Impact on Biodiversity
Within the last ten years, the productivity of the Western Honey Bee has steadily decayed. Not only is the population of the Western Honey Bee threatened, but also the population of the plants that rely on them. The Prezi provided below illustrates the chain reaction of Colony Collapse Disorder and how it impacts biodiversity.
Synopsis
Due to the fact that bees are the primary pollinators on our planet, and are relied upon 30% of all plant species; when the population of the honey bee decreases it causes a chain reaction that results in a decrease in the rate of pollination which disturbes the rate of reproduction. If the honey bees completely disappear, the bottleneck effect will decrease the plant variation because the population will decay. With less biodiversity, the risk of the species going extinct will dramatically increase until the loss of some species becomes almost inevitable. There are, however, several methods to decrease the effects of colony collapse disorder including planting plants that attract honey bees, avoiding the use of pesticides on plants, becoming involved in the community by raising awareness, and donating to research in the Honey bee. By exercising at several of these methods, we can slow the rate of honey bee population decay and buy ourselves time to find the solution.
Due to the fact that bees are the primary pollinators on our planet, and are relied upon 30% of all plant species; when the population of the honey bee decreases it causes a chain reaction that results in a decrease in the rate of pollination which disturbes the rate of reproduction. If the honey bees completely disappear, the bottleneck effect will decrease the plant variation because the population will decay. With less biodiversity, the risk of the species going extinct will dramatically increase until the loss of some species becomes almost inevitable. There are, however, several methods to decrease the effects of colony collapse disorder including planting plants that attract honey bees, avoiding the use of pesticides on plants, becoming involved in the community by raising awareness, and donating to research in the Honey bee. By exercising at several of these methods, we can slow the rate of honey bee population decay and buy ourselves time to find the solution.