Importance Of Honey Bees

On any given day, millions of Americans flock to grocery stores, farmers markets, or even their own gardens for food to sustain us. Similarly, on any given day, millions and millions of bees are buzzing over our flowering crops, pollenating them for reproduction. What we often forget to realize is that bees are responsible for the production of almost one third of our food. Bees boast an overwhelming 4,000 species’ in the United States, and these bees, particularly honey bees, pollenate around 85% of all flowering crops in the entire world. Over the past twenty years, bees populations have been decreasing at an ever alarming rate. Since 2006 alone, our country has lost 40% of our commercial honey bee population. With these numbers and all of the alarming statistics, it is important that we consider both ethical and market approaches to revitalize communities and replenish food supply.

Honey bees as a population follow an extremely interesting order to maintain productivity and success within their hives and colonies. Adult female bees are labeled as queens in the hive and only emerge to mate with the adult male drones. This happens three times over the course of their queen bee lives, and the sperm is held over time to produce …show more content…
Scientism lays it all on the table with facts to support the claims made in ethical arguments. If decisions based on ethics aren 't enough, decisions based on facts need to be made. Scientifically, worldwide, we are reporting bee loss today in numbers that have never been reached throughout history. We know they are dying, we know we need them, and we know what needs to stop to ensure we have them. Again, scientifically, much of the blame is on pesticides. With that being the case, if people will not make changes due to ethical arguments, the scientism approach will leave little room for