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    People who have backyards tend to take a great amount of time deciding what to do with all the extra space in their yards. One good investment is to cultivate a backyard garden. However, deciding on what to grow in it is another decision. This article will help you choose what type of garden to grow in your backyard. Flower Garden. Proponents of flower gardens argue that flowers make their backyard more aesthetically valuable. A well planned and organized flower garden will make any backyard filled

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    The Number Of Honey Bees

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    pesticides are absorbed in all parts of the plants, making the pollen dangerous for bees. These pesticides affect the bee’s neurological system, making it harder for them to remember which plants to get pollen from and pollinate. Without bees, the cross pollination of plants would be very hard.

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    In 2015 researches netted a new species of spider wasp in southern China that was later named the Bone House Wasp. The Bone House wasp is black in color and measures about a half inch in length. Currently this species of wasp is only found in the Gutianshan National Nature Reserve located in Southeastern China (Communications, S.O.). Even though many people find wasps to be a nuisance they still serve a rather important role in ecosystems across the globe. Like all wasps, the Bone House Wasp is a

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    An issue that is very important to me is the environment. More specifically, the issue of the declining bee population . As a vegetarian, animals are quite important to me. Honeybees and Bumblebees are pollinators. Pollinators fertilize plants . The bees have a crucial role in the growth of flowers and plants. of pollinate 80% of flowering crops, according to the Department of Agriculture. If bees were to disappear, we would lose a lot of our staple crops. This will induce national effects on America

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    plants around different parts of the world. Most plant species can only survive with pollen due to the chain of evolution that created the dominance of angiosperms. Without pollination, plants will not be able to reproduce, therefore causing potential extinction. However, each plant responds differently to the lack of pollination. Some plants may die instantly, while others may still bear fruit with sterile seeds. Nevertheless, the lack of plant reproduction will cause much more devastation on a global

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    Bees play a critical role in our ecosystem, and their significant decline in population will eventually lead to difficulty in maintaining the large variety of crops that we have; humans as a species need to come together to protect bees and assure their safety. Humans are largely dependant on bees for them to do their jobs in order for humans to continue to live and eat the way that we do. If humans desire to maintain the lifestyle that we have, action will have to be taken to try to preserve what

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    Bees are very important to our environment, and lately bees have been dying in great numbers. According to scientists, a class of insecticides called neonicotinoids, are to blame. This chemical is now the most widely used, yet has lethal effects on bees. The reason for the bees dying out is not only caused by neonicotinoids, but by other pesticides as well, not to mention the general decline in the quality of bees’ diets. Beekeepers and entomologists say that the cause of colony collapse disorder

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    As a board member of Project Apis m., and the president of the California State Beekeepers Association, you are probably well aware that honey bee populations are in rapid decline all over the world. They play quite a significant role in the production of the various crops humans consume on a day to day basis. I am writing to you because I believe we have similar goals. I am particularly concerned with the severity of the diminishing bee population and the negative outcome this will have on our food

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    Honeybees are a major source of food for the United States. Honey is in many foods expected and unexpected. Honeybees population is decreasing day by day and we cannot figure out why. Is it global warming? Is it Air pollution? I think their could be many things putting the species endangered. One of my strongest beliefs are that it is air pollution. I think we could solve the bee mystery if we started with small stuff like air pollution. Then we could work our way up to the bigger things. But

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    sudden disappearance of bees, and report unusually high rates of decline in honeybee colonies. Bees do more than just make honey! Bee transfer pollen and seeds from one flower to another, fertilizing the plant so it can grow and produce food. Cross-pollination helps at least 30 percent of the world's crops and 90% affects our food. The sweet fruits humans eat such as, strawberries, mangoes, grapes, apples, and bananas would not be the same taste wise as they are now. We simply couldn’t live in the same

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