Honey bees are an important part of North America, they help spread pollen from plants, and help maintain the ecosystem. That is what many people think about how honey bees affect the environment, and if you look at honey bees at face value they seem like an undisputed positive. With movements in order to “save the bees.” Mainly only focusing on one type of bee (honey bees). which can have disastrous consequences in not only America, but the rest of the world. I believe honey bees are harmful to the environment, and we should work towards helping other bees instead, such as the bumblebee, and sweat bees. Honey bees first arrived in America in 1622, where they spread rapidly. Many people think honey bees are “important” pollinators, but before they got to America, it was one of the most luscious places in terms of many different thriving plants. This is due to the over 4,000 species of “Native” bees in America (20,000 worldwide), let alone the other pollinators such as thousands of butterflies, wasps, flies, and even beetles that help pollinate the environment. You're probably thinking “What does this have to do with honey bees, and why should we work towards getting rid of them?”. …show more content…
But why is that a bad thing? Honey bees are very inefficient pollinators. Kicking out many other bees and pollinators who are much more efficient at pollinating such plants, leading to many plants going into decline. Not only are honey bees territorial, but effective at killing other native pollinator populations. Similar to other European colonizers, they spread an extreme number of diseases and disorders to other
To channel shakespeare, the question is “To bee or not to bee?” Well if you ask me, we need to bee. The bees are magnificent creatures. An average honey bee can pollinate anything from flowers and trees to nectarines, peaches, and pears to raspberries, cloves, and squash, if the bees die, we will no longer have those crops. In the 1960s and 1970s, Americans began to use pesticides in large quantities to combat issues with weeds and bugs. Farmers used these chemicals to ensure that they had large
beehive is something a lot people are curious about. There are many different components to how bees go about their daily lives. Some crucial parts of the honey bees life include: the different types of bees in the hive, how bees make honey, and why they are dying. Life inside a beehive is very complicated but a very important part of people’s lives. In each beehive there are three different types of bees that help the hive run smoothly. The queen bee is the most important bee because she lays all
What do you get when you combine a lady, honey bees and passion? The sweetness of life! Gunn Baustad is one of only three female beekeepers in her Swedish area. She is an advocate for natural and ethical living who uses entrepreneurship as a tool, a self-made entrepreneur. Even more fascinating, she just started to learn about bees recently, but her passion leads her to use an innovative beehive called Flow. Flow Hive, a new type of domesticated beehive box with a valve, is one of the top ten most
Axel Decourtye, a science director in French Institute of beekeeping, fragmentations of habitats, like monoculture, contribute to the loss of bees. It is obvious that a deficiency in quality and quantity of pollen can lead to a decrease in bee populations. With monoculture farming, there is only going to be one bloom period, which leaves a narrow window for bees to collect pollen. Healthy bee populations and profitable beekeeping practices depend on landscapes with ample and nutritious sources of pollen
it and go on your way. Another bee dead, how many more are left? Unsurprisingly, not many. Should we put more effort into saving the remaining bees? Or find other means for pollinating? Well, scientists have already found ways to pollinate plants without the help from our flying friends. They're looking into pollinating by hand and using small, robotic bees that can function much like a honeybee with much more energy,
reflect on how insects, such as bees, play a massive role in our environment. For generations most of us have taken honey bees for granted. Most people probably didn 't even realize how dependent we are on the honey bees or how many crops they pollinate. About a hundred important crops are pollinated by honey bees that make up a third of the American diet, including apples, pears, almonds, and raspberries (SAVE THE BEES). Without them, major crops would cease to exist. Bees are crucial to our existence
Since reading my first collection of literature, “Vistas in Reading Literature: Gold Level”, I fell in love with the art of writing. Persuasive argumentatives were fun to internally debate with. Informational essays of research opened my eyes of perspective. Philosophy taught me to paint thoughts and reason onto my empty canvas. Religious texts of the Bible enlightened my soul. Oratory put a mirror in front of me to display the reflection of humanism. Literature of the classical fiction genres performed