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2008/02/25,14:33

Colony collapse disorder

Colony collapse disorder is a serious problem that is killing our bees all over the U.S. In this paragraph, I will tell you all that I know about CCD.

A lot of people don’t know what the causes of CCD are but they think it if from a number of viruses. Some of the viruses consist of IAPV or Israeli acute paralysis virus that has been detected in Australian bees. Scientists are still trying to find other viruses in addition to IAPV.

There are many symptoms of CCD. These symptoms include workers bees mysteriously not returning from collecting pollen. There have been rapid losses of huge numbers of bees. Not just a few bees die off but almost the entire hive. Scientists don’t know what is causing the bees to not return to the hive. There is still a lot of honey in the hive. There is no sign of a predator that could have stolen the honey and caused the bees the bees to have died of starvation.

There are a lot of ways we can help stop CCD. They include planting more flowers in wild areas. You could also remove the ice plant from the sides of freeways and plant native flowers for the bees to pollinate. Look at your garden from a bug’s point of view. Don’t make your garden into a desert and refrain from spraying pesticides. It’s also a good idea to educate people to accept fruit with bruises on them; it’s not necessary for fruits and vegetables to be inundated with pesticides just so consumers can have fruits and vegetables without blemishes. Outlawing nicotoids from pesticides may help preserve our bee populations. If nicotine is bad for humans, couldn’t it also be hazardous to bees?

When will happen if nothing is done? To begin with, the bees would die off and as someone has said: “When the bees dies off, man would die off in four years.”

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