The Innumerable Plausible Causes Of Honey Bee Colony Collapse Syndrome Beekeepers have always suffered losses of their bees but in the past those losses were slow and the beekeeper was always able to find the cause, usually a bacteria, mite or some other microbe and take useful action. Not so with colony collapse disorder, (sometimes called colony collapse syndrome or colony collapse disease). With colony collapse disorder more domesticated bees are dwindling faster with no open-and-shut reason and because only the queen and a few worker bees are left alive the colony dies. The vanishing bees is still a mystery. As yet there has been no firm evidence to point to any one cause for their passing away. This has led to the theory that there is more than one cause to colony collapse disorder (CCD). Likely causes are: Genetically modified crops An investigation carried out by a beekeeper, John McDonald, seems to suggest that genetically modified crops could be the cause of colony collapse syndrome. He placed eight domesticated bee colonies in an area where the honey bees would have no contact with genetically modified crops and an equivalent number of bee hives on farms that grew genetically modified crops. At the end of the season in October the results of the honey collecting of both sets of honeybees was examined. The results between the two sets of honey bee colonies were very dissimilar. The 8 non-GMO bee colonies produced 150 pounds of honey, per hive, in the over-wintering brood supers. Plus, between them, the eight colonies produced 200 pounds of extra honey. The farm bees, on the other hand, had produced no extra honey and had not even packed the over-wintering brood supers. These farm bees will require feeding in order to outlive the winter. Pesticides The pesticide believed to be the main culprit in causing colony collapse disease is nicotine-based Clothianidin, an insecticide in the neonicotinoid family. In Germany researchers found that 99 percent of expired bees had high levels of Clothianidin in their bodies. As a result the seven pesticides in the neonicotinoid family have been provisionally barred. In the US imidacloprid seems to be the pesticide causing the most colony collapse disorder. For example in North Dakota one third of colonies died after imidacloprid was in use on oil seed rape. Cell phones Is the electromagnetic radiation given off by mobile phobes interfering with the honey bee's direction system thus preventing the bees from determining their way back to the hive. Some analysis carried out by Dr Jochen Kuhn shows that honeybees do not like going back to their hives when a mobile phone is situated near the hive. If honeybees are trying to shun cell phone radiation then this could give reason for why they are getting lost and unable to find their way home. Food Honey bees normally use natural material like pollen, sap, nectar, or other botanical materials, for restructuring into honey. When beekeepers take away this honey, which the honey bees would normally ingest over winter, and replace it with High Fructose Corn Syrup a natural raw sustenance is being replaced with a highly processed dead foodstuff. HFCS is lacking in the many minerals and vitamins found in honey so the bees are forced to eat inferior food which results in their poor health and tired immune systems. So what is the cause of bee colony collapse disorder. Probably a combination of all of the above though GMOs, and the neonicotinoid pesticides, seem to be the main factors which has caused the dramatic increase in bees disappearing. 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