Pollination

Bees are a very important part of everyday life and hold major impacts on agriculture, especially in the dispersing of seeds, the flourishing of flowers, and how they are being replenished by wildfires. Most bees are not actually tree dwellers; some actually prefer to burrow in warm soil. Besides being warm, the best soil must be rich in minerals and have plenty of available space. Which is why wildfires affect them more, they are not in the trees, but rather on the ground. In recent years,…

be in effect during the time that crops are in bloom and would ban the application of pesticides that are identified as being toxic to the bees. The EPA believes that these restrictions would help decrease the mortality rate of bees during the pollination season as that is the time when honey bees are typically around the crops in larger quantities. However, as of 2014 they are still not proposing any changes to labels of chemicals. Also in 2014 in coordination with the EPA, President Obama…

Although bees are poisonous, the speaker presents a maxim on how a functional society should interact with a swarm of them because he realizes his dependence for their pollinating skill. The speaker states that he needs the bees in order to survive by performing ritualistic gestures to have them intermingle within his society: “Throw gravel over them and say:…/ Never to the woodland wild may you fly!” The speaker suggests using gravel against the swarm because the bees will work together to…

Tragedy of the Commons: Bees and Neonics Pause for a second to envision the environment without bees. It would be a lot less pleasant than the one you currently know. For starters, you would likely starve. Bees provide the majority of pollination assistance that nurtures agriculture. However, the bee population is diminishing due to multiple factors, yet the primary factor is a class of insecticide chemicals acknowledged as neonicotinoids or neonics. The neonic pesticide is beneficial for…

of pollination because there are fewer flowers for bees to pollinate. Global Warming can also lead to a disruption of synchronizing timing of flower blooming. If flowers bloom to late, it can decrease the rate of repopulation of bees. Although this phenomenon explains some of the issues of the disappearing of bees, it does not show where the mass amount of dead bodies of bees go. If global warming was the factor, many beekeepers will notice dead bees around their hive or near the pollination…

colonies. Thus it is crucial to determine how field-relevant combinations and loads of pesticides affect bee health. We collected pollen from bee hives in seven major crops to determine 1) what types of pesticides bees are exposed to when rented for pollination of various crops and 2) how field-relevant pesticide blends affect bees’ susceptibility to the gut parasite Nosema ceranae. Our samples represent…

Oak trees (genus Quercus) may possess a behavioral defense against acorn predators. Data collected from many oak species shows a common trend that several years of relatively low acorn production are followed by a year with an exceptionally large production of acorns. The term “mast” is used to refer to the amount of acorns produced per year, and the phrase “mast year” is used to describe the year in which acorn production is exceptionally high. Mast years seem to be synchronous within a given…

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…

specifically is the “most important pollinators of agricultural crops,” so if we would lose this species due to us, we will not have our most dominant pollinator anymore (Andree, et al. 1-9). We get more of our fruits, and many other foods from bee pollination, so if we continue to kill all the bees then we will not have any food life for us to eat. So if we continue to kill these innocent bees then eventually in the future we will not have any flowers to look at when we are taking nature…

In order to understand the necessity of the honeybee, one must know their function in the agricultural industry today. The process that agriculturalists must take to produce a quality crop would not be possible, in many cases, without the use of a pollinator, such as a honeybee. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), “U.S. honeybees pollinate about 100 flowering food crops… responsible for more than $15 billion in increased crop values each year” (Honey). This means…