Beekeeper

losses of $210 million from the pollination of honey bees to crops. Other possible explanations for the decline of honey bee populations includes the poor nutrition from its food, loss of habitat, and the poor management of the beekeepers. A recent study had stated the US beekeeper that since 1990, a one-fifth of honey bee’s domestic-managed honeybee hives for reasons that include two kinds of mite infestations, spraying of pesticides, diseases and several other factors. Many scientists believe…

Bee Colonies In The US Worsens As 44 Percent Of Them Have Gone Over The Last Year According to a new study, the beekeepers in the United States are losing 44 percent of their honey bee colonies in the period of April 2015 to April 2016. This is worsened compared to last year. It showed that summer loss rates outdone winter loss rates. Dennis vanEngelsdorp, an assistant professor of entomology at University of Maryland and a project director for the Bee Informed Partnership said that they are now…

Imagine it is a beautiful summer day and you are sprawled out across a towel in the soft green grass, just soaking in the warm rays of the sun as you are reading your favorite book and enjoying a delicious snack of watermelon. The air is hot and humid, but there is relief from the heat comes in the form of a cool breeze that gently ruffles your hair as it passes by. You feel completely relaxed and content in your current position, and you feel yourself slowly drifting off to sleep when you hear…

they are beginning to vanish. Since 2006, beekeepers would open their hives to find no bees, only honeycomb, wax, and honey. One- third of the U.S. honeybee colonies died or disappeared during the past winter. The disappearance of bees caused food items in the Rhode Island Whole Foods to vanish on the shelves (apples, lemons, zucchini, and etc.). The disappearance of honeybees has effected the Earth in many ways. People are losing their job as beekeepers, businesses losing money due to…

consume on daily basis. Therefore, it is important for us to be inform and worried as to why many bees are vanishing. Our bee colonies are going through a massive breakdown which was discovered in 2006. Near the end of 2006, well known commercial beekeeper David Hackenberg stepped outside to supervise his 3,000 beehives and was surprised to find that 400 of his hives were empty. Right of way he called his friend David Mendes, who owns 7,000 hives, to tell him this strange happening. Mendes…

Imagine the All American meal, two fluffy buns on either side of a juicy beef patty topped with melted cheese and accompanied by crunchy lettuce, crisp pickles and sweet ketchup. The french fries on the side are the perfect golden brown. Sounds delicious right? As you pick up the burger your mouth waters in anticipation. You bite down and are shocked when the only thing you get is bun. “Where’s the beef?” This iconic slogan from Wendy’s portrayed a sweet old woman asking a simple question…

Why are commercial beekeepers important? Many organic farms, and some large commercial produce growers use commercial bees to pollinate their crop, which help keep their production costs low, ensuring a lower consumer price. Entomologist, David Epstien of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, states “If they [beekeepers] go out of business, then we lose the honeybees that pollinate all our crops. You like to eat, a good…

and continue to aggressively search for the cause so that methods of reversing the effects can be determined. Ever since 2006, an aggregation of commercial beekeepers began noticing that their honey bees were disappearing. Although there are expected losses, especially during winter, the amount of losses was devastatingly high. Beekeepers noticed that healthy bees were simply deserting their hives in large numbers, never to return. Scientists and researchers call this mystery condition of mass…

our fuzzy friends are on decline, this can cause major damage to the worlds health and many farmers income,it is due to several factors such as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), pesticides, parasites, and lack of floral diversity (hoyt). In 2006 beekeepers started noticing their hives being mostly empty. Not so much empty as in the bees were dead, but they had left, leaving the queen and young bees unprotected, highly…

Burns, Loree. (2002). The hive detectives: Chronicle of a honey bee catastrophe. Illustrated by Ellen Harasimowicz. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Dave Hackenburg, a beekeeper, is horrified when he discovers that many of his bees disappeared. Those bees are the first ones to die in the mysterious calamity which still affects the honey bees today. Without bees there would be no fruit and vegetables; there would be no honey or beeswax. The bee wranglers and the bee scientists are trying…