Will Honey Bee become an extinct species in few years?

It seems honey bees are dying of strange disease or leaving the colony for no apparent reason. Will they also become an extinct species in few years?

 

I don’t think so, with a big industry solely dependent upon their survival, I don’t think it would happen any time soon. However many wild species might become extinct.

 

There's plenty of wild honey bees

 

I hope not. Einstein said that if honey bees were to become extinct, human society would follow in four years.

 

It's suspected that a virus is killing the bees

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20612274/

 

Honeybees keep the land beautiful, check out "The Bee Movie", their pretty important to the world.

 

I hope not. Honey's a major staple of my diet

 

I think this is just another scare tactic from those who cry everytime I step on a cricket. It seems there are plenty around in my area each summer. More than I'd like to be honest.

 

Bill Maher blamed it on global warming.

 

There was a kid in Oregon who had no problems with his bee farm, but they were naturally kept without chemicals. He made the news last year.

But now with all this cold weather around the world, we might have lost some of the smaller or new hives.

 

Global warming may also have a play. It's good for the bees to have a few warm days so that they can break cluster and clean out the hive. However too many warm days will cause them to consume the stored honey at higher rates and run out of food causing a die off.