Pollinator

Michael Heile Nelson 3 English 11 Honors April 29 2016 Honeybee Population Crisis Bees are very crucial to our society. They pollinate over $14 billion worth of crops each year (Ballaro and Warhol). With that amount of money you could buy almost 15 new Viking stadiums each year. They are so valuable to our society and if the bee population goes down, the human population will soon follow. Although many people are unaware of the shrinking bee population, scientific evidence has proven it to…

Allowing Renegade (Gardens) Saint Louis is home to “about 10,000 parcels of vacant land that have come to public ownership involuntarily through tax foreclosure”(Land). A majority of these vacant properties are in low-income neighborhoods, the residents of which, live at least a half mile (often more) away from a grocery store with fresh produce. Saint Louis as a result, is barren, as outlined by the graph provided by the USDA Economic Research Service (pictured right). This type of barrenness…

The “faster and cheaper” way of producing food for the large consuming global markets and human population: Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s), artificial foods that have been changed so that it can include the desirable traits of other foods. Although the idea behind GMO’s is morally good, it is actually doing more harm than good. GMO’s are exhausting the planet’s resources much more quickly than the planet can make up for. Animals feed on these resources but GMOs are creating an ecological…

When Nathan fails at planting the garden, failing to recognize the lack of pollinators in the Congo, Leah’s belief in her father begins to falter: “My father looked at me with a new face, strange and terrifying to me for what it lacked in confidence. It was as if a small, befuddled stranger were peering through the imposing mask of…

Honey bees have been around for about 100 million years, much longer than people have. For quite a long time they 've been pollinating fruits and vegetables, for example, apples, pears, and a wide range of beans. They give 50% of our nourishment and without them, it would be a considerable measure harder to get sustenance. People depend on them to issue them nourishment, yet up until the eighties, something called Colony Collapse Disorder has disturbed the solidarity between the two. ❀ ❀ ❀…

Strolling around Columbia State Community College’s Campus, one can observe Zinnia gardens full of honey bees,wasps and ants, recycling bins, and non-smoking signs. While these environmental changes are impressive, the college can do better when it comes to setting a positive example for its students and the community. Imagine a community garden at CSCC that displays natural beauty while also demonstrating the school’s commitment to improving the environment. Such a garden would be a learning…

Canada in 2014 (see figure 2) (Production and Value of Honey, 2014). Not only does the bee’s process of the pollination of flowers create honey, but it also creates a healthy ecosystem by doing the work of pollinating plants that rely on natural pollinators, like bees (How do Bees Help the Environment, n.d.). However, because the production of honey in Canada is known as a very Canadian industry and we are proud of our Canadian honey, choosing to import is not always seen in a positive light.…

farm, where the bees are pollinating flowers. As usual, she describes colors and develops their significance throughout the poem. In the first stanza, Plath describes a purple and scarlet-speckled, black flower opening up to allow for various pollinators to pollinate it. Meanwhile, in the third stanza, Plath describes the petals, or the walls of the flower, as orange and red, which are very bright and fiery colors, which you may find in the Underworld. Lastly, in the fifth stanza, Plath…

Introduction Systems thinking, as defined by today’s scholars, has been around for decades and continues to grow as researchers turn to the past, present, and future to gain a better understanding. In fact, concepts found in systems thinking go back to the time of Aristotle (Mele, Pels, & Polses, 2010; Ing, 2013). This method points out how systems have no ends, are all interconnected, and that it is impossible to completely comprehend anything (Senge, 2014). Since humans tend to want to…

Chinese Medicine has both a long and rich history going as far back as 1600 B.C., where Chinese caldrons were used to make “pills” and other herbal medicines. Generally speaking, this is where the root of Chinese culture influenced an epidemic of rare animals becoming nearly extinct (Shen-Nong). For this reason, it is crucial to pave way to more laws in regard to wealthy Chinese people who are increasingly causing an environmental disaster to millions of rare and endangered animals due to…