1. Protecting The Honey Bees
By: Maria Reyna

2. Interesting Facts
If a bee is killed intentionally, it is considered a crime
40-foot waves wiped away an entire population of bees
There are three types of bees in the hive - Queen, Worker, and Drone
Honey bees fly at 15 miles per hour
The queen bee can lay , or even 1,500 eggs each day
Honey bees never sleep
Honey bees are the only insect that produce food for humans
Honey bees have five eyes
Honey bees will travel about 3 miles from their hive
Honey bees are the only bees that die after they sting
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3. The Threat
Bees are quickly decreasing in Hawaii and this can cause a severe food shortage
Fewer honey bees mean we become way more dependent on wild bees
By pollinating crops around the world, bees become extremely crucial to humans
Most of the food we eat, and all of our cotton, is produced by the hardworking bees
People continue to swat bees instead of letting the bees out of their home freely, causing a huge decrease in the bee population
Vegans are highly threatened with the possibility of bees becoming extinct, knowing the honey bee is the primary pollen spreader
Farmers often crop-dust bees to death

4. The Impact
Bees are known specifically as primary pollen spreaders, and they keep flowers and other plants alive but, if plants die off in result of the honey bee going extinct, humans are only left with meat to eat, and the animals humans eat often feed on plants
Supermarkets would have half the amount of fruits and vegetables
Bees produce cotton, and without bees, there would be much less clothing choices for humans
Many animals rely on a specific plant species, and without the bees pollinating that specific plant, the animal population in an ecosystem will begin to decrease
70% of fruits and vegetables is a product of bees pollinating the plants, meaning if bees were to go extinct, we would lose a massive amount of our harvest

5. Food Web
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6. Explanation of Food Web
Sun and rain provide energy for the flowers (producers), while the flowers produce nectar and pollen. The honeybees then carry the nectar, as they produce honey. For a honeybee to produce the honey, they must first consume pollen and nectar from various flowers. The honey is then consumed by people, as bees are pollinators to various fruits. Meanwhile, the badger is the honey bee’s predator.

7. Works Cited
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Patrick-frye. "Endangered Species: Honey Bees In The United States Now Protected By Federal Law." The Inquisitr News. N.p., 01 Oct Web. 05 Feb < by-federal-law/>.
Hladky, Gregory B. "Connecticut's Wild Bees May Be In Trouble." Courant.com. N.p., 13 July Web. 05 Feb <
Erbentraut, Joseph. "Now That Bees Are Endangered, The Rest Is Up To Us." The Huffington Post. N.p., 05 Oct Web. 05 Feb <