Pollination syndrome

There are millions of insects in the world. Though one of the most fascinating species is the bee. Honey bees are well known for living in hives. They are also known for being one of the world’s biggest pollinator. The honey bee is one of the most well known specie of bee, and a well known pollinator. They are separated into different classes by what they do and their appearance. They live interesting lives, but what is life like inside a honey bee hive? I.what is a beehive? A. In the world…

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…

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…

What is CCD? CCD stands for colony collapse disorder, which is a sudden population loss in worker bees. This loss leaves the queen alone with a few nurse bees to take care of her and the few remaining young bees. When a colony is affected by CCD, there are very few dead bees near the colony. What causes CCD? Varroa mites are one of the bigger problems. Varroa mites are parasites that hitch a ride on a bee, and end up in the hive. Once they are in the hive they lay eggs and any bacteria or…

If the tree is dying fast and has already been infested with carpenter bees it is more than likely going to die. This is the eastern carpenter bees (Xylocopa virgincia) and they are found around wood in use for decks, housing, or any rough lumber structures usually. They can also use a dead or dying tree for their habitat. A separate disease or insect killed or seriously degraded the tree prior to the bees infested. These bees range across the Eastern United States and Canada. They are important…

How do bees benefit human society? Bees are a vital part of our society; they provide food and pollinate plants. They help pollination and a lot of plants depend on bees for them to spread seeds, therefor many crops would die off if there were no bees. No human action or resourcefulness could ever supplant the work of honeybees. With the bees help of pollination they have helped our agriculture and the economy like the invaluable pollinating services bees provide us with, helped produce…

Here, a specialized forager bee with her tube-like tongue sipps up nectar from the flowers. As she does that, her hairy body traps pollen and carries it between flowers helping plants to reproduce - this process is called pollination. A honeybee visits between 100 and 1500 flowers before her honey stomach is full. Yes, honey stomach. Bees have two stomachs: one for digesting and one that is used as a honey sac, where the enzymes begin to break nectar down into simple sugars…

functionality. Although they are both holometablous, they are very different in their characteristics, such as wings, feeding, and harmness. Wings are important feature in insects, specially for bees and butterflies, it helps them with the pollination process which is necessary for the future of our food. Bees can fly to smaller areas and transfer pollen between any flowers , unlike butterflies where they can fly to longer distances but do not pick up much pollen on their bodies and only…

allergic to bees, these flying insects are no help; yet, in most cases they are essential to the survival of flowering plants or angiosperms. They complete the reproduction cycle of these plants and without them some plants would not have a successful pollination. Besides beekeepers, and other jobs where work relates to bees, these important creatures go unnoticed. Including bees “insect pollinators merit our preservation efforts because some 67 percent of extant flowering plants depend, to…

“If the bee disappeared off the face of the Earth, man would only have four years left to live." -Albert Einstein. Bees play a major role on Earth, they are vital to the human food supply, they are contributors to nature, they have historical significance, and they are good for business. The bee population has been decreasing for plenty years, and I believe that we need to save them. Bees need to be saved because of the huge impact they make to the earth, without them we won’t survive. Bees are…