What Is the Cause of Colony Collapse Disorder?

To start off, the problem and issue in all five articles would be the honey bee colony collapse. What is the honeybee colony collpase? " Honeybees at a hive entrance: One is about to land and the other is fanning. Colony collapse disorder ( CCD) is the phenomenon that occurs when the majority of workers bees in a colony disappear and leave behind a queen, plenty of food and a few nurse bees to care for the remaining immature bees and the queen." Although the population of bees is going down to extintion due to the honeybee colony collapse, there are some solutions that can help solve this problem.

What is the cause of colony collapse disorder? " There have been many theories about the cause of CCD, but the researchers who are leading the effort to find out why are now focused on these factors: Increased losses due to the invasive varroa ( a pest of honeybees). New or emerging diseases such as Israeil Acute Paralysis virus and the gut parasite Nosema". Parasites, agricultural chemicals and poor nutrition; these all weaken the honeybee's immune system and make them more susceptible to viruses and infections that can kill them. According to CCD History states " some beekeepers began reporting losses of 30-90 percent of their hives and how varroa mites, a virus –transmitting parasite of honey bees, have frequently been found in hives hit by CCD" (13). This problem needs to be solve because the effects of this problem would less food, no flowers, no plants, no bee's. It would be hard for us humans to survive because our fruits and vegetables depend on the pollination by honey bees. These are the foods that give our diversity, flavor, and nutrition" (CCD History 13). To show how bees are important to the economy. When did it become a problem? It became a problem when the population of the bees is going down to extintion. Some beekeepers began reporting losses of 30-90 percent of their hives ( CCD History 13). Bees are very important for many reasons. The bad of this problem is if the losses continue at the 33 percent level, it could threaten the economic viability of the bee pollination industary ( CCD History 15). Right now, many people are looking for ways to help the bees. Alton suggested that if people want to help the bees, they should think about how to create better environments-with more food sources – for the pollinators ( 16 ).

A changeover to organic farming is one of the first solutions that should be implemented. Organic farming is a natural effective way to the farm through use of natural resources, protecting soil, water and air.This caused a decline in the CCD by bee to protect habitats and makes it safer for them, without the consequences of toxins, the impact on the bees pollinate. That is the problems with pesticides and GMOs are toxic to bees; They bind to the bees cause gastric mucous membrane not to eat it and essentially, they inhibit the possibility of again in the Beehive and Queen provide for weakening of worker bees. GMOs, creating a poisonous nectar, causing poor nutrition for bees. (Heid). From the transition to ecological agriculture bees can be protected from these issues, because organic farming is causing greater biodiversity, means a right, diverse diet for bees. Bees need a varied diet of various pollens in order to grow into strong, healthy workers, explains Dr. Heather in Mattila, a biologist at Wellesley College bee. These pesticides chemicals affect the bees nervous and immune system, so that they are susceptible to parasitic infections (Devon). Agriculture would promote a more sustainable, diverse environment. But each farm is not realistic, switch automatically, should therefore laws be implemented, where certain practices should change, or have a year on and program of turn off. The program could be to implement, requiring a certain number of years for organic farming for a farm. Improvement of the environment, protection of which could save bees by improving their diets and their habitat.

Another solution would be to ban certain pesticides and toxins in transgenic crops that negatively affect bees. Europe established a ban on pesticides in 2011, in three neonicotinoids (Palmer). Neonitcotinoids have been considered as acceptable for human beings but have many adverse effects on bees. Pesticides are toxic to bees and are a serious cause of CCD (Cox-Foster). Since this is an issue that