Honey Bees and Colony Collapse Disorder

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Honey Bee populations have been rapidly declining in the past several years due to colony collapse disorder. We take a look into how long it has been occurring, why its happening, what can be done about it, and a brief look into current and future alternatives.... and don't worry... the terrible bee puns do stop.. • Fun facts about making this video: I filmed it in a conference room at my job after hours, hence the echo during the presentation parts. I also forgot to film a part and left only to return 2 hours later when I realized I forgot to film something. Well... those weren't really fun facts... more like lame facts... sorry. • • SOURCES: • • Chensheng LU, Kenneth M. WARCHOL, Richard A. CALLAHAN. “Sub-lethal exposure to neonicotinoids impaired honey bees winterization before proceeding to colony collapse disorder” Bulletin of Insectology 67 (1): 125-130, 2014 • Buri, Pierrick, Jean-Yves Humbert, and Raphaël Arlettaz. Promoting Pollinating Insects in Intensive Agricultural Matrices: Field-Scale Experimental Manipulation of Hay-Meadow Mowing Regimes and its Effects on Bees: E85635. PLoS One 9.1 (2014) • Johannes Fischer, Teresa Müller, Anne-Kathrin Spatz, Uwe Greggers, Bernd Grünewald, Randolf Menzel. “Neonicotinoids Interfere with Specific Components of Navigation in Honeybees” Research Article, published 19 Mar 2014 | PLOS ONE • Francis, Roy M., Steen L. Nielsen, and Per Kryger. Varroa-Virus Interaction in Collapsing Honey Bee Colonies. PloS one 8.3 (2013): e57540 • Sandrock, Christoph, et al. Impact of Chronic Neonicotinoid Exposure on Honeybee Colony Performance and Queen Supersedure. PloS one 9.8 (2014): e103592. • Ella Weber. “Apis mellifera: The Domestication and Spread of European Honey Bees for Agriculture in North America.” University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Journal. (2012) Issue 9 • Colopy, M. (2014). RESEARCH SHOWS IMPACT OF PESTICIDES ON POLLINATORS. Bee Culture, 142(10), 31-32,34 • Pinkus-Rendon, Miguel. (07/01/2005). Floral resource use and interactions between Apis mellifera and native bees in cucurbit crops in Yucatán, México. Canadian entomologist. (137)4. p.441 • Di Prisco, Gennaro. (11/12/2013). Neonicotinoid clothianidin adversely affects insect immunity and promotes replication of a viral pathogen in honey bees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS.(110)46. p.18466 - 18471 • • Artz, Derek R., and Brian A. Nault. Performance of Apis Mellifera, Bombus Impatiens, and Peponapis Pruinosa (Hymenoptera: Apidae) as Pollinators of Pumpkin. Journal of economic entomology 104.4 (2011): 1153-61. • • Petersen, Jessica D., Stephen Reiners, and Brian A. Nault. Pollination Services Provided by Bees in Pumpkin Fields Supplemented with either Apis Mellifera Or Bombus Impatiens Or Not Supplemented: E69819. PLoS One 8.7 (2013) • E. Nardone, P.G. Kevan, M. Stasiak and M. Dixon. 2012.Atmospheric pressure requirements of bumblebees (Bombus impatiens) as pollinators of Lunar or Martian greenhouse grown food. Gravitational and Space Biology 26(2): 13-21. • • Betti MI, Wahl LM, Zamir M (2014) Effects of Infection on Honey Bee Population Dynamics: A Model. PLoS ONE 9(10): e110237. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0110237 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varroa_d... • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_c... • http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/br/ccd/ccd... • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonicot... • • http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2011/... • • http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm... • http://news.nationalgeographic.com/ne... • http://www.fao.org/ag/magazine/0512sp... • ted talks. Marla Spivak: Why bees are disappearing. • Marla Spivak: Why bees are disappearing • • All pictures fall under Fair Use for the following reasons; this is nonprofit, they are for educational purposes, used for fact based content, and all pictures are transformed/re purposed/cropped in some way.

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