1. What’s the BUZZ with bees? Understanding Ecology

3. Importance of pollination In order to have fruit from a plant, the flower needs to be pollinated. – Accomplished in different ways depending upon plant

4. What relies on bees? Was going to list…but it turns out lots of plants rely on bees… – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crop_plants_ pollinated_by_bees http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crop_plants_ pollinated_by_bees

6. Symbiosis Both the plant and the bee benefit. Plant reproduces, bee gets nectar What’s the buzz with Caffeine?

7. What if there were no bees? Significant problem in China – Bee populations killed off from pollution and destruction of habitat. Humans now having to hand pollinate  VERY time consuming!!

8. The bee industry Multi-million dollar industry affecting billion dollar industry Drop bees off in the morning, pick up in evening and drive to next field Bee drivers are overbooked and turn farmers away

9. The bee industry Wild and domesticated bees experience colony collapse disorder Researches still baffled

10. Links Washington Post: Keeping bees alive Business Insider: Impact of bee death TechTimes: Bee Industry problems