Pollinators

Pollinators on the Decline In recent years North America has been faced with a sharp decline in bee populations. Beekeepers are used to a certain amount of bees and hives dying off but the winter and spring of 2006-2007 brought about the most precipitous decline in decades. The historical rate for overwintering losses is 10-15% but from 2007-2011 this rate has been 28-33% (The Situation, n.d.). This event from 2007 has been coined as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and affecting as many as 35 states and causing colony losses as high as 80-100% for some beekeepers the disorder is both widespread and severe (Kluser & Peduzzi, 2007). Unfortunately the cause of CCD is not known. Beekeepers are desperate for an answer to this problem to save…

many times people have intentionally killed bees or other pollinators, even though they weren’t doing any harm. All of these times add up, and consequently a major bee crisis evolves. Beekeepers continue to report hive losses each year. This means that pollinating insects have been on a steep decline for many reasons. The bees must be helped now, especially since 90% of the world’s nutrition is pollinated by bees (Green Peace, n.d.). The decline in pollinators worldwide over the past few years…

“The way humanity manages or mis-manages its nature-based assets, including pollinators, will in part define our collective future in the 21st century,” UN Environment Programme Executive Director Achim Steiner said.. “The fact is that of the 100 crop species that provide 90 per cent of the world’s food, over 70 are pollinated by bees.” ("Humans Must Change Behaviour to save Bees, Vital for Food Production). Bees as pollinators play a major role in the world’s agriculture and the close…

Bees are the world's top pollinators. There are over 20,000 different kinds of bees, and they are unfortunately dying off due to the increase of pesticides. Pollinators transfer pollen and seeds from one flower to another, fertilizing the plant so it can grow and produce food. These insects are responsible for pollinating one third of the world's crops. Bees need to live without these inorganic forms of pesticides, so that they can produce honey and pollinate crops. These healthy bees were…

Agriculture, or the practice of planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops has many more layers than most realize. One overlooked factor is the role of certain species of animals known as pollinators in speeding up the breeding process of plants through pollination. One of the most important pollinators, the honey bee transfers the genetic info of male and female plants through pollen, and in return gets nectar to feed its colony (“Pollination”). While honey bees have been around for millions…

Since bee pollinators involve sexual reproduction of various plants by assuring cross-pollination, the major area of agriculture is adversely affected by the decline of bee pollinators. Although the collapse of bee population takes human existence in jeopardy, the lifecycle of wind-pollinated crops would also be in danger. These crops include the majority of the trees of Apple, pears, wheat, corn, barley, pumpkins, peas, tomatoes and much more. The large extent of staple crops has been affected…

Does Weather have an Effect on Pollinator Visitation Rates: A Study on Bougainvilleas and their Pollinators Introduction: Pollination is the process by which pollen, is transported to the reproductive organs of female seed plants. Pollen is a fine, grainy substance, which are the gametophytes of male seed plants, and produce sperm cells. Pollination is what allows most plants to fertilize one another and reproduce. Pollination is important because many plants that humans consume, reproduce…

“King P?” cried his troops. “King P?” The Pollinators were being invaded my evil King Felix and the Zecks. Every time the low hum was to be heard, that meant trouble. “Into place! Now! Get your stingers ready to barricade the Pollinators!” “Yes Sir,” the Zecks replied on the demand. This was the third time in one week, that the evil was attempting to stampede the North Willow. For the first time, they glided right past their tree, and tried talking to the honey bee’s. “Oh, their colony is…

canum plant within a moderate range of color red intensity. This research is significant because it enables us to understand more about bee behavior, and, not to mention, it will aid farmers in crop production to select the most efficient pollinators for specific types of crops. E. canum plants were surveyed and later used to calculate the proportion of the color red per flowers for each plant surveyed to compare and attempt to depict a correlation between pollinator visitation frequency and…

away from preying on other bugs and switched to exclusively deriving their nutrients from the pollen and nectar of flowers. The different species developed fuzz, bristles, or hair in various places on their bodies in order to pick up more pollen, and evolved longer and longer proboscises so they could more easily access the nectar that is often hidden away in hard to reach places. Most bees feed exclusively on these flower products, which is an easy way to sort them from their sometimes similar…