WE NEED BEES!

Neale Browning
Connor Grossman
UF 300-4002 Transitional Foundations
2015

A Little History
Ancient! As far back as the
Cretaceous period(Danforth,Bryan)
Coevolved along side
angiosperms(Flowering plants)
(Danforth,Bryan)
Important to both ancient and
modern man.
Bee

Did you know

apple

Cherry

Peaches

(Danforth,Bryan)
(ELBERT R. JAYCOX Ch. 8)

Apricot

Big Problem
Bees are declining!(Agricultural
Research Service)
Population(5~ million colonies
in 1940-2.5~ colonies million
today!) (Agricultural Research
Service)

Colony + Collapse

What Is The Cause What Can We Do!

Varroa Mite

No one yet knows the whole

cause of CCD!
But it might be Varroa Mite

A Possible Solution

(Paul Beckman) & (Agricultural Research Service)

In Conclusion
Bees are ancient and coevolved along side angiosperms
Specifically honey bees work hard to improve crop production and
are important for many of the fruits we enjoy now and days
Honey bees are suffering great strain and experiencing CCD
We do not have any clue what is causing it
We do not have any idea how to fix it or what exactly cause it
One solution and the best sounding one is the right pollinator for
the right angiosperm at the right time

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University of Illinois, Apr. 1985. Web. 05 July 2015.
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Based on Five Genes plus Morphology."
The History of
Early Bee Diversification Based on Five Genes plus
Morphology.
National Academy of Sciences, 16 May 2006.
Web. 03 July
2015.
USDA "Related Topics." ARS : Honey Bee Health and Colony Collapse
Disorder. USDA, 13 May 2015. Web. 02 July 2015.

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