Argumentative Essay On Honeybees

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Honeybees Are Survival Honeybees around the world are dying at a fast rate and it is creating world-wide controversy. Scientists have found it could be from a reason of things such as pests, parasites, loss of genetic diversity and much more. Whatever the reason, there will be an outcome if not stopped. Scientists from all over are trying to help find a solution for this horrific topic. There are not much people who know the importance of honeybees in our ecosystem. Most people just think their only purpose is to make honey but how else could the collapse of honeybees really affect us? If honeybees go extinct it will be detrimental to the human existence. Every night at the dinner table people do not realize that, “One out of every three mouthfuls of food in the American diet is, in some way, a product of honeybee pollination” (Zissu, Alexandra par 1). Almost one hundred percent of our planets fruit, vegetables, and nuts are pollinated from honeybees. If this is the case, that means the collapse in honeybees predict for the future of the worlds ecosystem. Without honeybees …show more content…

There are hundreds of thousands bee keepers in the United States alone. Without honeybees, the beekeepers will eventually lose their jobs because there will no longer be honey for them to sell. Also, no more pollination of different crops mean hundreds of businesses will have to be shut down due to no produce to sell. Over twenty-four million dollars comes from bee pollinators and straight into the United States economy but “…honey bees account for more than fifteen billion dollars through their vital role in keeping fruits, nuts, and vegetables in our diets” (Fact Sheet: The Economic Challenge Posed by Declining Pollinator Populations par 3). Food and money are the two things in this world that truly help us survive. Without both, humans will no longer be able to sustain

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