Bumblebee

Recent declines in honey bee populations and increasing demand for insect-pollinated crops raise concerns about pollinator shortages. Pesticide exposure and pathogens may interact to have strong negative effects on managed honey bee colonies. Such findings are of great concern given the large numbers and high levels of pesticides found in honey bee colonies. Thus it is crucial to determine how field-relevant combinations and loads of pesticides affect bee health. We collected pollen from bee…

The monarch butterfly is a beautiful butterfly that is well known for its large migration from places all over the continent to California and Mexico. They make this migration during the fall in order to make it to Mexico and California before the cold weather strikes. If the butterflies were to get caught in the cold weather they would not be able to survive. Monarchs who reside east of the Rocky Mountains will migrate to Mexico and hibernate in oyamel fir trees. Those who live west of the…

“The way humanity manages or mis-manages its nature-based assets, including pollinators, will in part define our collective future in the 21st century,” UN Environment Programme Executive Director Achim Steiner said.. “The fact is that of the 100 crop species that provide 90 per cent of the world’s food, over 70 are pollinated by bees.” ("Humans Must Change Behaviour to save Bees, Vital for Food Production). Bees as pollinators play a major role in the world’s agriculture and the close…

Robots have been something scientists have been talking about for years with the present being a very big advancement in research. Harvard has made a “robobee” prototype that hasn't been perfected yet. While they are still an estimated 10 years away from a successful bunch, the robobees would function much like regular bees with the ability to pollinate whole crops, communicate, and make simple-decisions. This would be the ideal solution to the slow extinction of bees but even the scientists…

In the year of 2016 many of the bee species have decreased in population. Some of the bee species were even placed on the endangered list. Many people don’t think it’s that big of an issue, because they are just pests that sting people, but they really do more than we think. Bees have a big importance to our food supply, and they don’t deserve to be killed. Bees play an important part in our food supply. They are what give us the sticky, sweet, delicious honey. A lot of people use honey,…

Bees are one of the most important insects we have, they help our environment by pollinating and helping plants. They pollinate plants that we need, like corn, tomato, peas, peppers, peach trees, apple trees, onions, and many more plant that we has humans need to live a healthy life. They also made the delicious honey that we all love, with what they take from the plants they make the food for their queen and the honey. Although many people can’t stand bees, they are very helpful to us, but…

This article is about honeybees (Apis Mellifera) and how they are beginning to vanish. Since 2006, beekeepers would open their hives to find no bees, only honeycomb, wax, and honey. One- third of the U.S. honeybee colonies died or disappeared during the past winter. The disappearance of bees caused food items in the Rhode Island Whole Foods to vanish on the shelves (apples, lemons, zucchini, and etc.). The disappearance of honeybees has effected the Earth in many ways. People are losing their…

With the constant buzz across the country from phones and technology we sometimes miss the more important buzzes. The honey bee population in the United States has been declining at an alarming rate over the past decade. The United States should take action to help preserve the honey bee so that there doesn’t end up being a nationwide crop failure. Though many citizens don’t believe that the honey bee crisis will affect them, the reality may leave sting. With the decrease in honey bees and no…

The entire Buzz: Neonicotinoids, Bees and Colony Collapse Disorder Know the facts before you start buzzing. A recent heated topic in the news these days is that surrounding bees and colony collapse disorder from neonicotinoids.Recently, many states, in some counties like France and a few Canadian provinces like Quebec have been concerned with neonicotinoids. Neonicotinoids are a pesticide that is used to keep insects away from crops but are hypothesized to be causing harm to the bee populations…

I am saving the world in my backyard. Now, I know what you’re thinking, and I can assure you that I don’t have a secret lab. My version of saving the world is a little more natural; I raise bees. Bees are important to us because they pollinate the crops that we eat on a daily basis. If bees became extinct, our food source would rapidly disappear. The hive is in my backyard, which never had a purpose besides populating the weed community, but now there is. In the summer of 2010, I went…