THE BEES are dissapearing??

Question

im wondering, but no one knows why the bees are disspearing...i heard about this about a year or two ago...

Whats going to happen to our crop?....

Its funny they dont bring THIS up in the election as a problem..LOL...

Answer 1

There is a viral epidemic which is exterminating domestic honeybees. Various explanations have been offered, but none usefully. As I understand it, the bees just leave the hive, and don't come back.

As you suggest, this is something most people don't want to think about. Without bees to fertilize the flowers, most of the plants we eat (and the animals who eat those plants too) will no longer be able to reproduce, bear fruit or seed. Some plants could still be propagated (hybrid corn and seedless watermelons come to mind), but most would not.  Not a pretty picture.

I've been wondering about where bumble bees fit into the whole picture. I'm still seeing them. And I'm also wondering whether the virus is affecting wild honeybees.

Global warming is another issue that most people seem determined to ignore.  The floods in Louisiana and the fires in California are just a couple of consequences that have occurred so far. And that's just the beginning ....

Now, just in case you don't have enough to worry about, here's something else to consider.  All the rubber plants grown in plantations are very closely related, almost like clones.  The wrong germ could wipe them all out. Although there are many kinds of plastic that have been developed to replace rubber for certain things, there are some things for which there is no syntheric substitute.  Tires and belts in vehicles and industry, for example. It's not hard to understand why politicians won't bring that one up, either.

I wish I were a religious type, so I could pray for mercy from the consequences of our actions. It looks like the only thing we can predict with any certainty is that the future will be so different we couldn't even imagine it.

Answer 2

I heard that are cell phones are doing it. that the wireless signals is causing radiation or something.