Pollination

“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…

to stain the pollen grains on the stigma showed that there was some germination on the self-pollinated flowers and no germination on the outcross flowers. This was interesting data because these results should have been opposite, since outcross-pollination is usually favored. Increasing the sample size by pollinating more flowers and collecting more stigmas might increase the likelihood of this being observed. Viable pollen was also observed in vitro by using the Brewbaker-Kwack medium…

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…

having conditions that are suitable for them to have a successful outcome. They are important because they help create the many fruits and vegetables that are in stores today as well as farm markets, plants benefit from bees because they receive pollination. By building safe places for bees it lowers the chance of the homes getting destroyed, using a non-toxic killer can reduce the chances of bees getting sick from the toxic chemicals. More awareness needs to be brought to the state of bees and…

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…

Producing successful tomato crops with high yields can be a challenge if you have never had any experience in the horticultural industry, generally a tomato plant you grow in your vegetable garden will be different from growing a tomato plant in a green house so it is important to realise the differences and to provide the correct nutrients for your crops. Not only is it important for your tomato plants to be provided with the correct nutrients and the correct amount of nutrients, but it is…

(Adapted from Lee, 2013; CISE, n.d.) Experience 4: Busy bees: Pollination Rationale: Billy’s preconception of “nectar keeping flowers alive” and that bees visit flowers, will be extended by this activity. Materials: Flower cut outs Cup cake holders Assortment of coloured glitter Glue Cotton balls Bumble bee cut out…

Venus Flytrap can grow many flowers, one of the way for it to reproduce is through pollination which consists of self-pollination and cross-pollination. Pollination is when a vector such as butterflies, water, winds, bees, etc. transfer the pollen grains from the male anther into the female stigma. Self-pollination means that a flower’s own anther grain will transferred by a vector into its own stigma. Cross-pollination means that a flower’s anther pollen will transferred by a vector into…

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…