Bee Decline Haiku
The bees give us food
But we are killing them now
Why aren't we smarter?
The honey bees are responsible for 15-30% of the food that U.S. consumers are eating. We may not know it, but we rely heavily on the hard work of these bees. Sadly, in the last 50 years the bee population has declined by 50%. Analysts believe this decline is from the toll of the long time spraying of pesticides and also because of diseases spread as a result of mites and other parasites that infect the adult honey bees by cutting off their air supply, basically asphyxiating them.
The bottom like is, if we want to keep producing all of the food that us as consumers are demanding, we need to lay of the pesticides and take better care and have more respect for our bee friends.
Sources: National Geographic News; www.canteach.com
2 comments:
Krista,
I absolutely loved that haiku. Your blunt humor came out in it beautifully. You may want to go back and read your write up again because some words are out of place like "... the bottom like is..". Did you mean
"... bottom line..."?
Great job.
From Surge aka Nico
Serge, said it. This artistic expression and commentary on the tragedy of the bees is so perfectly you! No beating around the bush, you tell it like it is, with clever whit. I love it, Krista.
Bean
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