European honey bee

Albert Einstein once stated, “if the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.” It is vital that everyone be informed about the problem with the bee population and the need to take action to save the bees. SOS-Bees is a denomination of Greenpeace which, according to their mission statement, is the “leading independent campaigning organization that uses peaceful…

(875 words) Woolly Days ahead for the Hemlock Tree -Angela Cannon-Crothers I like bugs, ask anyone. I am awed by the mechanics of their life cycles, the biodiversity of the entire Order of Insecta, the magical beauty of so many of their kind. But there are a few that strike more than a few heebe-geebes -- some are downright frightening. Take the tiny hemlock wooly adelgid (ah-del-jid) for instance: a needle sucking scale insect of miniscule proportions that reproduces asexually (no male…

Squirrels, likewise to humans and non-human animals, adjust their behaviors in accordance to seasonal changes. One key behavior that has been shown to vary by season is squirrel foraging behavior. It is important to understand this relationship in order to promote the well-being of squirrels by ensuring their ability to acquire energy-rich food year round. In a study conducted by researchers Everts, Strijkstra, Hut, Hoffmann, and Millesi (2004), it was shown that aboveground activity level…

There are also hazards that face the bat colony itself. By being located in the East College Street parking garage the bats may be at risk to the insecticide that is sprayed throughout the warmer part of the year. Insecticide trucks drive down highly populated centers in Nacogdoches, particularly those near athletic areas. As verified by Brian Bray, Director of Community Services for the city of Nacogdoches, there has been insecticide sprayed down East College Street throughout the year until…

Have you ever thought about the details how honey bees are good for the environment? Well, you might I'm one day, let me tell you some. The main ideas that I’m going to be telling you are how honey bees are good for you and the environment. In this essay I will argue that humans should just leave the animal alone and don't bother them and just leave them in the natural habitat they should just leave them in their natural habitat because there will be fewer accidents that happen because I think…

on these plants alone, but researchers realized how crucial the bees were and how much of consumed foods is affected by bees. Bees pollinate plants which kept the both thriving. Without bees, certain plants would die and without certain plants, many bee species have been dying out. “By protecting our pollinators in the forest, we are potentially protecting our food security now and into the future.” (Sarah…

Collectively, humans around the globe need to take responsibility for the declining honey bee populations, and aid in their rehabilitation by limiting human and natural impacts on its richness. Bees are commonly known for their role in pollination, as well as producing honey and beeswax. Impacting biotic life to the extent that this decline will lead to death among species that have come to rely on them with their lives, bee populations must be stabilized and then have its species aided back…

Introduction Background Honey Bees include any bee that are part of the genus Apis. Currently there are eleven recorded species of honey bees, including forty-four subspecies (What-When-How). The main goal of the Honey Bee is to produce honey, which is a process that requires the Honey Bee to find nectar and pollen. Honey Bees are known to mainly be attracted to brightly-colored flowers, including dandelions, goldenrod, milkweed, clover and fruit trees (FCPS). There are specifically two…

beings. The value of both wild and/or managed pollinators (such as artificial pollination) in the manufacture of commercial crops has been assessed in numerous countries and regions by using different approaches. The estimated value of the work of honey bees in the USA is somewhere between $1.6 billion and $14.6 billion (de Lange and Veldtman). With these six-legged employees gone, farmers would be losing billions of dollars of free labor, not including the cost of equipment, research, and…

pollination, bees are a vital contributor to food production. Unfortunately, the bee population has been dropping steadily for the last 60 years due to factors such as, pesticides, invasion of pests, and climate change (Walters 375). Neonicotinoids, an insecticide introduced into the market in the early 1990s (Lundin, et al.), has been largely blamed for this drop. The Ontario government, as an attempt to prevent the bee population in its province from further decline, issued regulatory…