The Several Possible Causes Of Bee Colony Collapse Syndrome



Beekeepers have always suffered losses of their honey bees but in the past those losses were slow and the beekeeper was always able to ascertain the cause, usually a bacteria, mite or some other fungus and take qualified action. Not so with colony collapse disorder, (sometimes called colony collapse syndrome or colony collapse disease). With colony collapse disorder more domesticated bees are perishing faster with no straightforward reason and because only the queen and a few workers are left alive the colony dies.

The vanishing bees is still a mystery. As yet there has been no firm information to point to any one cause for their cessation of life. This has led to the speculation that there is more than one cause to colony collapse disorder (CCD). Feasible causes are:

Genetically modified crops

An investigation carried out by a beekeeper, John McDonald, seems to suggest that genetically modified crops could be the cause of colony collapse disease. He placed eight bee colonies in an area where the honey bees would have no interaction with genetically modified crops and an equal number of bee hives on farms that grew genetically modified crops. At the end of the season in October the results of the honey collecting of both sets of honeybees was examined. The results between the two sets of honey bee colonies were very divergent.

The eight non-GMO bee colonies produced 150 pounds of honey, per hive, in the over-wintering brood supers. Plus, between them, the 8 colonies produced 200 pounds of extra honey. The farm honey bees, on the other hand, had produced no extra honey and had not even packed the over-wintering brood supers. These farm bees will require feeding in order to outlast the winter.

Pesticides

The pesticide believed to be the main culprit in causing colony collapse disease is nicotine-based Clothianidin, an insecticide in the neonicotinoid family. In Germany investigators found that 99 percent of demised bees had high levels of Clothianidin in their bodies. As a result the seven pesticides in the neonicotinoid family have been provisionally banned.

In the US imidacloprid seems to be the pesticide causing the most colony collapse syndrome. For example in North Dakota one third of colonies died after imidacloprid was used on oil seed rape.

Cell phones

Is the electromagnetic radiation given off by mobile phobes interfering with the honey bee's orientation system thus preventing the honey bees from finding their way back to the hive. Some research carried out by Dr Jochen Kuhn shows that bees do not like going back to their hives when a cell phone is positioned near the hive. If honeybees are trying to stay away from mobile phone radiation then this could clarify why they are getting lost and unable to find their way home.

Food

Bees normally use natural material like pollen, sap, nectar, or other botanical materials, for fabricating into honey. When beekeepers take away this honey, which the honey bees would normally finish off over winter, and replace it with High Fructose Corn Syrup a natural raw sustenance is being replaced with a highly processed dead sustenance. High Fructose Corn Syrup is lacking in the many minerals and vitamins found in honey so the bees are forced to eat inferior food which results in their impoverished health and diminished immune systems.

So what is the cause of bee colony collapse disorder. Probably a combination of all of the above though GMOs, and the neonicotinoid pesticides, seem to be the main factors which has caused the dramatic increase in bees disappearing.

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