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The Numerous Likely Causes Of Honey Bee Colony Collapse Syndrome

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

The vanishing honeybees is still a mystery. As yet there has been no firm information to point to any one cause for their annihilation. This has led to the premise that there is more than one cause to colony collapse disorder (CCD). Likely 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 disorder. He placed eight domesticated bee colonies in an area where the bees would have no interaction with genetically modified crops and an equal number of honey 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 different.

The 8 non-GMO bee colonies produced 150 pounds of honey, per bee 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 outlive 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 researchers found that 99 percent of zapped bees had high levels of Clothianidin in their bodies. As a result the seven pesticides in the neonicotinoid family have been provisionally outlawed.

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 navigation system thus preventing the bees from finding their way back to the hive. Some exploration carried out by Dr Jochen Kuhn shows that bees do not like going back to their hives when a cell phone is located near the hive. If honeybees are trying to keep clear of cell phone radiation then this could make plain why they are getting lost and unable to find their way home.

Foodstuffs

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 ingest over winter, and replace it with High Fructose Corn Syrup a natural raw sustenance is being replaced with a highly processed dead food. HFCS is lacking in the many minerals and vitamins found in honey so the bees are forced to eat inferior foodstuff which results in their impoverished health and devitalized 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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