Self-pollination

Current Event: Week Eight According to an Off-The-Grid news site, the insect population in Germany has decreased significantly in the last few decades. Nearly seventy-five percent of the insects in the nature reserves have been wiped out, leaving only twenty-five percent left. Due to this significant decrease, it is expected for the food web to be widely affected since many other animals rely on these insects as a source of food. One of the insects that are dying out is the honeybee, which can affect

Every biotic and abiotic factor has a reason to coexist with the world. We can only live through balance. When we are missing a factor it throws our system out of place. There is no exception with how plants reproduce. Like the food chain, pollination happens in a cycle, but instead of what eats what. It’s more of the steps on how a plant sends off its seeds. Plants go through a process of fertilization to produce seedlings. Most plants can not fertilize on their own. Plants can’t just

Honey bees are pollinators that play a crucial role in our agriculture industry. Many people do not realize how important a small insect can be. Bees pollinate many different crops from almonds to coffee and account for the pollination of $15 billion worth of crops in the United States per year. From April 2016 to April 2017 Beekeepers in the U.S. lost 33% of their honey bees (“U.S. Beekeepers” 2017). The continued loss of honey bees has been due to several factors such as habitat loss, disease,

Why Bees are important to humanity Unknowingly, an insect as a bee can have catastrophic harm to our lives. Bees may seem very dangerous but they are the species that has dramatic effects to our supplies and business. Bees are very essential to our everyday lives because without bees our food necessities, health essentials, and economy decrease. Honey bees should be protected because without them we would lose a vital source of food and medicinal treatments, and nature like basic flowers and plants

nectar that attracts insect, animals and human too. While the animals eat on the nectar, some pollen grains stick on their bodies. When they move to another flower they carry the pollen and help pollinate those flowers. The pollination by animals are more effectively than pollination by the wind. Why? Because the animals directly move from flower to flower and not like in wind where the pollen can be carry anywhere. There is an assurance if it is

Slide 1 I was inspired by the stimulus document “A World without Work,” by Derek Thompson. In the document, Derek talks about the social and economic concerns with machines replacing factory workers, but he completely ignores the environmental impact that humans make. Because of this, I wanted to focus on an environmental issue that faces the U.S today that we as humans can help solve. Slide 2 This lead me to the question, Should the United States stabilize the diminishing bee population in reaction

pollen and even pollination services. Bees are important pollinators of flowering plants and most fruit plants. Only in the United States 75% of fruits, plants and vegetables produced annually are bee pollinated (Moisset & Buchmann, 2011). By 2009 around $11 billion profit was estimated by pollination services of honey bees, plus $3.5 billion by other non-Apis bees (Calderone, 2012). Crop production of apples, oranges, tomatoes, almonds, blueberries, among other depends on bee pollination for a successful

Salmonella-contaminated cucumbers connected to death in Texas A Texas woman has died as a result of consuming cucumber contaminated with the salmonella poona bacteria. Her death marks the second fatality associated with the tainted produce. The salmonella outbreak has resulted in 341 cases of infection across 30 states, including 18 in Texas. The cucumbers in question were distributed and sold in the United States from August 1, 2015 to September 3, 2015, by Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce out

Raegan curran #6 Honey Bees Are Getting Stung!!! Honeybees are dying and we have to help! Honey Bees are becoming extinct and this could have a major effect on food and, food prices! We could lose cherries, almonds, apples, oranges, and much more! There are many reasons for honey bees becoming extinct, for example “One is poor nutrition…” (Lindsay Lowe) There are already helping for example “...The USDA announced in may…” (2014) “... that it would set aside $4 million for those looking to grow pollinator

INTRODUCTION Across the globe, there are many regions that are solely dedicated to produce different types of crops and other produce in order to support the needs and demands of society. Many of these areas are concerned with ways to maximize their crop production, and often many insects, particularly true flies (order Diptera), potentially affect these crops during the growing and harvesting seasons. Dipterans have vastly important roles throughout ecosystems across the world, mainly having the