Scientists Predict Lack Of Honey Bees Will Lead To A Food Crisis

Pollination in plants is carried out mostly via honey bees. But due to deforestation in this rapidly growing world is causing a crisis for lives of honey bees. Agricultural department of US is also working 24/7 to take suitable steps to minimize the threat to these honey bees as the loss of millions of bees has been found in the country side.

Weather changes is a big cause of die offs, especially in winters. Also the pesticides are contributing to this enormous loss. Some scientists are in the view that this loss could be a threat to US food supply in the future.

All the countries in the World are facing this problem, as it is recently published in a journal that more than half of the countries in Europe lack bees for pollination where United Kingdom is on top of the list.

Simon Potts says in an interview:

“We face a catastrophe in future years unless we act now, Wild pollinators need greater protection. They are the unsung heroes of the countryside, providing a critical link in the food chain for humans and doing work for free that would otherwise cost British farmers £1.8b to replace.
We need a proper strategy across Europe to conserve wild bees and pollinators through habitat protection, agricultural policy and farming methods, or we risk big financial losses to the farming sector and a potential food security crisis.”

The study showed that around 7.0 billion honey bees have been lost yet. Steps have been taken to protect bees by introducing a moratorium on neonicotinoid pesticides, but not enough is being done yet.