To control insects
To make honey.
They don't need bees.
To pollinate their crops.
Decrease the population of both Africanized and Honey bees.
Increase the Africanized bee population.
Kill all Africanized bees.
Kill all Honey bees.
By killing all the Aficanized bees.
By having bee doctors treat their bees.
By using the chemical Apistan.
By breeding hives that show the greatest resistance to mites.
1980
1990
1993
1983
Decreased 7 percent
Increased 70 percent
Remained the same
Decreased 70 percent
300
3
30
none