Thanks to the Apis Mellifera or the western bee, you have the food you eat. In California's almond orchards, each spring the bees arrive to pollinate, they earn several billion dollars without being paid, producing more than $15 billion. In June, a Rhode Island whole foods store launched a campaign to stop selling anything that relies on pollination to demonstrate the importance of bees. Bees “ensure the cohesion of agriculture”. The bees are disappearing. Beekeepers opened their hives and found honeycomb, wax and honey, but no bees. Beekeepers reported this to concerned scientists, who responded to it as colony collapse disorder. After seven years, bees continue to die on a scale never seen before, it's a mystery. A third of America's bee colonies disappeared or died and a 42% increase over previous years during the winter. Colony losses affect industries and agriculture. In the United States, there were barely enough bees to produce vital almond pollination in the spring, putting $4 billion at risk. The risk is that almonds are the Golden State's most valuable agricultural export, worth twice the price of Ionic wine grapes, and are the ones most dependent on bees. Fruits and vegetables that also rely on bees may affect farmers' chances of increasing their yields. As Jeff Pettis, research manager at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Bee Research, says, "the take-home message is that we are very close to the edge." Scientists are working to understand what is causing the disappearance of bees. Pesticides are one of the causes, notably neonicotinoids, which also bother insects. There is a parasitic mite that has been disrupting honey bee colonies since their introduction to the United States. Other factors can be bacterial and viral diseases. Albert Einstei... middle of paper ...... development of a bee genome repository for cross-breeding bees. Beekeepers spent money feeding their colonies. Replacing honey with sugar or cheesy syrup can weaken bees. Few beekeepers work on large farms to generate profits to pay for the equipment needed to protect the environment. Bees could end up being fed like other animals. No beekeeper would want to see this, but it is the only solution. As long as there are fruits and vegetables that need to be pollinated and farmers are willing to help them, they will be able to survive. If the bees survive, it won't be what we thought. In June, a company sprayed insecticides on trees and 50,000 bumblebees were killed. Humans don't take care of the bumblebee. Millions of animal species die every year without anyone noticing. This is what happens when one species becomes so widespread and rules.