Abstract Millions of years have passed with the honey bee gracing the earth. The activities of the bees have provided nourishment for the Earth’s inhabitants, either directly or indirectly, and bee products have been used in many varied ways, from ritual offerings to forms of market exchange, all while satisfying our sweet tooth. Pollinators provide ecosystems and society with food sources such as seed crops, fruit, vegetables and nuts. If we do not take preventative actions against the spread of colony collapse disorder continues soon, then essential food products, and ultimately the human race, will soon disappear. Bees and Man Long before human beings appeared on the earth, pollination of flowering trees and plants was taking place. Only a small number of flowering plants are capable of being pollinated without animal assistance. Three-fourths of the world’s flowering plant species, about 35 percent, of the world’s crops are unable to reproduce on their own (nativepollinator.com, n.d.). These plants depend on animal pollinators to reproduce through the transfer of the pollen (male) from the anthers of one flower to the egg (female) within the stigma of another flower of the same species (sooby, n.d.). About one-third of the human diet can be attributed to insect-pollinated plants. That is one out of every three bites we take! While there are many capable insects doing their job every day, the bee is responsible for 80 percent of this pollination. The success and perseverance of the human race is directly connected to the survival of food producing plant life and therefore to of the survival of the bee. With honey bee colonies vanishing more and more each year, people need to understand the major issues contributing to these disappearances and rapid decline in the honey bee populations, and the consequences if their disappearances are ignored. Bees are one of the most efficient creatures in our environment. The complexity and organization of their society rivals that of humans. Their elaborate system of survival is astounding. Their hives are an impeccable, fine-tuned coalition. From the queen and her male drones to the female worker bees, each has a specific job that directly affects the survival of the hive. More important than their jobs in the hive, though, is their job as pollinators in the environment, (Shultz, 2008) and for some unknown reason the bees are vanishing. Many Americans know little, if anything, about how serious the situation has become. Thousands of buzzing honey bee’s efforts generate over $15 billion dollars in revenue annually for America alone (Shultz, 2008). These non-stop dancing workers make up almost 63 percent of the agricultural income in the United States. The Food & Agriculture organization of the United Nations estimates that of the 100 crops providing 90 percent of the world’s food, 71 of them are pollinated by bees (Oregonian Editorial Board, 2013). Without bees to pollinate crops, fodder and therefore food for livestock, many of the commercial foods we eat, including plants and meats, will disappear. As early as the 1900’s, honey bee colony breakdowns have occurred and have been documented in the Northern hemisphere. Since about 1972 America has experienced a dramatic increase in the number of colony collapses. In 2006, bee farmers in the United States experienced a dramatic 90 percent decline in bee stocks (Brown, 2012). In 2007 a loss of 800,000, and in 2008 approximately 1,00