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    The document summarizes a research paper on the plight of honeybees. It discusses how beekeepers reported losses of up to 90% of hives in 2006 and how losses have remained high at around 30-45% each year since then. The European Union will ban neonicotinoids, a group of pesticides often linked to honeybee declines. The loss of bees could negatively impact farmers and food supply by reducing crop pollination, though a total starvation is unlikely.

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    The document summarizes a research paper on the plight of honeybees. It discusses how beekeepers reported losses of up to 90% of hives in 2006 and how losses have remained high at around 30-45% each year since then. The European Union will ban neonicotinoids, a group of pesticides often linked to honeybee declines. The loss of bees could negatively impact farmers and food supply by reducing crop pollination, though a total starvation is unlikely.

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    Perrin Kileen

    4/19/15
    Biology
    Research Paper
    Citation: Holland PUBLISHED May 10, 2013, Jennifer S. "The Plight of the Honeybee."National
    Geographic. National Geographic Society, 10 May 2013. Web. 24 Apr. 2015.
    Summary:

    The European Union will ban the use of neonicotinoids


    Bees are dying off and affecting farmers
    In 2006 beekeepers reported up to 90 percent losses
    CCS is dwindling over time, but bees are still struggling to stay alive
    Bees role in the environment is crucial
    We wouldnt starve without them, but we would lose a lot of good food

    Evaluation:
    This article taught me more about the situation of CCS and had a lot of connections to
    the previous article I looked at. It reinforced the idea that Colony Collapse Disorder is related to
    the use of neonicotinoids. The source went in depth on the effect great losses of bees could
    have on our food supply. The loss of bees would not starve us, but we would lose many types of
    fruit. Overall, CCS is still going on and the only known way to stop it is too eliminate the use of
    pesticides.
    This information will be vital to include in my project. It will educate the public on the
    situation of CCS and encourage them to take action to save the bees. This article has given me
    the most in depth view on the death of bees yet. I am excited to see how it will improve my
    project and the work I do.
    Evidence:
    The current crisis arose during the fall of 2006 as beekeepers around the country
    reported massive lossesmore than a third of hives on average and up to 90 percent in
    some cases.
    The latest data, from the 2012-2013 winter, indicate an average loss of 45.1
    percent of hives across all U.S. beekeepers, up 78.2 percent from the previous winter,
    and a total loss of 31.1 percent of commercial hives, on par with the last six years. (Most
    keepers now consider a 15 percent loss "acceptable.")
    The European Union (EU) has announced that it will ban, for two years, the use
    of neonicotinoids, the much-maligned pesticide group often fingered in honey bee
    declines.

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