeybees are using pesticide-infected pollen‚ then
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vanishing. Most people may say‚ “ehh bees aren’t important‚ they just make honey”. Which is not true‚ bees play a huge role in our daily life. Did you know that bees pollinate one third of out diet? Without bees there wouldn’t be apples‚ oranges‚ melons or broccoli. Most people just don’t understand the seriousness of this problem! There has been a lot of misunderstanding and confusion when it comes to the reasoning of this bee problem. Up to this day there still isn’t an answer. Some have said‚ some
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started the use of animal products since time immemorial even at the cost of animal’s life. Honey has been under use in human civilization since prehistoric period as mentioned in our religious literatures like Vedas‚ Purans‚ Ramayan‚ Maharabharat and Charak Sanghita. Some foreign travellers like Fahiyan and Whenson had also discussed the use of honey as medicine. People were very much dependent upon honey for medicines and essential nutritive elements of the diet. The highly evolved social organisation
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variation in the climatic conditions and biodiversity due to great differences in elevation. It is said that the two changes that could take place in HP in next 20 years are‚ • decline in the production of apples and • decline in honey bee’s population Apple is mainly produced in the hilly terrain ranging from 1600m to 2500m in six districts of HP i. e‚ Shimla‚ Kullu‚ kinnaur‚ Lahaul & Spiti‚ Mandi and Chamba. Evidences have shown that during the last twenty years snow fall has occurred
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dependent on bees to pollinate our crops and provide us with honey‚ which in the U.S. alone was worth $317 million in 2013 (“Honey Industry Facts”). Bees also are responsible for the pollination of cotton‚ which was and continues to be an integral part of the U.S. economy (Sarich). Many household items contain cotton or parts of the cotton plant‚ and without bees‚ the price to maintain lifestyles would rise. Additionally‚ not enough bee colonies exist in the United States for them all to remain sedentary
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