INTRODUCTION:

Attention Getter: Imagine never being able to drink coffee or eat strawberries, carrots,
watermelon, peppers, and tomatoes ever again. (Sarich, Christina)
Thesis: Bees are dying for many different reasons and innovative techniques are necessary to
prevent this.
Preview: Bee Killers Beekeeping Changes
BODY:
I. Bee Killers
A. Pesticides (Crane, Eva)
1. World War Two
2. Commercial Farming
3. Insects and people
B. Varroa Mites ( Lucchesi, Nick)
1. No European Immunity
2. “20 mites among 100 bees was a concern 20 years ago, but today three mites
among 100 bees carries the same threat level.”
3. Not just viruses (Bernenbaum, May)
[Pesticides/ Mites… innovation to prevent]
II. Beekeeping Changes
A. Pesticides first (Carrington, Damian)
1. EU 2018 greenhouses
2. New Farming… 73 years later
3. Famers say no
B. Mites also (Trodtfeld, Peter)
1. Varroa Gate plastic entrance
2. Acaricide
3. During reentrance doesn’t spread
[Mites big issue, innovation save bees and crops]
CONCLUSION:
Summary: Farming innovation pesticides, hive structure innovation mites
Restated Thesis: These innovative techniques are essential to prevent the death of bees.
Closing Statement: Hopefully we will never have to think about losing coffee, strawberries,
watermelon, or carrots ever again thanks to the innovations in beekeeping that are protecting the
bees and crops of the world.
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Lucchesi, Nick. “Good News for Honeybees: 2016 Population Results Are Not
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Berenbaum, May R. “Bees in Crisis: Colony Collapse, Honey Laundering, and Other Problems
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Carrington, Damian. “EU Agrees Total Ban on Bee-Harming Pesticides.” The Guardian, Apr.
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Trodtfeld, Peter. “The Varroa Mite- a Deadly and Dangerous Bee Parasite.” Bee Care, Bayer
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