What is killing bees in Australia?

The main symptom of CCD is very low or no adult honey bees present in the hive but with a live queen and no dead honey bee bodies present . Often there is still honey in the hive, and immature bees (brood) are present.

Radiation From Cellphones, Wi-Fi Is Hurting the Birds and the Bees ; 5G May Make It Worse. Technology is quite literally destroying nature, with a new report further confirming that electromagnetic radiation from power lines and cell towers can disorientate birds and insects and destroy plant health.

What’s Killing the Bees — and Why It Matters Scientists know that bees are dying from a variety of factors—pesticides, drought, habitat destruction, nutrition deficit, air pollution, global warming and more. Many of these causes are interrelated.

The report noted that the experts were concerned by declines, and summarised the numerous factors responsible. These included land-use change, intensive agricultural management, pesticide use , environmental pollution, invasive alien species and climate change.

Whilst neonicotinoids are definately a major issue with bee deaths, another insecticide, Fipronil has actually been associated with more publicly reported bee deaths in Australia, than neonicotinoids. A search for bees on FoE’s Australian Pesticide Map, reveals that Fipronil has been behind more bee deaths.