Top 10 Things That Would Happen if BEES DIED OUT
In the 1990s, beekeepers started recording major losses of worker honeybees during the winter months. Since then, there have been mass die offs in many of the other 4,000 species of bees. In 2006, the phenomenon was bestowed with the name colony collapse disorder. No one is exactly sure why the bees are dying off in unprecedented numbers, but some theories include the loss of flower meadows, varroa mites that eat the bees’ blood, climate change, and the use of pesticides. Thankfully, bees are a long way from becoming extinct. Which is good, because as this list shows, it could be disastrous for humanity. →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 → → GET A T-SHIRT - http://shop.spreadshirt.com/toptenz →Top 10 Objects That Were Clearly Invented Just to Annoy Physics: https://youtu.be/0MVGeRa-vLo →Simon's VLOG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqt8j7DfPmveJp3UOk9XTg Entertaining and educational top 10 lists from TopTenzNet! Brand new videos 7 days a week! Videos are published at 6pm EST every day! Subscribe to our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TopTenz/ Other TopTenz Videos: Top 10 Deadliest Bugs https://youtu.be/3Qf5bGyBAxY?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnJK_bMEy0hjp9_kB0DUntF- Top 10 Unexpected Killers in Nature https://youtu.be/zPBe6WbGpZI?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnJK_bMEy0hjp9_kB0DUntF- Text version: http://www.toptenz.net/10-things-happen-bees-died.php Coming up: 10. Honey Will Disappear 9. Many Fruits and Vegetables Will Stop Growing 8. Pollination by Humans 7. Dairy Products Would Disappear 6. Cotton Wouldn’t Grow 5. What Will We Eat in a Post-Bee World? 4. Food Costs Will Sky Rocket 3. Malnutrition Will Be a Huge Problem 2. Possible Worldwide Economic Crash 1. Famines Throughout the World Source/Further reading: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/11/11/humans-have-relied-on-honeybees-for-nearly-9000-years-and-now-theyre-mysteriously-declining/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/honeybees-food-colony-collapse-disorder_us_56393631e4b0b24aee47fee9 http://www.medicaldaily.com/liquid-gold-7-health-benefits-honey-could-heal-your-whole-body-325932 http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=37731#.V8b-nZgrLZY http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140502-what-if-bees-went-extinct http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/national/we-all-get-stung-by-bee-colony-collapse/1108/ https://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/5193-Decline-of-bees-forces-China-s-apple-farmers-to-pollinate-by-hand https://books.google.ca/books?id=6WQrAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA38&dq=dairy%20cows%20almond%20hulls%20and%20alfalfa%20hay&pg=PA38#v=onepage&q=dairy%20cows%20almond%20hulls%20and%20alfalfa%20hay&f=false http://www.tvsp.org/feed.html http://www.abc.net.au/site-archive/rural/news/content/201302/s3688449.htm http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2015/05/almonds-now-require-85-percent-us-beehives http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ceah/ncahs/nahms/dairy/dairy07/Dairy2007_PartII.pdf http://www.pollinationecology.org/index.php?journal=jpe&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=259 http://cottonaustralia.com.au/australian-cotton/basics/uses-of-cotton http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/10/farmer-eaten-by-hungry-hogs/ http://articles.latimes.com/2001/feb/23/entertainment/ca-28979 https://books.google.ca/books?id=Sw9tCgAAQBAJ&lpg=PP12&dq=Modern%20Livestock%20%26%20Poultry%20Production&pg=PA675#v=onepage&q&f=false https://sites.psu.edu/skf5159revisedblogs/2016/05/02/issue-brief-maintaining-honey-bee-health-and-reversing-colony-collapse-disorder/ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/21/bees-buzzfeeds-pesticides-food-prices http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/honeybees-food-colony-collapse-disorder_us_56393631e4b0b24aee47fee9 http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2011/013070/nceas-working-group-produces-study-showing-how-vitamins-and-minerals-fruits-and https://psmag.com/would-you-really-die-without-bees-to-pollinate-your-food-8264e6a7f33#.fl1qo8f2u http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/cotton-wool.aspx#.UappautAuwY http://www.dairy.org/for-consumers/farming https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/07/this-could-be-the-biggest-case-of-treason-involving-cheese-there-ever-was/ http://www.usda.gov/nass/PUBS/TODAYRPT/cropan16.pdf http://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthasharf/2014/05/07/mondelez-to-take-bigger-sip-of-81b-global-coffee-industry-with-de-master-joint-venture/#7d8f0b2b3c14 http://www.iugg2015prague.com/list-of-developing-countries.htm http://www.farmafrica.org/ethiopia/forest-coffee http://www.probat.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Files/1st_Probat-Day_Indonesia/20141107_AICE_Irfan-Anwar.pdf http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulrodgers/2014/09/09/einstein-and-the-bees-should-you-worry/#7b906d3310c5 http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140502-what-if-bees-went-extinct
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I hope bee's never die #savethebees
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shame the youtube market for top 10's is so flooded, you have a
wonderful voice for this media format and i would have thought you'd
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The Americas did not have the common honey bee before the europeans brought from Europe.
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Bat houses! install a bat box instead of spraying chemicals and pesticides. They eat the mosquitoes and crop insects at night. They're good for the eco system and also going endangered as well. They are nature's pesticide.
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Happening not would happen... You have Bayer Monsanto to thank...
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Hemp is wind-pollinated and can be used to make clothing, oil, building materials, fuels and animal feed. Hemp seeds are a complete protein source, high in vitamins and minerals and essential fatty acids.Then there are mushrooms which are wind-fertilized and contain protein, fibre, vitamins minerals and carbs.
Can you do the top ten uses of hemp? I think you will be pleasantly surprised -
There are a lot of apiary's where I am.
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If all the honey bees died, then people would stop making videos speculating about what would happen if all the bees died and that would be the true tragedy.
But seriously, although it would be a great tragedy and many of the things predicted in the video would in fact occur, there are other types of pollinators besides honey bees. Bumble bees and mason bees are hugely into pollinating. I know because there are very few honeybees left in my area. Years have gone by without spotting a single honeybee. None of our crops have failed for lack of pollination.
What WOULD happen is that we'd have to learn to live without certain foods unless they were manually pollinated (practical for some fruits but not much else) or an alternate pollinator turned up.
EDITED: Just realized that although they start with honey (implying honey bees), that the video in some places at least implies the disappearance of ALL bees. But acting under the assumption that this video is addressing recent issues with honeybees, I choose to address this as though only honey bees were under discussion. -
"Human pollination" Like bee's are the ONLY creatures that pollinate plants? Here in the US we have a large number of creatures that pollinate including; Butterflies, Hummingbirds, several species of bats, flies, wasps , June beetles, some small mammals . People forget bee's are not the only creatures that pollinate.
In fact, even large creatures, including humans, can Unconsciously pollinate by meerly walking through a plant field bcause pollen collects so easily in fur and on clothes. :P -
thankyou deeply for this article simon..
definatly food for thought..
any top reasons the bee died? -
Nano pollination drones to the rescue.
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Save the bees, save the coffee.
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All hail the all mighty bee! Your highness, we mere humans are forever in your debt! May God bless you with a very long and prosperous life! Here, have a cup or two of coffee on me. (:D I couldn't resist. :D)
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wouldn't there be a way to genetically change plants that use bees to pollinate to pollinate like other plants?
make them either pollinate by wind or asexual pollination?
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dont worry Monsanto well sell you some GMO veggies no bees needed, and will make fake versions of everything that will be missing, when bees die, out of corn..
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We don't need any of this stuff, guys. Having cheap pesticide and feeding a monopoly are way more important than keeping some dumb little insects alive.
#killallthelittlestingybastards
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Die bees, die!!!
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Seem like those whose disliked this video does NOT wear anything , eat anything, consume anything Bees related.
We have found the superior human race guys. -
When this guy uses the term “Bees” it is apparent he is talking about Apis, the “honey bee”. The problem with this whole video is that before the Europeans came to the Americas, THERE WERE NO HONEY BEES IN THE “NEW WORLD”! (In fact the Indians called Honey Bees, "White Mans Fly".) However, there WAS cotton being raised in Mexico at that time; so much for the crap that no Honey Bees means no cotton. He also claimed there would be no Coconuts without Honey Bees, but Coconut palms have thrived on Pacific Islands were there are no Honey Bees. This guy, like most people, thinks the world started the day he was born. He totally ignores historical facts. Honey bees ARE a big help to Agriculture, but they are not the only insects that pollinate plants. These 'doom and gloom" types also claimed that "killer Bees" would destroy the Bee raising industry, (remember?). That didn't happen either, did it?
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Actually I think ALL natural fibers would take a hit, not just cotton. As you said yourself, there'd be few sheep, so no more wool in commercial amonts. And
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