Why All The Bees Are Dying

Bee population around the world have collapsed. Now scientists are scrambling to find out why. Anthony has a list of the possible causes, and the threat this poses to food supplies worldwide.

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Winter Loss Survey 2012 -- 2013: Preliminary Results
"Preliminary survey results indicate that 31.1% of managed honey bee colonies in the
United States were lost during the 2012/2013 winter."

Honey Constituents Up-Regulate Detoxification and Immunity Genes in the Western Honey Bee Apis Mellifera
"As a managed pollinator, the honey bee Apis mellifera is critical to the American agricultural enterprise."

Honey Bees and Colony Collapse Disorder
"Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is a serious problem threatening the health of honey bees and the economic stability of commercial beekeeping and pollination operations in the United States."

Team Finds Substances in Honey that Increase Honey Bee Detox Gene Expression
"A new study led by Illinois professor of entomology May Berenbaum shows that some components of the nectar and pollen grains bees collect to manufacture food increase expression of detoxification genes that help keep honey bees healthy."

Bees & Pesticides: Commission Goes Ahead With Plan to Better Protect Bees
"The European Commission will in the coming weeks adopt a proposal to restrict the use of 3 pesticides belonging to the nenicotinoid family (clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiametoxam) for a period of 2 years."

Einstein Was Right - Honey Bee Collapse Threatens Global Food Security
"The bee crisis has been treated as a niche concern until now, but as the UN's index of food prices hits an all time-high, it is becoming urgent to know whether the plight of the honey bee risks further exhausting our food security."

Disappearing Bees: Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)
"In the spring of 2007, news agencies began to report on a disturbing phenomenon in the bee population."

How Colony Collapse Disorder Works
"Researchers have sifted through the list of possible Colony Collapse Disorder causes extensively during the past few years and haven't come up with one definitive answer."

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[Seeker]

Anthony Carboni went to figure out Why All The Bees Are Dying and explains the threat this poses to food supplies worldwide.

[ciarrawaffle]

He has every right to yell, don't make light of this, it threatens humanity's survival.

[IntegrationLuas]

I read somewhere that it is due to the pollution of air with signals (WiFi, Radio e.t.c) which harms the bee's sense of direction. There was an experiment done with a mobile phones. There was a number boxes with bees in them, with a mobile phone in a couple. Apparently the bees in the boxes with the mobile phone in them declined more so than the other boxes. I'm the experiment is on youtube somewhere :)

[AwwEmily]

We live here in Belgium in "Haspengouw" where nearly all the belgian fruit is produced and I've seen only 1 bee! I think that's because the temperatures here were the last few days really instable one week 20C, next week 10C. And what a coincidence that I was speaking over it today to my family.

[Sarah]

This makes me feel better about saving that bee last summer. I took it out of a pool and put it on a flower so it could get pollen to make it home. Also, could this be a case of Bees hate you? That could be an interesting video

[sarcasticdps]

This is perfect for my school essay!
It supports how we should do more to protect and preseve endangered animals.

[KeroAlvarado]

O.O I would have never guessed bees are so very important to us

[mikeydoherty]

Seen an interesting video about radio waves could be causing bees problems.
Think about how many wireless things there are now compared to the 70s. For all we know the bees might be able to sense these waves and its causing them problems.

[EthanFouts]

The ending of the video is great! Just to add to that: Think happy thoughts! Happy thoughts!

[rad]

I wish these stories would at least mention the fact that there are dozens of native species of pollinators, not just commercial European honeybees. Of course many native bees are also declining, but I feel like these news outlets are missing a chance to talk about the value of native biodiversity.

[zacharytack]

This... THIS... IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A SMART PERSON GETS SCARED

[rings]

The corn harvest is bigger than ever!!! Plenty of bees everywhere!

[bigeyetuna]

Synthetic man-made flowering plants are not helping the bees thrive. They can't tell if this plant or that plant will be good for the colony. I want a Laci hug! I'm stressed too! :-)

[ThevprFoundation]

At the age of 4, I was stung by a bee. What did that teach me? To stay the hell away from bees.

[ToryuMau]

*"We'll be killing each other for Tangerines!"* Yup, I know I would.  >:-)

[MrCheeseDeer]

"WE WILL BE KILLING EACHOTHER FOR TANGERINES!" LOL

[TrollingTrollbusters]

"We're gunna be killin each other for tangerines!!!" XD

[georgecataloni]

Now everyone else imagine your most reoccuring nightmare being necessary for your existance.

[katryn]

we tried to help a dying bee today at first we thought it might just be tired as it was just walking round the pavement. We did the water/sugar thing for it thinking it might need energy but sadly it wasn't to be it is now buried in our garden :(

[victoriagreenberg]

Hellllo D News reporters,
I have recently become very concerned about what is happening WITH THE NUCLEAR RADIATION IN JAPAN COMING OVER TO THE US WEST COAST, I was wondering
If you all could possibly do a segment on what you know and find out, it would really and truly be so comforting to hear you 3 genius' speak about such an alarming subject....
I love what you all have to say, please please make a video on that ^^
Take care! :)