You use it for tea, soup, cakes, toast, and even as medicine, but honey might not be as sweet as it seems anymore.
Since 2006, researchers have noted a significant decrease in the population size of bees in North America. An estimated 10 million beehives have been wiped out, a tragedy worth $2 billion. But what’s causing this beepocalpse? Is it overconsumption of honey? Or maybe urbanization has a role. Scientists have considered a number of factors that could be causing the death of bees including pesticide use, malnutrition, habitat loss, etc., but they have now pinpointed a specific cause.
According to http://www.naturalnews.com/, Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is the leading cause of the death of the bees. CDD is when worker bees abandon their hives, leaving the queen and a small measly amount of bees left to pollinate for them. Some of the chemicals linked to CCD are found in fungicides and pesticides. Around two years ago, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Industry started to re-evaluate samples of dead bees and was considering altering pesticide standards.
A bee specialist, Dr. Reese, explains the significance of bees to us as consumers and patients as honey is a medicinal food. Go to http://youtu.be/UIKnLqK8g_4 to see an interview with Dr. Reese to learn more about this cause.
But no matter how late the action is taken, it is still a positive advancement to secure the future of our pollinating friends, and us as humans. Bees pollinate at least 80% of the crops we rely on for survival and are part of an extremely delicate and intricate ecosystem. They are vital to our sustenance on this planet and we need to start spreading the word!
So next time an annoying bee seems to buzzing around you, remember, they might not do that much longer.