of bees have recently been put on the endangered species list. They are vital to our food supply and help our crops grow. They help produce food‚ fiber‚ and shelter for us. Waves from cell phone towers or the rising heat could be the reason for the species decline in number. We can help to protects the bees by raising hives on our own‚ and by trying not to use harsh pesticides. Bees are what pollinate our crops. Without them the flowers could not be pollinated and would die. Without the bees to pollinate
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While sitting outside on a sunny day‚ I saw bees flying around me. I quickly got up and started to walk away. I was a little angry they had ruined my peacefulness. I muttered to myself “I wish bees would die.” A few months later in my biology class‚ we had to read an article about Honeybees and how they pollinate. I was very interested in how these insects contribute to our world. In the article‚ it also mentioned about the bees vanishing. I instantly desired to get this important information out
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Bats are nocturnal‚ which means they sleep during the day‚ and are awake at night. Bess are interesting animals. The honey bee can fly 15 miles per hour! A hive of honey bees has about 40‚000 bees in it. An attribute of the honey bee i that is has 5 eyes. A worker bee will make 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey over its lifetime. Bees have been making honey for about 150 million years. Did you know that a person can live without water for a whole month? A human can only live for one week without water
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Obviously‚some people claim that native bees are not the only pollinator there are other pollinators. In fact‚ 30% of crops are pollinated by only bees . However‚ without bees pollinating many crops would disappear such as fruit‚ vegetable‚ and nuts. If bees disappear that diversity crops would gone after bees(Morse‚2000). “Honey bees are big money makers for U.S. agriculture. These social and hardworking insects produce six hive products honey‚ pollen‚ royal jelly‚ beeswax‚ propolis‚ and venom
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scared of bees‚ but bees are vital in many ways. The extinction of bees can cause a huge environmental impact‚ just like the extinction of any creature‚ but what would happen? I love bees‚ but many people kill bees because they are afraid of them‚ but my grandfather kept bees and there was nothing to be afraid of. Many people don’t believe that bees are so nice because of their experiences of stinging‚ but what really is the truth? How do bees interact with humans? Should we be afraid of bees? Well
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Save the Bees! For many people‚ seeing any insect with a stinger invokes foul memories of being tormented by a menacing bee‚ wasp‚ or hornet. Many victims might recall a moment of sudden panic while sitting on the edge of the pool on a warm summer day; they suddenly hear an incessant buzzing noise and look down to see a tiny yellow and black bumblebee flying dangerously close to their skin. There is no time to discern the intent of this bee‚ be it malevolent or benign. Immediately‚ the primeval
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Save the Honey Bees! What are Honey bees? Honeybees‚ or Apis Mellifera‚ are one of the most familiar insects in the world according to GPMC.org. There are more than one species of honeybee in the world that span from Southeast Asia to Europe. The four different species include The Little Honeybee‚ The Eastern Honey bee‚ The Giant Honeybee‚ and the Western Honeybee. Additionally there are three types of Honeybees inside of any given hive and those are The Queen‚ The worker bee‚ and the drone bee
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Honey bees are one of the matriarchies in the insect kingdom. Colonies consist of one queen‚ a lot of male worker bees‚ and a few male drones. Ninety-five percent of the worker bees are female. A healthy hive is occupied by a collection of many generations. Tasks are divided up by age and colony through an intricate system of communication. Younger worker bees tend to the queen and the baby bees. Older worker bees forage for food and water for the colony‚ convert nectar into honey‚ construct wax
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different forms of pesticides‚ but whichever form it is they harm‚ and kill Bumble bees. Bumble Bees pollinate about 15 percent of our food‚ and are valued at 3 billion dollars (Adam Federman). Bees are extremely important pollinators that we need‚ but yet we are killing them off indirectly with the pesticides we use on crops. A pesticide called neonicotinoids is one example of how pesticides are harmful to bees. Lund University conducted a research study. They looked at 16 fields of oilseed rape
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Population Decline of Bees Have you heard the latest buzz about our sweetest pollinator? Honeybees‚ the world’s most common and important pollinator‚ are slowly dying off. One in every three bites of food are pollinated by bees‚ the Earth would collapse without them (Grossman). Of course everything has an opposing side‚ and many people believe nothing is wrong with the Earth’s bee population‚ focusing more on other dying off pollinators. The population of bees is slowly becoming lower‚ possibly
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