Save The Bees! Einstein supposedly said‚ “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees‚ no more pollination‚ no more plants‚ no more animals‚ no more man.” According to the United States Department of Agriculture‚ “about one-third of the human diet comes from insect-pollinated plants‚ and the honeybee is responsible for 80 percent of that pollination” (“NBC”). Additionally‚ “bees pollinate over ninety five flowering crops. Among
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“If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe‚ then man would have only four years of life left. No more bees‚ no more pollination‚ no more plants‚ no more animals‚ no more man‚” Albert Einstein once stated(goodreads). Bees have been a critical aspect of all premise of nature. They have flourished for millions of years and have survived as servants of nature. Humans have continuously relied on the natural life processes of bees. The honey bees are a keystone species within the biosphere
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Bees are miraculous in their own ways. Humans are intrigued by their social structure and how within a hive each bee has its very own role. There is only one bee‚ the queen‚ within the hive that lays eggs and keeps reproducing. Drone bees‚ or male bees‚ have one purpose and that is to fertilize new queens. Lastly‚ the most essential and largest quantity of bees are the workers. They forage for pollen and nectar‚ contribute to the care of the queen and drones‚ feed larvae‚ protect the hive and perform
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According to the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies‚ “one of every three bites of food eaten worldwide depends on pollinators‚ especially bees‚ for a successful harvest” - think about that for a moment; how many bites of food do you‚ one individual‚ eat per day? Now remove a little more than thirty-three percent of that - it may not seem like all that much‚ but with that
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A new federal report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of U.S. honeybees since 2006. The intertwined factors cited include a parasitic mite‚ multiple viruses‚ bacteria‚ poor nutrition‚ genetics‚ habitat loss and pesticides. The multiple causes make it harder to do something about what’s called colony collapse disorder‚ experts say. The disorder has caused as much as one-third of the nation’s bees to just disappear each winter since 2006. Bees‚ especially
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United States as well as the entire world. Without their pollination process‚ many crops around the world would fail. “Of the 100 crops that provide 90% of the world’s food‚ 71 are bee pollinated‚ and honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) are the managed pollinator conscripted to provide the necessary pollination services for most of these crops” (Frazier et al 2015). It is important for the Honeybee population to remain stable‚ but pesticides used by farmers that grow these crops are depleting them. Without
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Barnett‚ Misty Carl W Simpson COM 100- section 107 4 November 2010 “The Importance of Bees” General Purpose: to inform Specific Purpose: to inform my audience of the importance of bees‚ and the recent decline in their numbers due to the colony collapse disorder. Central Idea: I hope my audience walks away with the knowledge that we are dependent on bees for a variety of things‚ and of their unexplained deterioration in numbers. Introduction I’m sure everyone in this room enjoys
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A Man Created a Homemade Beehive in Order to Save the Bees…His Invention Has Spread All Over the World Nowadays‚ bees are extremely popular in the media because their population is declining‚ as well as the number of the food that they produce. According to reports‚ the number of beehives is declining rapidly and the reasons for this are the climate changes and the use of mites and pesticides. As people are becoming more and more aware of the seriousness of this problem‚ they are trying as best
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Ever since the devil facial tumor disease (DFTD) emerged in the mid-1990’s‚ the Tasmanian devils’ population has been on a rapid decline. As these devils are a keystone species of their ecosystem‚ their decline has allowed non-native predators such as cats and black rats to flourish and decrease the number of native prey. This effect is an example of the top-down keystone predator hypothesis. Due to the downfall of the devils‚ Australia’s once most intact faunal communities has diverted into an invasive
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For much of the past 10 years‚ beekeepers‚ primarily in the United States and Europe‚ have been reporting annual hive losses of 30 percent and U.S. beekeepers experienced losses of 40 to 50 percent Spread across 800‚000 acres contribute over 22 billion Euros $29 billion . 95 percent of corn and canola crops; the majority of cotton‚ sorghum‚ and sugar beets Charles Benbrook‚ research professor at Washington State University’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources‚ has estimated
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