Honeybees are vital to the argricultural security of the United States as well as the entire world. Without their pollination process‚ many crops around the world would fail. “Of the 100 crops that provide 90% of the world’s food‚ 71 are bee pollinated‚ and honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) are the managed pollinator conscripted to provide the necessary pollination services for most of these crops” (Frazier et al 2015). It is important for the Honeybee population to remain stable‚ but pesticides used
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Nick Lanham Mrs. Travis E-Team/English 4-25-2014 The Bees Are About to be Gone Since the beginning of the industrial era humans have begun to dominate the earth’s environments as well as resources; through this cause we have damaged one of the global ecosystem’s most important links in the food web. The honeybee is the world’s most efficient and widespread pollinator. Honeybees provide the crucial harmony between insects and plants; as the bees spread the pollen to flowers propagating the reproduction
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Something is killing our honeybees. They have been in decline for the past ten years. Honey is becoming more expensive‚ and agriculture is suffering because of the shrinking numbers. Our crop resources are at risk of losing one third their normal reaping. There has got to be something we can do to prevent this loss. What is killing our honeybees? Neonicotinoids are the leading cause of hive colony collapse disorder. When a hive becomes infected by this common insecticide‚ used to kill pests like
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Bomb Detecting Honey-Bees Abstract Police and military personnel have been using dogs to sniff out explosives for decades. According to scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory‚ Mexico who have been working with honeybees since 1999‚ believe that bees can actually challenge dogs when it comes to sense of smell. The buzzing insects that seek out molecular hints of the pollen to make honey can easily detect other minute particles in the air‚ including traces of materials used to make bombs
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Leaf Cutter Bees Leaf cutter bees‚ play a big part in the world. Not very many people know of their existence or what they actually do. They are very interesting little insects starting from there looks‚ actions‚ and how important their job is as a Leaf Cutter Bee. Leaf Cutter Bees; looks are very distinct. They are not like Honey Bees; they do not look like wasps or hornets. They almost resemble more of a beetle in a way. A beetle has a hard shell on their back and most beetles we think of
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Lecture 9 The Honey Bee Story 1. The „HD loves HB” campaign means that the Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream company want to keep honey bees‚ these little heroes buzzing. They made up an integrated marketing communications campaign to provide a premium quality Vanillia Honey ice cream with natural flavours thanks to the honey bees ‚ and save as much bees as they can. They made a website where they show how can you help the nature and the bees. They wrote down the steps to help the process of the pollination
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$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
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When you look at the bees population in the U.S. from the past and compare it to now‚ It is very obvious there is a problem. In recent years the bee population has been declining somewhat rapidly do to an unknown cause. It is very obvious that bees play an important role in the ecosystem and for humans. Honey bees help the process of pollination. This process happens when a Honey Bee lands on a flower and transmits pollen grains (Male) to the stigma (Female) inside the flower. This happens everytime
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The Rasberry Crazy Ant‚ also known as the Tawny Crazy Ant or Nylanderia Fulva‚ originated in the countries of southern Brazil and northern Argentina before the exotic species made it’s way into America‚ most likely by a cargo ship. The Rasberry Crazy Ant is a red brown‚ tenth of an inch‚ insect covered in tiny hairs that has the ability to excrete an acid that acts as an anctidote to Fire Ant venom. Due to their slow speed‚ which only allows them to travel about a tenth of a mile to half a mile per
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