Honey Bees By: Ryan Claffey
The Honey Bee 0.4-0.6in long Lives in forests, jungles, meadows, and gardens Communicates through 'dance language' Only queen lays eggs Lifespan is about 6 weeks
What’s happening to Honey Bees? Crop dusting kills insects near plants Habitat loss can cause an unhealthy change in diet Natural disasters can kill bees Neonicotinoids are chemicals that attract and kill insects 4 species of bees vanished from Connecticut in 19 years. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2016/09/the_2_5_million_bees_killed_by_naled_in_south_carolina_will_recover_just.html
The Rusty Patched Bumblebee Also engendered Black heads Males have a red spot in their back Lives in grasslands and tallgrass prairies Gathers pollen and nectar
Honey Bee Food Web
Why save honey bees? Honey bees are the primary polen spreaders Many plants dependent on honey bees ⅓ of what humans eat from honey bees
How you can help? Stop using pesticides Grow plants in your yard Don’t kill dandelions, they have pollen too Provide a source of freshwater
Works Cited https://savebees.org/ https://a-z-animals.com/animals/honey-bee/ http://www.inquisitr.com/3555769/endangered-species-honey-bees-in-the-united-states-now-protected-by-federal-law/ http://www.ecowatch.com/u-s-honeybee-population-plummets-by-more-than-40-usda-finds-1882040733.html http://www.courant.com/politics/hc-wild-bees-connecticut-20150713-story.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bees-endangered-how-you-can-help_us_57f560efe4b0b7aafe0bb55d http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dessert-without-bees-pollinators_us_570db663e4b03d8b7b9ecd0a https://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/insects/rpbb/factsheetrpbb.html#