Pollination

“The Case of the Poor Man’s Bees,” a rich man (John) and a poor beekeeper (myself) are neighbors having adjacent gardens. John argues that my bees are harming his flowers while they are feeding on them. He does not see the bees as a source of pollination and a beneficial source for his plants. As a result of, he asked me to move my bees so that they would stop feeding on his flowers. I insisted that the bees were simply pollinating the flowers and therefore, refused to move them. As a…

The Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is not only responsible for honey, but many different kinds of fruits and vegetables. Bees are agents of cross-pollination, and many plants are entirely dependent bees for their reproduction. Without bees, they would be highly stressed, and either would have to adapt to life without bees or become extinct. “The small little insect that works so tirelessly and quietly around us certainly is one of the reasons, if not a main reason, for the possibility of…

Bees have a major role in our environment and to create an artificial we must understand the fundamentals of a honey bees job. One of the most important roles a honey bee provides us with is pollination of our crops, so to create an artificial bee we need to know how pollination works with the bees. Pollination is defined as, “the transfer of pollen from the male reproductive organs to the female reproductive organs of a plant” (Gale, 2007). Honey bees pollinate crops during blooming season…

It is necessary to produce about one-third of the food that humans eat. No, it is not high fructose corn syrup, but pollination by honeybees. Brad Plumer of the Washington Post quotes, “The U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization estimates that ‘out of some 100 crop species, which 90% of food worldwide, 71 of these are bee pollinated.’ Around the World, these crops are worth at least $207 billion.” One fact even more bizarre is that honeybees are disappearing and no one seems to know for sure…

Bee Colonies In The US Worsens As 44 Percent Of Them Have Gone Over The Last Year According to a new study, the beekeepers in the United States are losing 44 percent of their honey bee colonies in the period of April 2015 to April 2016. This is worsened compared to last year. It showed that summer loss rates outdone winter loss rates. Dennis vanEngelsdorp, an assistant professor of entomology at University of Maryland and a project director for the Bee Informed Partnership said that they are now…

does for everyday people and the world's ecosystems. Bees are extremely helpful when it comes to our plant life- making sure crops, native species, and other important plants are able to reproduce and get the nutrients and natural fertilizers. Pollination done by…

Regular watering The water is the main essential element for the plant’s survival. So required water is to be poured basing on the dryness of the soil. Check the soil for its wetness and if it is too wet then you can put water in alternative days. Even if you mulch the top layer of soil you didn’t require to pour water every day as mulching can prevent loss of water. Mulching Mulching means covering the top most layer of the soil in the pot for about 2 inches with dried leaves , twigs, grass…

Bees, bees, bees About Bees Honeybees live in highly complex colonies of as many as 100,000 bees; most of these bees are worker or unfertile females who do most of the work in the beehive. The work includes gathering nectar, water and pollen and feeding and cleaning the queen. The workers also cool or heat the beehive when needed fee d the developing larvae and use beeswax to fortify hive cells. When the bee hive is busy during a typical peak season, the worker bee will live for only six week…

Since bee pollinators involve sexual reproduction of various plants by assuring cross-pollination, the major area of agriculture is adversely affected by the decline of bee pollinators. Although the collapse of bee population takes human existence in jeopardy, the lifecycle of wind-pollinated crops would also be in danger. These crops include…

In the Batewood Park environment, I noticed on arrival that there were few shrubberies or flowers, but there was an abundance of a variety trees. There was a playground, a picnic, table, basketball court, and other things added from humans, which causes the park environment overall to be different than that of a forest that is not impacted specifically from humans. I sat in the grass near the picnic tables and an oak tree, close enough to where I could observe ants under the picnic tables, bees…