The bees continue to disappear: in just one year beekeepers lost 40% of their hives

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The scandal of bees is simply more exaggerated and viral rumor, it is an ecological imbalance that could be related to the companies that produce pesticides.

The bee health is an issue that has for years been concerned farmers and environmental organizations because of the importance of this insect pollination.

Sudden disappearance of bees a global concern

That is why every year in the United States, the organization Bee Informed , conducting a study funded by the US Department of Agriculture, in order to reveal the behavior and death of these insects.

Data from the latest report are troubling, since between April 2014 and March 2015, it was estimated that beekeepers have lost 40% of their hives.

One thing that caught the attention of entomologists is that it is the first time shows that bees die more in the summer than in winter. In fact, the study details that 27.4% of the colonies were lost in summer, the figure last summer was lower (19.8%).

Professor of Entomology at the University of Maryland and director of the project Bee Informed, Van Engelsdorp, states that "traditionally thought that losses in the winter were a more important indicator of the health of the colonies, because to survive the cold winter months It is a crucial test for any bee colony. But we now know that loss rates in the summer are also important. This is especially true for commercial beekeepers, who are now losing more colonies in summer compared to winter. Years ago, it was unheard of " .

The situation is serious for beekeepers, especially if we consider the economic losses and this not only affects insects in particular, but hundreds of crops, such as almonds, totally dependent on bees for pollination.

According to studies, the economic value of pollination services of bees is more than 10,000 million dollars a year.