The Buzz about Bees (original draft)

In the past decade, monoculture in America and pesticides/insecticides has been largely focused on. The pesticides keep bugs and contaminating organisms off the products. Monoculture is a large part of the economy in the US. The food produced. What are the ingredients for a successful harvest in monoculture? Sunlight, water, different conditions that produce a better product are all important factors. There is one key component, however, that we don’t ever think of in considering these products. That component is the bee population! The bees! Yes, who else?. The people eat the product, the farmers profit from it, and the bees are needed to pollinate the product. Each year, millions of bees from across the country are imported into California for the largest monoculture event in the world. The biggest problem with monoculture events such as this is the pesticides. Pesticides are sprayed on the products to prevent the spread of pests and other pesky insects. This creates a problem for the bees. When the bees go to pollinate the products the chemicals confuse the directional senses of the bee. The bee cannot find it’s way back to the hive and therefore dies off in it’s own confusion. This is a major problem for the bees. Their populations are dying off and disappearing because of monoculture, pesticides, and even genetically altered foods. We fail to recognize in society that not only does this affect the bees but us as well. We are only allowed to eat the food provided to us by the farmers because they are pollinated by the bees. We are killing off bees with monoculture. We are killing off bees with exterminating chemicals because we are not educated about the benefits bees provide for us. We need to provide safe environments for bees so not only they can thrive but they can regrow our environment.