Pollination

Symbiosis or a symbiotic relationship is a close a relationship/interaction between two organisms of different species. The three main types of symbiosis are mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism. Mutualism is the symbiotic relationship where both the species benefits from the other. For example, clownfish live in sea anemones and because of this the clownfish eventually become immune to the paralyzing sting of the sea anemone. The sea anemone gives the clownfish a home and protects the…

during winter and increase the population of the monarch butterfly.” stated Elperin. By following Obama’s Plan, honeybees would be able to thrive in the wilderness more easily and increase population of monarch butterflies which is beneficial to the pollination process. A second way that humans are helping bees is through seed distribution to Americans. According to Elperin “… the W. Atlee Burpee & Company has donated more than 1 million see packets to the plan” The government plans to…

Title: To investigate the reproductive structures of the plants and to understand its importance in the survival of plant species. Introduction: Angiosperms are the dominant form of plant life in most terrestrial ecosystems, comprising about 90 percent of all plant species. Most crop and ornamental plants are angiosperms. Their success results, in part, from two innovative structures: the flower and the fruit. Flowers are derived evolutionarily from modified leaves. The main parts of a flower…

In "First Flower" a group of botanists and paleobotanists reveal how that "abominable mystery" is starting to move towards a solution. NOVA captures images of how they are continuing to inspire new scientific discoveries today. It all begins in northern China, where amidst the country's rich, volcanic conditions for fossil-finding, Professor Sun Ge and his team first unearth the Archaefructus fossil from an ancient lake in a region where dinosaurs once roamed. Sun Ge brings his amazing find to…

In this piece Darwin describes the differences between the hive bee and the humble bee. Bees have to shape their cells in ways that they hold the greatest amount of honey possible while using the least amount of wax. It seems quite amazing how these bees can make these shapes with all the angles and planes but what is amazing is that all it came from their instinct. The hive and the humble bee both structure their cells differently. At one end of the spectrum, the humble use their old their old…

The Honeybee (Apis mellifera) is an astounding insect that pollinates on a global scale and thus ensures the prosperity of plant life and animal life alike. However, its baffling how this insect maneuvers its tiny self against earth’s gravity and wind resistance contrary to its considerably small size. The average female Honeybee (pictured above) weighs in at 277 to 290 mg at adult emergence. As their wings are almost paper thin, they still manage to support the bee’s un-aerodynamic anatomy and…

The Bee shown in the image displayed on the course website is of the Rusty Patched Bumblebee (Bombus Affinis). This unique bumblebee has recently received attention from many environmental agencies. On January 11th, it received protections given by the U.S. Endangered Species Act. This is the very first variation of bumblebee to be place on the list. Rusty patched bumblebees are considered as a very social insect, living in colonies led by a single queen. Workers and males are designated by…

The species Callosobruchus maculatus is known to be pestiferous, and has the potential to cause significant financial damage to legume agriculture. In the past decade, significant progress has been made to identity different materials capable of controlling pestiferous insect infestation without causing damage to plants or negatively affecting animals and humans. Herein, we investigate the effects of glucose, ethanol, acetic acid, and sodium hydroxide treatments on the mortality and fecundity of…

My TEDtalk is about sharks and bees, animals that should not be feared and that humans need to stop killing. Both are important to the ecosystem, and without them, the world would be much worse off. Bees are disappearing, and without them, Earth is in trouble. Bees are responsible for most of the flowers and fruit that humans enjoy. They spread pollen so plants can reproduce. If bees disappeared completely, much of our food would disappear as well. This would cause serious problems for everyone.…

Increasing carbon dioxide levels are causing the bees to potentially have to find a new source of food. Pollen gives bees their only source of protein. This means that if pollen is somehow changed the bees could be affected by it directly. Supposedly the rising carbon dioxide levels “sap the nutritional quality of pollen”(Millius). Protein in the goldenrod plant species has gone down from eighteen percent to twelve percent over the last 172 years. During this time is is said that carbon…