Beekeepers have always suffered losses of their domesticated bees but in the olden times those losses were limited and the beekeeper was always able to find the cause, usually a bacteria, mite or some other germ and take admissible action. Not so with colony collapse disorder, (sometimes called colony collapse syndrome or colony collapse disease). With colony collapse disorder more domesticated bees are dying off faster with no open-and-shut reason and because only the queen and a few workers are left alive the colony dies.

The disappearing honeybees is still a mystery. As yet there has been no firm evidence to point to any one cause for their loss of life. This has led to the assumption that there is more than one cause to colony collapse disorder (CCD). Possible 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 syndrome. He placed eight honey bee colonies in a place where the bees would have no contact with genetically modified crops and an equivalent number of domesticated 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 dissimilar.

The eight non-GMO honey bee colonies produced 150 pounds of honey, per bee hive, in the over-wintering brood supers. Plus, between them, the eight colonies produced 200 pounds of extra honey. The farm bees, on the other hand, had produced no extra honey and had not even filled 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 syndrome is nicotine-based Clothianidin, an insecticide in the neonicotinoid family. In Germany researchers found that 99 percent of demised bees had high levels of Clothianidin in their bodies. As a result the 7 pesticides in the neonicotinoid family have been provisionally outlawed.

In the US imidacloprid seems to be the pesticide causing the most colony collapse disorder. For example in North Dakota one third of colonies died after imidacloprid was in use on rapeseed.

Cell phones

Is the electromagnetic radiation given off by mobile phobes interfering with the honey bee's direction system thus preventing the honey bees from sorting out their way back to the hive. Some exploration carried out by Dr Jochen Kuhn shows that honeybees do not like going back to their hives when a mobile phone is placed near the hive. If honeybees are trying to keep away from cell phone radiation then this could clear up why they are getting lost and incapable of finding their way home.

Foodstuffs

Honey bees normally use natural material like pollen, sap, nectar, or other botanical materials, for modification into honey. When beekeepers remove this honey, which the honey bees would normally ingest over winter, and replace it with High Fructose Corn Syrup a natural raw foodstuff is being replaced with a highly processed dead foodstuff. High Fructose Corn Syrup is lacking in the many minerals and vitamins found in honey so the honeybees are forced to eat inferior foodstuff which results in their poor health and sapped 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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