Self-pollination

90% of the world’s nutrition is pollinated by bees. This is 70 out of 100 food crops. Every one bite of food you eat (out of three) everyday, has been pollinated by bees. So everytime you eat you have a bee to thank. About 80% of pollination all over the world is performed by bees. Fruits, nuts, and vegetables are pollinated by bees. If we lost bees, more than 80% of the varieties of food we eat every single day could be gone. Since 2006 the loss of commercial honey bees has went up by 40%. If we

Can you imagine a world without bees? Probably not, because bees are exceptionally important to our planet. No matter how insignificant they may seem, their function is essential. This small insect is in charge of a process called pollination. Pollination occurs when a bee collects nectar from flowers and pollen attaches to their hairs and transfers to other plants. Most plants are unable to survive without bees pollinating. Statistically, bees are depended on for at least one third of the food we

The class Insecta is comprised of six legged organisms which are divided into three sections, the head, thorax and abdomen. The head of most insects contains a set of antennas used for sensing and a mandible used for crushing or cutting food. The second section of the insect or the thorax of the insect contains all of the six legs and can contain the wings of some insects, it is a key part of the insect’s movements. Insects are the only the only known arthropods which can possibly have wings. The

The significance of these findings are great; partly due to the importance of bees in areas such as pollination and honey production, as well as other implications of the data such as ethical issues.

1. This article gives much information on Australian plants that are classed as invaders in South Africa. This article is useful as it helps broaden my knowledge on the one subject of the experiment, as does the following article, Information on the Adult Snout Weevil, and the different species of Eucalyptus tree were easy to find online, however I struggled to find studied about which side of a leaf is more commonly eaten by the weevils, which solidified my reason for this study. 2. Which side

In this paper we will find solution using ant colony optimization. This process is based on probability technique to find results of computational problem. It is a set of software agents called artificial ants to find solution to a given problem. When ACO is applied then problem is changed into the problem of finding the best way on the weighted graph. The artificial ants will increasingly build the solution path via traversing through the whole graph. The solution is biased by the pheromone model

An average bee colony produces 27.2-45.4 kg of honey each year. Colonies are grouped in a three-tier organization consisting of 50.000-70.000 workers, one queen, and 2.000 drones. Worker bees only live for three to six weeks, each one collecting about one teaspoon of nectar. One kilogram of honey requires 3.96kg of nectar, which requires approximately four and a half million flowers to collect. When worker bees are about 20 days old they leave the hive to collect nectar, the sweet recreation produced

When we think of bees, we think of pesky, harmful insects. What we don’t know is everything they do for not just us, but the world. Bees influence our food supply greatly. Without bees, the would be absolutely no honey whatsoever and the amount of pollen could increase greatly without their presence. You might be thinking, “What does pollen have to do with anything?” but actually the amount of pollen not only influences our allergies, but also the plants. It is definitely possible plants we eat could

The objective of this research is to gain knowledge and disseminate information in regards to the cultural practices in honey bee husbandry and the management of small hive beetles. The small hive beetle is known to be an occasional pest species to African honey bees, but they are more of a threat to European honey bees. The aim of this study is to investigate the potential effects of commercial pollen dough substitutes on the survivability and reproductive success of the small hive beetle. This

Spotted touch-me-not has an unmistakable, bright orange color. There are red-brown speckles throughout the flower. The shape of the flower is interesting as well. It is similar to the shape of a cornucopia, which is composed of 3 unequal sepals and 5 petals (appearing as 3). These unique flowers hang off their balances from a slender stem. The flowers attract animal species such as hummingbirds, who suck the nectar out of the plant. The stem seems watery, and when picked the entire plant will wilt