The Honey Bees are Dying
Q: Experts say that there is an alarming decline in the nationwide honey bee population.What are the contributing factors?
A lot of contributing factors are causing honey bees to die off including viruses, mites and pesticides. Pesticides have been listed as one of the primary factors in causing problems with honey bee health. Researching teams have spent time and money looking for the common pesticide responsible for the corruption of the honey bee population known as neonictinoids. Since honey bees do not have a lot of resistance to insecticides that pests do, you can kill tens of thousands at one time. An entire colony can theoretically be wiped out! It’s now estimated that nearly 30% of the honey bee population dies every year. This decline can lead to smaller yields on these bee dependent crops. That can mean bigger bucks at the check out which is the buzz we all need to “bee” aware of.