Savethebees

what is C.C.D.?
2008/01/25,17:28

There are many possible reasons for Colony Collapse Disorder. One possible reason of CCD is pesticides. If you spray pesticides on plants you are hurting the bees because bees eat the nectar that they get from the flowers. Another possible cause of CCD is malnutrition. Malnutrition is when there is an extremely low amount of honey. There is also a virus called Israeli Acute Paralysis that may be the cause of CCD. Some beekeepers have found that in their hives. The virus got to the United States by Australia. Scientists are trying to use Africanized bees to get rid of the virus. Bears are also a huge threat to the Honey Bees. Also Varroa Mite can be a cause too. Another possible cause it’s the fungi growing inside the bees’ tissues. Also neonicotinoids could be a reason for CCD.

If the bees keep disappearing at this rate then bees will cease to exist in 2035. 80% percent of bees have died in six months. 100,000 bees are gone in Spain. The African Honey Bees are immune to CCD.

Scientists are now closely looking at the country’s commercial bees. In the valley beekeepers have to rent honeybees. Bees are disappearing in thirty-five different states in the United States. 1/3 of the world’s food is produced by America’s honey bees. Many adult bees have disappeared leaving only the Queen Bee in the hive. If you are concerned about CCD please contact your lawmakers in Washington at 202-224-3121 or 202-225-3221 and tell them to please support Colony Collapse Disorder research!

Our Goals
2008/01/15,17:31
Our goals are to save the honeybees. We will build bee boxes for bees to take some of the stress off the honeybees. Honeybees and other bees have a completely different set of pest's and viruses and only honeybees are affected by Colony Collapse Disorder. Also we will try to plant flowers around the area so they can pollinate without going to far away from the hive or box.
Possible reasons Honeybees are Disapearing
2008/01/09,14:55

Honey bees are disapearing, but why? Actualy, the reason is not clear yet. They could be dying by mites, or viriuses, even of malnutrition. Some ideas like cell phones have been said that it is not an idea any more. Here are some reasons why honey bees our diseapering:

  • They could be dying of malnutrition,
  • A virus similar to aids is The Israile Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV), which came from Israil, then Australia or Asia got the virus. Then their bees got to America, then are bees got infected. The virus eats away at the bees and leaves nothing, plus it grows fungus inside them.
  • Another possibility is the Varroa mite, also called the Vampire mite. Like the IAPV, the Varroa mite eats the honey bee, all of it also.

Those are the three most reasons why bees are disapearing. The thing about the Varroa and the IVAP is that when the honey bees get infected they leave the hive, and do not return. On this blog please post comments if you have information on why honey bees are disapearing.

Thanks

Why we are doing this?
2008/01/09,14:55

As you may know we are doing this, to help save the honey bees. What is making the honey bees die or disapear?

Most people agree that the culprit is C.C.D.

The bee-keeping convention
2008/01/09,14:07
We're going to a bee-keeping convention and we're going to write sort of a before and after kind of entry. We're going to perform our song for the convention. We're going to meet scientists from all over the country and will have the chance to share our observations with them we will also asks them what we can do to make a difference. The next blog will be an after entry. We'll explain what happens and what it was like.

The rest of our song
2008/01/08,23:55

I'm going to give you the full song since I only gave you the chorus in the last entrie.

chorus

Honey bees please come home

We need you here at the honeycomb

That colony collapse disorder

Is crossing ever border

So honey bees, please come home

Why are the adult bees dissapering?

Is it from climate change or pestisides?

Are you feeling sress from malnutrion?

We need you and our crops to stay alive chorus

We want you to continue pollinating

And we'll do our best to solve this mystery

Until then we'll eat organic honey

And build a hive where you'll be safe and free chorus

Colony Collapse Disorder
2008/01/08,17:43

This blog is for our class's Environmentality Challenge. We will talk about C.C.D ( Colony Collapse Disorder) and the dissapering bees. This is a really big problem and we hope to make a difference.

We wrote a song about it with the help of Mr. Cooper, here is the chorus

chorus

Honey bees please come home

We need you here at the honeycomb

That Colony Collapse Disorder

Is crossing ever border

So honeybees, please come home

 
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