Pollinators

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/cm_ragweed.htm Allergies are “non-communicable” diseases affecting millions of Americans. Think of just about any substance a human can smell, touch, or taste and there is probably someone somewhere “allergic” to it. One allergen that affects me on a personal level is “Ragweed Pollen.” On my father’s side of the family just about everyone is affected by this allergen. Some of them formally diagnosed others just have allergy symptoms when the…

2009; Hejda et al. 2009). These organisms compete for nutrients, water, and light, change the nutrient cycle of soil, affect the community structure (Levine et al. 2003), and reduce the number of pollinators (Totland et al. 2006). In addition introduced phytophagous insects may become pests (Queiroz-Santana & Burckhardt 2007). In Brazil, the Australian genus Eucalyptus was introduced in the second half of the 19th century (Couto & Betters 1995), and…

The artificial pollinator is the brainchild of Eijiro Miyako, a chemist at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tsukuba, Japan. It entails attaching horsehair bristles to a remote-controlled drone the size of a power adapter, and coating…

Honeybees are among the most common and efficient pollinators in the world (NRDC, 2011). They generate over $15 billion per year worth of crops, along with an annual supply of honey estimated at $150 million in the US alone (NRDC, 2011). In recent decades, they have been devastated by the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), which accounts for the loss of one third of the population (NRDC, 2011). Unfortunately, the circumstances surrounding this global syndrome remain elusive (NRDC, 2011).…

Introduction and Social Relevance Our economy is ever-growing and evolving, this can be problematic for the agricultural crops that will have difficulty providing the world as the demand for food increases. Genetic modification is the use of biotechnology techniques to change the genes of an organism (AGRIC, 2015)
In Australia unless the Australian Gene Technology Regulator has concluded the Genetically Modified Organism, abbreviated as GMO is safe to human health as well as the environment it…

Escherichia Coli, or E. Coli, are a large and diverse colony of bacteria within the fecal coliforms group – a group of closely related bacterial genera that share the ability to metabolize sugar lactose, producing acids and gas as byproducts – found living harmlessly in warm-blooded organisms’ intestines, the environment, or in various foods (2006). Unfortunately, some forms of E. Coli bacteria are pathogenic, in which the bacteria has developed the ability to cause the disease of the urinary,…

One of the biggest causes of bee loss is global warming, which changes the cycle of how flowers bloom in a certain season. Bees and pollinators hibernate, and often times what happens is that the flowers they need for food bloom before they are done with hibernation, which throws off the cycle in which the bees work in. Another danger against bees is the use of pesticides in farmland, which…

non-environmental viewpoint could include policy change in favor of economics rather than the environment (Bekic et al. 2014, Wines 2015). Another repercussion might be the de-contextualization of colony collapse disorder. For instance, as a keystone pollinator the honey bee is essential to modern agriculture. Without the environmental perspective, one might not realize that the source of one-third of the food in the United States is via honey bee (Bekic 2014, Entine…

The media has ingrained a negative portrayal of genetically modified (GM) foods into the brain of Americans. With such a negative portrayal people are finding themselves confused about what genetically modified really means. The question has arisen, what is the truth behind GM foods? Pamela Bailey the author of “GMOs Are Nothing to Fear”, an article from the U.S. News, uses scientific facts and findings to argue the point that GM foods are safe to our health and ultimate a technology that is…

biodiversity is also important here. Agriculture biodiversity ensures protection against diseases agriculture products can acquire making them inedible. It also ensures healthy soil for agriculture products to grow in and ensures a habitat for pollinators and pest predators to live in which is a vital for agriculture to grow. Marine conservation is also important for economic reasons. Many Asian countries rely on fish as not only a source of income but as a food source for their inhibitors. For…