Crop pesticides used on crops more than often contaminate farmers, the food, and even the drinking water. While pesticides target specific crop-harming insect species, it has the potential to affect all insects in one form or another.
Varroa Mite - Scientists believe these mites may be the original cause of the colonies collapsing, since the mites feed on honeybees.
"Are honey bees the canary in the coal mine? What are honey bees trying to tell us that we humans should be paying more attention to?" - Jerry Hayes, Chief Apiary Section. Florida Department of Agriculture, in Gainesville, Florida.
Albert Einstein once forecasted, "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left." A dire comment that is prognosticating in our present day.
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