I saw on a show that honey bees are in danger of extinction because of mites clogging up their breathing tubes

Question

Has anyone else heard of this? Wondering if anyone has an update on it.

Answer 1

and global warming is going to raise sea levels 20 feet

Answer 2

it seems it's actually a combination of many factors. read about it on the wiki:

Answer 3

is it true that Einstein said 'without bees, humankind can live no longer than 4 years'  ???

Answer 4

yep. even thought theres trillions of bees in the world, they will become extinct

Answer 5

heard something about it, i live in California's central valley so we hear about anything related to ag, but in my front yard i have hundreds of flowers and no shortage of bees.

Answer 6

have heard that and seen it on the news and if that is the case then we are all in a difficult situtation if the honey bees do not survive and die out then the plants and garderns and flowers die with them for they must pollenate those, it states that we have lost a third of our honey bees and hopefully they can find out the exact case and right it

Answer 7

To get the update on what is going on, search "Colony Collapse Disorder". Pray this does not get out of hand or you will see food prices sky rocket and diminishing availability for the simple basics like an apple become a horrible reality. The real cause has not been sorted out yet, but like most things, there will inevitably be multiple causes with our environmental mismanagement "finger print on the smoking gun".