Human Extinction by Meteor, Pole Shift or Ice Age? More Likely By CCD - Economic Positive?

IF THE BEES DIE, WE DIE!
Today I may be bringing you some good news. The bees are alive and well here in Southern Arizona as of February 15, 2011 as we personally observed a large amount of bees pollinating the flowers on a bush located in front of our home.

Beginning in October 2006, some beekeepers began reporting losses of 30-90 percent of their hives. While colony losses are not unexpected during winter weather, the magnitude of loss suffered by some beekeepers was highly unusual.
This phenomenon, which currently does not have a recognizable underlying cause, has been termed "Colony Collapse Disorder" (CCD). The main symptom of CCD is simply no or a low number of adult honey bees present but with a live queen and no dead honey bees in the hive. Often there is still honey in the hive, and immature bees (brood) are present.
ARS scientists and others are in the process of carrying out research to discover the cause(s) of CCD and develop ways for beekeepers to respond to the problem.

Why should the public care about honey bees?
Bee pollination is responsible for $15 billion in added crop value, particularly for specialty crops such as almonds and other nuts, berries, fruits, and vegetables. About one mouthful in three in the diet directly or indirectly benefits from honey bee pollination. While there are native pollinators (honey bees came from the Old World with European colonists), honey bees are more prolific and the easiest to manage for the large scale pollination that U.S. agriculture requires. In California, the almond crop alone uses 1.3 million colonies of bees, approximately one half of all honey bees in the United States, and this need is projected to grow to 1.5 million colonies by 2010.

The number of managed honey bee colonies has dropped from 5 million in the1940s to only 2.5 million today. At the same time, the call for hives to supply pollination service has continued to climb. This means honey bee colonies are trucked farther and more often than ever before.

Honey bee colony health has also been declining since the 1980s with the advent of new pathogens and pests. The spread into the United States of varroa and tracheal mites, in particular, created major new stresses on honey bees.

Read More Here: http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=15572

February 15, 2011
Phoenix West Valley, Arizona

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[stevesmitty79]

What kind of bush is that? I wonder if those seed pods are edible.

[ArizonaPublic]

@stevesmitty79

I'm not sure....But the flowers do have a very powerful good smell. I'ts almost like a jasmine or a orange blossom smell...

[skyding8962]

I blame Demcad.

[ArizonaPublic]

@skyding8962

Me too!

[angelpbj]

@rosiebgocats1 global what?

[MrDuggem]

Demcad for prez!

[theeastwatch]

UnBEElievable.

-TEW

[rosiebgocats1]

Just because your bush has bees doesn't mean the populations aren't declining! 20,000 bees died in an exhibit in Toronto recently for no apparent reason. Nearly 20% of the UK's honey bees died last winter. Is this a natural phenomen attributed to Global warming, or something more sinister on the part of a few who wish to reduce the world population and gain global domination?

[gasdorf]

@ArizonaPublic mom and pop bee colony ...

[KMDNews]

@babaloo42 I had an uncle who had such a deep love for flowers and the bees I also have grown to love them. I hold them and help them live when I can :) I never kill them and I also try and help others get over their fears of them. The one thing I can't help but have a deep understanding of is allergies. I almost lost a best friend to a sting. He refused to go to the hospital until he was so weak he could not fight me any more. Big guy 6 foot 4 290 pounds. I am 5'8 120 pounds. I got him there ☺

[mrcaymanislands1]

Nice report Mike!

[mja2035]

Nice change of pace Mike. I'm glad your branching out on the subject matter.

[jcx420]

Nor cal bees are living it up. Last sunny day I saw at least 100s in my back yard.

[babaloo42]

@KMDNews he is so sweet to those little critters. im allergic so i wouldnt try to tape them. anyway as long as they do what they have to and go there merry way thats fine by me.