Bee Colony Collapse Disorder Could Send Us Into a Food Shortage!

Bee Colony Collapse Disorder, or CCD for short, is a phenomenon where the worker bees suddenly abandon the hive, leaving the honey, the Queen bee, her eggs and babies to fend for themselves.

The bee keeper goes to bed with a colony of thousands of bees and wakes up the next morning to empty hives. The bees are not dying, they're simply abandoning the hives.

The plight of the bee farmer is about to become our plight too, when we try to buy such foods as almonds, apples, and even beef from the store. Without honeybees to pollinate the food, we're going to see shortages in crops, sending prices skyrocketing.

What's making the bee colony collapse disorder occur?  No one knows for sure. Some believe the bees are exhausted from being farmed out to pollination areas.  Others believe a build-up of toxins drives them away, because after the hive is abandon, other insects wait a long-than-usual time to invade the colony for their own use.

So far, the bee CCD has hit 24 states, Canada, and European countries as well. A full quarter of the United States honeybee population has been lost. Almonds, cucumbers, apples, peaches, and 80 other American crops will feel the sting from this phenomenon. 

Pollination fees have tripled, and the farmers will surely be passing that cost along to the average consumer.

Update: A new story says they may have finally found the cause of CDC! Click here to find out why researchers believe a foreing germ introduced to the United State is to blame for this phenomenon.