Beekeeper

During the winter of 2006 and 2007, beekeepers observed that adult worker bees were vanishing from their hives, abandoning the young bees, the queen, and their honey. The hives gradually perished entirely due to the absence of the worker bees that were critical to sustaining them. This phenomenon, known as Colony Collapse Disorder, is a growing worldwide predicament. In 2006, the total colony loss in the United States was 32 percent, having some beekeepers experience losses from 80 to 100…

Introduction In October 2006, commercial beekeepers began reporting hive losses of 30% to 90% and though colony losses are not unexpected after a winter season, it was however the degree of the losses that that sparked concerns (Usdagov, 2016). Honeybee disappearances have occurred periodically in the United States since the 1880’s, but the steady decline of the colonies since 1947 through 2005 has been worrisome. It is during that 58 year span, in which honeybee colonies declined from 5.9…

interference. The organism most affected by the mass production of GMO’s are the widely spread and notoriously busy Honey Bees. Honey Bees, have inhabited and pollinated the planet for well over 100 million years, it wasn’t until the year 2006 when Beekeepers from across the U.S reported that Honey Bees were disappearing by the billions from CCD or better known as Colony Collapse Disorder.…

was taken away? What would society do if there was no plants to make oxygen? How would we survive? Today, society takes bees for granted and so they started capturing them and keeping them to pollinate and make honey and instead of using pollen, beekeepers started using substitutes to feed the bees. Huang states, “Honey bees are unequivocally the most important insect pollinator for humankind” (2012). If society does not take care of its bees then we will not have a future and the best way to do…

compounds pressed together in the form or a candle. They are made of two totally different types of wax which is Paraffin wax and Beeswax. The Paraffin candles are 95% of the world’s population of candle production. But when it comes to the beeswax the beekeepers can only used one or two pounds of the wax for every hundred pounds of honey they are able to harvest. They are also thought being able to clean the air because when the beeswax candle is burned it releases negative ions into the air…

While growing up and experiencing the world it is crucial for a child to have a grown figure in their life to guide them. In the novel The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, Lily Owens is a fourteen year old girl whose mother died in an accident when she was four years old. Since her mother's death, Lily has been living with her father, T. Ray, and Rosaleen, a black women whom T. Ray “[has] pulled...out of the peach orchard”(Kidd 2) to pick up responsibilities around the house that Lily’s…

What the Buzz? Over the last 28 years, the United States bee population has dropped by around one million. In 1989 the United States reached a peak of 3.5 million bee colonies, whereas today we are sitting at around 2.6 million. While the effects are evident, the cause behind them is not. There are many factors believed to be aiding the decline of the bee population, however no one participant can take all the blame. One of the most commonly sought reasons for their decline relates to new…

Introduction The western or European honey bee has the genus name Apis Mellifera which means "bee" and "honey bearing". Honey bee body has 3 parts, two pairs of wings, six legs and two compound eyes. Moreover, there are three kinds of honey bees in a hive, one Queen bee, many worker bees and a few drones. They have different chore in the hive. They live in colonies or hives and collect nectar and pollen as their food. Honey bees are also known as the best pollinators when they visit from one…

Approximately one-third of the food and beverages produced rely on honey bee pollination. As the honey bee population declines as a result of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), a phenomenon that causes honey bees to flee their hive and eventually die during the winter months, the agricultural industry in the United States faces an economic loss nearing $20-30 billion dollars. The population decline has been attributed to many factors such as the parasitic Varroa mite, different types of viruses,…

Dream Jobs: Ice cream maker By Mark King, The Guardian, adapted by Newsela staff 12/22/2016 Word Count 543 A woman making ice cream. A woman making ice cream. Katy Mace and her helper stir milk, cream, sugar, eggs and strawberries into a big metal bowl. They pour the mixture into an ice cream machine. It spins and cools the mixture down to a low temperature. Now it is ready to be put into tubs. This is Downsview Farmhouse homemade ice cream. Cream Of The Crop Downsview Farm sits off a quiet…