Pollination syndrome

Over the past century, the human population has been exponentially growing and developing past 7 billion people. During this time period, many scientific advancements have been achieved. One of the less popular successes of the twenty first century include the concept of robotic bees. While at first bees may not appear to be of major concern, statistics and research studies tend to dictate otherwise. According to Crystal Ponti, whom is a science, technology and health reporter, “last year, the U…

Bees. They make honey, they sting, and they inspired some pretty crazy hairdos in the 1960s. Were you aware though, that bees do much more than just provide us with alternatives to artificial sweeteners? In fact, bees, small as they are, play an immense role in the world’s ecosystem and production of food. So much so that they have a nearly direct effect on every other living thing, especially humans. As with most things in this world, though, people have a tendency to not be good stewards of…

Drosophila melanogaster has been studied in genetic research laboratories for almost a century. Because the fruit fly has a short lifespan, a simple genome, and is easily made to reproduce in captivity it is a prime candidate for genetic research. (Patterson, et al., 1943) The major behavioral response noted in the fruit flies is that they tended to group together in clusters, as opposed to venturing off on their own into different sectors. D. melanogaster are attracted to food and will mate…

It is reported that in the United States, more than one- third of crops rely on bees. Only if crops such as almonds, peaches, soybeans, apples, pears, cherries, cranberries, strawberries, melons get bees’ pollination, can they bear fruit. In the past, in the southern part of Sichuan Province in China, bees were extinct as the result of overuse of farm chemicals. If they had not disappeared, a hive of bees could have pollinated millions of flowers every day.…

The authors of this paper recognized a lack of literature on the indirect effect predators have on prey, and pondered that this perceived risk might have a greater influence on prey behavior and life history than direct predation. By consistently removing any possibility for potential predators to reach the nests of a population of song sparrows, as well as playing recordings of potential predators, the authors reported a 40% decrease in the number of offspring produced. They also report a…

Honeybees have made a major impact on the world, not just agriculturally, but economically. Honey bees are accountable for pollinating 80% of the United State’s fruit, vegetables, and seed crops. More than 100 different variety of plants in the United States are pollinated. The work of the honey bee is essential to the production of $7 billion worth of agricultural crops in Arizona alone. More than $15 billion a year in United States crops, are pollinated by bees, including apples, berries,…

Leafcutter bees are members of the genus Megachile. Along with resin and mason bees, they make up the Megachilidae family (Serrano). There are 131 different species of leafcutter bees native to North America although most of the species are too poorly known to have common names. Of those, 28 species are found in Kansas (Young et al.). They are moderately-sized, varying from 5 to 24 millimeters in length (Serrano). Their appearance is mostly black with several whitish hair bands across the…

Ecology Essay I believe bees are very important for all ecosystems. I will talk about the three most interesting things in the ecosystem. I will talk about extinction, food web, and ecosystem. It will be very interesting. Bees help with a lot. They Spread pollen every where and they hurt people sometimes. Bee’s are yellow insects that can help and hurt you. They help by spreading pollen to let plants reproduce in different areas. Bee’s also help by making honey for us to eat. They are harmful…

society has grown to know that the loss of bees, or natural pollinators, has been an epidemic. They reference this to bring the attention that, “pollinators for global food security; ~75% of all globally important crops depend to some degree on pollination.” While this is true, they mention the importance because the honey bees are not the bees we should be worrying about. They continue by stating that they have found that western honey bees have been killing other pollinators when introduced…

worker bees, drones, and the queen. Of the Order Hymenoptera there are honey bees, bumble bees, carpenter bees, and stingless bees. Carpenter bees are the only members of these four bee groups that aren’t social. Honeybees are responsible for cross-pollination, which is the transfer of pollen from one plant…