Bumblebee

3. Results 3.1. Bumblebees We recorded a total of 98 bumblebee individuals (Bombus sp.) comprising 13 species (Appendix A, Table A.1). Sixty-four individuals belonging to 12 species were identified in managed meadows, and 34 individuals belonging to 8 species in abandoned meadows. Three of the total species were cuckoo bumblebees (Bombus [Psithyrus] sp). Five species were classified as long-tongued and 8 species as short-tongued. Total species richness and number of long-tongued species were…

accept the philosophical view for environmental ethics and abandon human-centered view. There are so many ways to persuade people that we should care the nature due to anthropocentric and instrumental reasons. For example, climate change declines bumblebee populations. People might think it is just a tiny bee. However, bee’s job of pollinating flowers requires money to be done by human. If bees keep decreases the population and do less pollinations,…

Endangered species are such a huge problem that needs to be solved because they are part of an ecosystem and play key roles in that system. People can help by showing and giving support to the government such as the EPA and the DNR they can donate money, get involved with these organizations, and raise awareness. People can look up and endangered species such as endangered birds or small animals and plant habitats and foods for those animals so they have a place to live. People can fund…

instruments with the afternoon class and asked me if I would like to help because I was very artistic. When the afternoon children arrived the special helper for the yellow bumblebee group was Noah. He collected the board from the board as normal and we took the register. There was only 6 children in the afternoon yellow bumblebee group so we helped count as Noah drew the circles on the board. The weather had started to get very grey looking outside so Noah picked the cloud picture and put it on…

Arizona State Standards and District Standards: SC02S4 C2 PO 1. Describe the life cycles of various insects/ Butterfly/ Bumble Bee • SCO2S1 C1 PO 2. Predict the results of an investigation (e.g., in animal life cycles, phases of matter, the water cycle). • SCO2S1 C2 PO 1. Demonstrate safe behavior and appropriate procedures (e.g., use of instruments, materials, organism) in all science inquiry. • SCO2S1 C4 PO 1. Communicate the results and conclusions of an investigation (e.g., verbal, drawn, or…

source of the noise. I spot a bumblebee the size of a tennis ball lazily making its way in my direction. Fear pings in my lower abdomen and I turn to go back through the metal door. Upon inspection, the handle is no longer on the door. I’m stuck. I face the monster bee and stay as frozen as humanly possible. It bounces and bobs in the air closer and closer to my face. When it appears within a foot of my nose, my instincts take over my reactions and I swat and hit the bumblebee. It buzzes…

According to the Xerces Society, this was the largest known incident of bumblebee deaths ever recorded in the country. Scott Black, executive director of the Xerces Society and the author of the first article we read, made a statement in the post saying that the pesticide that was used on the tree was applied while it was flowering…

there that is the center of many of the things I do today. I'm not the only one who has had a life-changing experience at the Children's Business Fair. Mikaila attended her first Children's Business Fair when she was only four. She wore a puffy bumblebee costume and pitched her product to passers by. Declining bee populations was a problem that struck close to Mikaila's heart, so she decided to do something about it.…

When we head to the grocery store and purchase our groceries we generally do not think about where they come from, or what it takes for them to come from the farms to our refrigerators. Without different flying insects which pollinate flowers, crops and trees, an outstanding number of different crops and foods would be at risk for crisis. Many people do not know about the current problem with our global pollinators, which includes, many different species of bees. Luckily, scientists around the…

Genetically modified food is a controversial subject some see it as the future of agriculture others see it as dangerous. Michael Pollan author of “Playing God in the Garden” addresses that in his essay in one paragraph, in particular, he claims that “Uncertainty is the theme that unifies much of the criticism leveled against biotech agriculture by scientist and environmentalists.” Pollan believes that people are opposed to biotech agriculture because so much about it remains unknown. He chose…