Pollinator decline

Ovaskainen, 2000), establishment (Bowman, Cappuccino & Fahrig, 2002), habitat selection (Fletcher & Hutto, 2008), animal predation of pollinators (Batary & Baldi, 2004), resource quality (Burke & Nol, 1998), and interspecific competition. Edge effects in plant and animal communities are common but may be positive (Chen et al., 1992) or negative (Bruna 2002) and affect distributions, abundance (Bolger et al., 2000), growth (McDonald and Urban, 2004), and reproduction (Burgess et al., 2006). Edge…

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 varying extents, upon them for reproduction,” (Tepedino 139) yet more and more people are discovering hives of bees are dying out with reasons unknown.…

Pollinators don’t get much credit in our society especially due to them being insects, still when we think in terms of our food and even food security we tend to think differently about these cross-pollinators. It’s the humble honeybee out of the pollinators that have caught the attention of many scientific reporters attempting to publicize the situation to the public to adopt…

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…

butterflies continues to decline towards extinction, the loss will affect much…

fuzzy creatures are making 1 in every 3 bites taken, possible. So before calling them a nuisance that goes around stinging people, consider that they are feeding majority of the world and are the biggest, most relied on pollinators. Unfortunately, our fuzzy friends are on decline, this can cause major damage to the worlds health and many farmers income,it is due to several factors such as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), pesticides, parasites, and lack of floral diversity (hoyt). In 2006…

and vegetables which supports the foundation of nutritional diets for Americans. “Fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds, honey; are all nutrition-rich foods that are produced with the help of animal pollinators, especially bees” (). It’s estimated that 35 percent of foods worldwide are dependent on animal pollinators. In addition, pollination by honey bees contributes to 15 billion dollars of agriculture production in the United States. In the last several years, honey bees have received global…

“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…

is what I will be talking about today. I will tell you the different roles of bees, and what is happening worldwide that should scare and even frighten you. Bees are specialized insects that gather pollen and nectar from flowers, they are called pollinators. They play an existentially important role in our daily lives and global affairs. Bees can be yellow, orange, black, or brown. All bees have fur, but some have less than others. The queen is the largest member of her community, and is…

conditions. Climate change appears to be a major concern for agriculture in general and may also have worrying implications for beekeeping. In particular, it has been listed as a possible contributor to the decline in pollinators, including honeybees, and a loss of synchronization between pollinator activity and flowering. The warming aspect of climate change may have a substantial impact on the production of honey. Surprisingly, few data are available on the relationship between climate change…