Kadie+Sylla

Kady Sylla College Bound 904 May 30, 2013

 Human Causes Decline of Bee Population

 Without bees in human life we would depopulate but people don’t see that when they are running in terror thinking that they will get stung. People don’t notice they are one of the most important factors that help use survive. We benefit greatly from them. But the fact that they are declining would damage our economy. Human activity causes the decline of bee population in these ways: 1.People make pesticides that can kill bees to assure don’t get stung, 2. they use cell phones that release radiation also 3. They decrease the biodiversity (variety of life in a habitat) of bees to make space for themselves.   media type="youtube" key="Sw4nz3j4NaE?feature=player_detailpage" height="360" width="640"

 According to Michael McCarthy in “Decline of Bees now Global Phenomenon”, Bees in the US by 36% which can affect the global economy. Studies show that this is due to human activity. “Without profound changes to the way human being manage the planet, they say, declines in pollinators needed to feed a growing global population are likely to continue.” The declining of bees could damage our food supply, for 70% are pollinated by bees. Human believe that with technology they are of need of nature. “Bees underline the reality that we are more dependent services in a world of close to seven billion people.”  Human activity declines bee population by human using pesticides and insecticides. In “New pesticide link to the declining of bee population”, Michael McCarthy states that pesticides used by humans is mostly responsible for the disappearing bees. “…Pesticides is most likely responsible for CCD (colony collapse disorder).” Also in “EU proposes to Ban Insecticides”, Damian Carrington says that two scientific studies found that bees consuming insecticides suffered an 85% loss in the number of queens their nest produced. It also showed a doubling of missing bees that got lost while foraging. People decline bee population because they make pesticides that reduce reproduction and damage their senses. This shows that insecticides and pe sticides cause CCD towards bees and the many losses of queen bees.  Human activity reduces bee population. They use cell phones, even though they may not know, that somehow harm bees. This can be proven in “Study links bee decline to cellphones” by Sasha Herriman. She stated that in a study scientist put active cellphones in a hive for 30 minutes each day. After 3 months, they noticed the bee stopped producing honey, bee egg production. Soon the size of the hive had reduced. Another way this can be proven is in “Mobile phones responsible of disappearance of honey bee”. Dean Nelson asserted that Mobile phones are a key factor in the phenomenon and that it probably interferes with the bee’s navigation senses.  The bee population is declining because humans cause cell phone radiation while using their phones. They may not recognize but it decreases bee reproduction and stops the production of honey. This is shown by the articles “be e decline to cellphones” and “mobile phone responsible of disappearance”.

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 The bee population is declining due to decrease of bee biodiversity. In “Bee decline linked to falling biodiversity” Richard Black “…Think about the amount of habitat destruction, the loss of biodiversity, that sort of thing, and the expansion of crops like oilseed rape, you've now got large areas of mono-culture (one thing); and that’s been a fairly major change in what pollinating insects can forage for.” In “Silence of the bee impact of CCD on pbs.org states that from 2006 to 2007 2.4 million bees were lost to CCD which badly affected the agriculture economy...Humans must change their ways such as decreasing the biodiversity or environment. Bee population is declining because they decrease bee biodiversity to make space for human habitat. This is shown by Richard Black and pbs.org.

 Human action is contributed to the decreasing of bee population in the following ways: 1) humans make pesticides and insecticides that exterminate bees, for they are afraid of getting stung (Bees don’t always sting because they could die from it) 2) Others use mobile phones that while calling can release radiation that declines bee reproduction and damage their senses 3) they decrease bee biodiversity or habitat to make space for buildings, houses, etc. Humans should change the things they do in their environment because without bees our environment would be unstable no surplus food. This could drastically lead to extinction.