Pollination Against Bees
$9 billion of agriculture is pollinated by bees annually (Karimi). Bees pollinate many plants around the world, some of these plants grow fruit, nuts, and vegetables. The pollination process happens when bees transfer pollen from one plant to another so that the plants can make seeds and reproduce. Bee populations are rapidly declining. There are threats against the bee colonies which are causing a decrease in the population, including : pesticides, habit loss, wildfires, and monoculture. Some ways to stop the decrease is to make a pesticide that does not harm bees, decrease the amount of habitat loss, and plant more than one crop in an large agricultural area. Because bees are an essential part of the pollination process, saving theses black and yellowed stripped bugs is essential for the earth’s environment. Bees are the main source of pollination to plants. “One calculation had it that every third bite of food you eat was pollinated by
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“U.S. beekeepers lost about 40 percent of their honeybee colonies last year, according to a survey commissioned in 2015”(Erbentraut). These little, yet mighty insects are struggling with the change around them. In some areas bees are facing monoculture. This is the process when farmers plant one crop constantly in a large area. Since bees feed off of plants and get the nutrition they need, only having one source of the same nutrients is not good from them. Like humans, bees need different nutrients that come from different sources. Bees are also facing the pesticides that are put on crops to keep other bugs away. There is a special powdered pesticide that gets stuck to bees when they land on a covered planted. Then the bees brings the powdered substance with them back to the colony, which in return kills the whole clan. If bees are not helped, people would have to start hand-pollinating, which could take countless hours where as bees could take a few
“U.S. beekeepers lost about 40 percent of their honeybee colonies last year, according to a survey commissioned in 2015”(Erbentraut). These little, yet mighty insects are struggling with the change around them. In some areas bees are facing monoculture. This is the process when farmers plant one crop constantly in a large area. Since bees feed off of plants and get the nutrition they need, only having one source of the same nutrients is not good from them. Like humans, bees need different nutrients that come from different sources. Bees are also facing the pesticides that are put on crops to keep other bugs away. There is a special powdered pesticide that gets stuck to bees when they land on a covered planted. Then the bees brings the powdered substance with them back to the colony, which in return kills the whole clan. If bees are not helped, people would have to start hand-pollinating, which could take countless hours where as bees could take a few