Bees: important or not for the survival of the Earth What do you think of when you think of bees? I think of honey, pollination and soon new life. According to Walt D. Osborne, “Bees are essential to the pollination of more than 90 fruit and vegetable crops around the world, including almonds, peaches, soybeans, apples, pears, cherries, raspberries, blackberries, cranberries, watermelons, cantaloupes, cucumbers and strawberries” (Osborne 9-11), but each year a large percentage of hives disappeared due to many different factors such as stress. Most people would say that the average honeybee is not important enough to the world because bees are pests to homeowners everywhere, but bees are extremely important to the survival of the Earth than any other pollinator in the world; they help pollinate most of the world's agriculture; Yet in recent years, bee populations have declined rapidly. I am writing this article to raise awareness that the agricultural society should stop or reduce the spraying of pesticides/insecticides on crops, unnatural diets, and overpopulation of beehives. Bees are known worldwide as dangerous threats and pests to humanity. When left alone, bees are very important to the growth of all the world's crops and plants; they affect the growth of all cultivated plants just as much as butterflies and other pollinators. Humans depend on bees for honey and plant pollination, but what most farmworkers don't know is that they are working toward the extinction of the common honeybee by doing simple things in their daily work on the farm. With the use of pesticides and other harmful things such as unnatural diet and cramped living spaces, bees can become extinct and without a large group of pollinators our plants...... middle of paper.. ....auers, Sandy. “Mystery Killer silencing the bees.” Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). February 7, 2007: researcher on np SIRS issues. Internet. April 3, 2014.Bleifuss, Joel. “A deadly mess at the EPA.” In these times. March 2013: p. 20. Researcher on SIRS issues. Internet. April 3, 2014. “Bee decline raises concerns. » Sales call. December 2, 2013: p. 1. Researcher on SIRS issues. Internet. April 3, 2014. Levy, Sharon. “The disappearance.” On Earth Vol. 28, no. 2. Summer 2006: 14-21. Researcher on SIRS issues. Internet. April 3, 2014. Osborne, Walt D. “Mysterious Honey Bee Deaths Leave Impact on Agriculture.” » Veterinarian FDA. Flight. 22 No. 3 2007: 9-11. SIRS Government Reporter. Internet. April 3, 2014.Thomas, Pat. “Give the bees a chance.” Ecologist (London, England) Vol. 37, no. 5. June 2007: 30-35. Researcher on SIRS issues. Internet. April 3, 2014.http://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/476347