Honey Bee Population DeclineDaisy Childs20-11-14Professor GarciaENG 1027INTRODUCTION:Apis mellifera, commonly known as honey bees, are solely responsible for pollinating one-third of the world's crops and are in danger of dying, according to the article “Natures Dying Migrant Worker,” written by Josephine Marcotty for the Star Tribune. This decline in the bee population poses a huge threat to our environment, farmers and the economy. BBC News writer Zoe Gough presumes as much in her article "Wild Honey Bees: Does Their Disappearance Matter?" that all wild bees in England and Wales have disappeared. Global bee eradication may not be too far away. The reasons why bees are dying are related to "Crop pollination is, by far, the most important and profitable of bee services. (Economic importance)." As bees collect pollen and nectar for their hives to make honey, some of the pollen sticks to the bees' fine fur. Bees will travel from plant to plant spreading pollen where it needs to go so that the plants produce offspring. Foods like those listed above, along with other national favorites like avocados, cashews and watermelon, will no longer be able to grow once all the bees die, according to Christina Sarich in her article "List of Foods We Will Lose If let's not save the bees,” written for the HoneyLove website. This fact poses a huge threat, not only to our economy, but also to our well-being as a species to eat every day as found on ChooseMyPlate.gov, the recommended dietary allowance. by the nation approved by the United States Department of Agriculture, also known as USDA, in a world that already sees the extremes of some countries obese and others completely malnourished, the world We cannot risk the extinction of honey bees, and this is the. where we are