Why The Collapse Of Bees

The collapse of the honeybee population is due to different factors such as the acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or cancer, and unknown micro-organism affecting the bees. The two main reasons why bees are dying is because of human using harsh chemicals along with other environmental changes. These chemicals are weakening their immune system. Another reason is because of parasites. The parasites first take over the bee’s body. When the bees have their babies, the parasite goes into the honeycomb then starts to take over the colony mass producing the parasite, and eventually taking over the colony meaning all the bees would die.
According to Bees Vanish, and scientist Race for Reasons by Alexei Barrionuevo, “In the late 1990s, French beekeepers
“Most disturbing, bees that ate pollen contaminated with fungicides were three times as likely to be infected by the parasite. Widely used, fungicides had been thought to be harmless for bees as they’re designed to kill fungus, not insects, on crops like apples.” This means that it’s both human and parasites that are causing bees to vanish. The cause of this is that the farmers spray these chemicals thinking that it will help their crops from getting fungicides. Then the bees come around taking the pollen from the flower, and this pollen causes the bee’s immune system to weaken. The parasites then attack giving it a greater chance of winning.
The Real News Why bees are dying says, “That a cause is and so we suspect honeybee diseases, especially the varroa mite, which is this large parasitic vampire mite that sucks the blood of bees and also passes viruses from bees to bee--. We also suspect pesticides, both the pesticides beekeepers apply to the colonies to control the verroa mite, but also pesticides that are sprayed to fields and bees bring back to the colony.” Even though the mite is a common enemy of the bee the verroa mite has been defecting because of the weakened immune