Worker bee

If Bees Went Extinct Often times, the role that a simple bee plays in our environment is ignored or trivialized by the general public. Contrary to this delusion, bees are an extremely important factor in balancing ecosystems around the world. With such an invaluable role, their extinction could have unthinkable repercussions. Many alarming effects could come from the extinction of bees. They perform multiple crucial functions within ecosystems around our planet such as: pollination, cross-pollination

Bombus norvegicus, the bumblebee, is a social parasite that invades the nest of the species Bombus hypnorum. Females of B. norvegicus enter the nest of B. hypnorum and take the place of the former queen of the nest so that the workers of the host nest can rear the offspring of B. norvegicus. Females of B. norvegicus lack the necessary biological tools to rear offspring on their own and rely solely on invading another species’ nest in order to do so. In order to invade the host nest, B. norvegicus

The article “Hivey Leaguers” discusses problems affecting the bee population in the United States ranging from chemicals and insecticides to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Colony Collapse Disorder occurs when the worker bees disappear from the hives, leaving behind the queen and the nurses to take care of the immature bees. This newly discovered threat to bee populations caused widespread panic in the entomologist community and lead to a race to find the cause, and the relative cure. Though this

Action 1 = Bees are a critical part of the ecosystem. Humans need to ensure habitat sustainment to sustain bee populations do not deteriorate to levels that cannot be corrected. “Bees need food (nectar, pollen) provided by insect-pollinated plants in order to reproduce and produce more bees” (Corbet, Williams, & Osborne, 1991, p 2). By creating hives and environments that are conducive to bee sustainment, it is possible that strides can be to reverse the downward trend in populations. This is critical

or supplies. There are different types of supplies needed when you do honey extracting. In this article we 'll take a good look at the basics of the vital beekeeping supplies that all beekeepers need for appropriately managing or maintaining their bee colonies. But among other things, the safety of the beekeeper is also important - especially in the instances when the beekeeper handles the bees. There are multiple ways to ensure the beekeeper 's safety. The beekeeper can shield his body by if she

The Secret Life Of Bees The secret life of bees was written by author Sue Monk Kidd and was set in South Carolina 1964. Kidd creatively uses bee insects as an unhuman like object to express and symbolize the certain aspects and ways of life throughout the novel. Specifically, in this novel the bees act as models of human society. Sue Monk Kidd presents themes and ideas through the eyes of the character Lily, who is 14 years old in the novel. These ideas are related to having a sense of belonging

Rachel Carson a “biologist” challenged the thought of human mastery over nature. Pollinators have a vital role in the planet’s sustainability, biodiversity, and in food production. The Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) phenomenon experienced by the honey bee brought pollination concerns to the world’s attention. There is no one cause for the phenomenon. In 2010, an Emerging Issues report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), indicated many insect pollinator species are becoming scarcer

it can help build the foundations needed to find anti-virulence factors against P. larvae to reduce the need for antibiotics. The current treatments options available for AFB are becoming progressively obsolete due to antibiotic resistance. Honey bee colonies are constantly exposed to these antibiotics until approximately two weeks before the honey is collected (Caron and Connor, 2013). As mentioned previously, this is the only effective way of killing the vegetative cells, but not the spores. The

Throughout this process I have been introduced to many new ideas and problems and have learned a lot from them. This project, although time consuming and stressful, was a valuable opportunity and learning experience that I glad I was able to be apart of. It allowed me to view APES from another point of view once again. This showed me the sides of APES that are not always as obvious, like politics and natural disasters. When you have to see it in the really world and not just on a sheet of paper at

until it turned into a grey gloomy world. All the creatures wondered if the world would ever be enlighten like it once was. Beatrice the bee wanted to change the city, so it would return to being the city she had always heard about. As much as Beatrice wanted change, she never thought that she could do anything. She thought to herself, "What could a little bee like me possibly do for a megacity?" One day, Beatrice was flying through the sky, when it started to rain. She dodged the drops as they