This article explains the concerns that come with the declination of bee populations. The colony losses are grouped into two categories: long-term colony declines and annual colony declines. The article associates the long-term declines with political and socioeconomic factors. These include the pressure that has been placed on honey production in Europe and the United States. According to the article, these long-term losses have resulted in “more than a 25% decrease of European colonies since the mid-1980s and nearly a 60% decrease in the U.S.” (Daszak, 2013, p. 435). The causes of annual colony losses, however, still remain unclear. The suspected culprit of these annual losses is attributed to pesticides, pathogens, and management issues
