EFFECT OF DEFORESTATION ON HONEY BEES:

Earlier honey bees use to build their hives on tree tops but today they have shifted themselves to human dominated areas. This is because they don’t find their natural habitat i.e. they don’t find trees. Deforestation has led to this change. Hence honey bees have been deeply affected by deforestation. Thus the honey bees have come to buildings to build their hives. When they come to these buildings, they are often destroyed by humans to protect themselves from the stings of bees. If this is going to happen then the entire species of honey bees will be destroyed one day or the other. Thus we can infer that deforestation has led to the great destruction of honeybees.


In our field work, we visited many human dominated areas to enquire people how they feel when any comb is built in their house. We got 99% negative answer. They said that they would destroy it as soon as they saw a new hive. People are afraid of their dangerous stings. They are also eliminated from some farms and gardens. But the real fact is that honey bees can pollinate more number of flowers than any other insects. In Cuddalore, honey bees built their hives in KNC, St. Josephs College and even in our school. But all these hives were destroyed within a matter of few seconds. We have also made a note of different sites of destruction in and around cuddalore