Pollinator

Misunderstood, treated, and taken for granted. One of earth’s greatest assets is deserting its domain. Collectively, humans around the globe need to take responsibility for the declining honey bee populations, and aid in their rehabilitation by limiting human and natural impacts on its richness. Bees are commonly known for their role in pollination, as well as producing honey and beeswax. Impacting biotic life to the extent that this decline will lead to death among species that have come…

Recent declines in honey bee populations and increasing demand for insect-pollinated crops raise concerns about pollinator shortages. Pesticide exposure and pathogens may interact to have strong negative effects on managed honey bee colonies. Such findings are of great concern given the large numbers and high levels of pesticides found in honey bee colonies. Thus it is crucial to determine how field-relevant combinations and loads of pesticides affect bee health. We collected pollen from bee…

Megan A. Collins Ms. Smith EN 102: Argument and Research 10 November 2017 Saving the Honeybees Without the honeybee we could be a starving world on the verge of extinction. Thankfully we have the South Carolina Beekeepers Association that is working to encourage the public’s interest in beekeeping and provide an education platform to train beekeepers for the future. The mission of the South Carolina Beekeepers Association is aimed at education and advocacy to make certain that South Carolina…

California grows 80 percent of the world’s total amount of almonds. The almonds not only require a vast supplement of water, even through the treacherous droughts in the state of California, they require the work of honeybees to pollinate each almond tree. That means about two beehives for every ache of almond trees and at least 1.7 million beehives total, or 85 percent of all the available commercial beehives in the United States, according to Gene Brandi, a California beekeeper and vice…

Buzzkill Like they say, it’s the little things that count. The smallest actions can make the biggest changes. Honey bees, as small as they are, impact our daily lives a great deal . Why are Honey bees so important? Well, they contribute to our food sources, our environment, our health, but most importantly, our existence. It is important for us as a race to take care of their species when no one else can. We need to preserve the Honey Bees because they are vital to our survival and everyday…

Millions of bees are dying off, an average of 30% of all honey bee colonies dies each winter. We rely on bees to pollinate 90% of the world's food and to increase the yield by up to 30%. Many fruits and vegetables would become scarce and prohibitively expensive without the bees. If bees became extinct most of our food will no longer exist and if it did, it wouldn't be very affordable. Scientists have pointed out several causes behind this problem, including global warming, habitat loss,…

A top government honey bee researcher from South Dakota says he's being rebuffed for publicizing work on pesticides and pollinators. Jonathan Lundgren's exploration discovered honey bees and ruler butterflies can be hurt by a generally utilized class of bug sprays. In an informant case recorded Wednesday, the United States Agriculture Department entomologist claims he confronted striking back due to his examination. "When he began distributed this work, he went from brilliant kid to…

struggle to adapt (Adams n.p.). People require massive amounts of resources which results in habitat destruction for both feral and farmed bees. Throughout the wild, many pollinators are declining: “several bumble bees, and some butterflies, bats, and hummingbirds” (McCarter 21). Since the state of the world’s wild, natural pollinator species are so depleted, the entire agricultural business…

Summary This essay begins by introducing the problem of declining bee populations and its significance. Varroa mites are discussed as a primary cause of declining bee populations. Next she discusses challenges to conventional forms of pest management including the Varroa mites development of resistances to traditional stand alone chemical treatments. Considering the limitations of conventional pest management, she then looks at some researchers, including Monsanto, and their attempts to use…

Every country in the world requires food in some form and the quantity of food required in each country is growing exponentially because the population worldwide is growing exponentially.. The source of the food is from plants that are eaten directly by people or either eaten by animals that will later be food for people. A third of the food we eat is from the pollination of bees and other insects. Without bees, nothing can be pollinated to make plants grow. Without bees, it will be very hard to…