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By Alyssa Tramp
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In 2006 beekeepers first learned that bees are disappearing; nearly one-third of all honey bee colonies in the country have vanished. Seemingly healthy bees have been leaving their colonies and not returning –this is called Colony Collapse Disorder. Why are the bees disappearing? Scientists studying the disorder believe many things can be making them sick, including pesticide exposure, invasive parasitic mites, an inadequate food supply, and a new virus that targets the bees’ immune system.
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Who cares right? –wrong. Many people don’t realize bees impact our lives more than giving us a sting or two. Bees actually are one of the main pollinators of flowers and agricultural crops. Without bees the U.S. can lose up to $15 billion worth of crops because foods we love wouldn’t grow such as apples, cucumbers, broccoli, pumpkins, carrots, almonds, and many more. Almonds Apples Apricots Avocadoes Blueberries Boysenberries Cherries Citrus Cranberries Grapes Kiwifruit Loganberries Macadamia nuts Nectarines Olives Peaches Pears Plums/Prunes Raspberries Strawberries Asparagus Broccoli Carrots Cauliflower Celery Cucumbers Cantaloupe Honeydew Onions Pumpkins Squash Watermelons Alfalfa Hay Alfalfa Seed Cotton Lint Cotton Seed Legume Seed Peanuts Rapeseed Soybeans Sugar Beets Sunflowers
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has donated $20 million for research over the next 5 years. The USDA has yet to find a solution http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/animals/bees.asp?gclid=CL-Nyvn9ibACFWQDQAodPCXQNA http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/animals/bees.asp?gclid=CL-Nyvn9ibACFWQDQAodPCXQNA
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