Bee

What most people do when they see a bee is they try to kill it, but that is the wrong thing to do bees have it hard without people trying to kill them. Bees are a necessity for humans to live. This essay will be covering three main topics, why so many bees are disappearing, the history behind the reason, and what can be done to stop the issue. The reason why so many bees are disappearing is due to stress that people put on them. For example, in the article “The Head-Scratching Case of the…

of the most important pollinators, the honey bee transfers the genetic info of male and female plants through pollen, and in return gets nectar to feed its colony (“Pollination”). While honey bees have been around for millions of years, “The yearly USDA-sponsored industry survey has recorded an average 30% loss of honeybee colonies in a defined window of time over the past several years” which could mean trouble for the plant life that depends on bee pollination (“Disappearing…

water source be shallow to avoid bee fatalities by drowning. This can be accomplished by filling the majority of the container with gravel or pebbles and filling it with just enough water to lap against the rocks, but not submerge them. The bees can easily gather from the pools of water or suck the moisture from the surface of the rocks. Shelter A bee shelter is necessary to help keep the beehive shielded from the elements and creatures that could harm it. A bee shelter is a relatively simple…

research scientist in Brazil imported some bees from Africa to breed with European honeybees. African bees displayed greater resistance to disease and produced more honey than their European cousins. The researcher's goal was to create a cross-bred bee that would be productive under tropical conditions. However, 26 swarms, including queens, were accidentally released into the wild. The bees began breeding with native honeybees, and their descendants quickly expanded…

Why does that one bee get to stay in the beehive while the rest of them have to fly around all day for nectar and then bring it back to the bee? Why? This was a question that I asked my dad when I was seven years old. He told me that I would have to find that answer out myself. Now, I know why, because the bee that stays in the beehive is the queen of those bees. She’s the most powerful bee in the beehive, and everybody has to obey her. Every bee has to collect nectar for her and deposit it in…

Australia, and Antarctica had a warm dry climate that included flowering plants that attracted the bees so they could collect the pollen. These flowering plants produced nectar and provided carbohydrates to these winged insects. Over time the honey bee developed its morphologies changed to collect pollen by its increased fuzziness, pollen baskets, longer tongues and more colonies to store supplies. Forty million years ago Gondwana broke apart and temperatures cooled dramatically during the…

In my freshman year of college, I researched and prepared a speech for my communications class about the Colony Collapse Disorder affecting bees and what it could mean for the plants and animals reliant on pollinators. Just recently, bees became the newest addition to endangered species list causing increased concern over the vitality of our ecosystems if the humble insect were to be eradicated altogether. While few news organizations have written about the placement of bees on the list, one…

dictate otherwise. According to Crystal Ponti, whom is a science, technology and health reporter, “last year, the U.S. lost 44 percent of all honeybee colonies … [and] Other species of bees have neared mass extinction, including the rusty patch bumble bee and seven species of Hawaiian yellow-faced bees”. If many species are nearing extinction, problems begin to arise…

because no matter how small their contribution is every bit helps. Near campus, there is a store called The Bee Store that exclusively sells fresh, natural bee products. The honey it sells comes from the Douglas County hives, and also sells items that can help potential bee keepers start their own beehive, as well as offer classes on how to safety and effectively manage a beehive. The declining bee population was brought to the attention of a couple living in Kansas City, and they decided they…

home. The decline in bee population has been written about for decades but it was not until recently it became problem. The United States Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection agency agree the noticeable decline started in 2006 when some bee keepers reported a loss of 30-90% of their hives. Some lost bees will always be normal as there will always be other animal populations that decrease every few years slightly, but this great amount lost had bee keepers worried for…