1. ALL ABOUT POLLINATORS  Madelyn Morris, M.S. in Education

2. APICULTURIST BOTANIST

3. POLLINATOR VIDEO  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQiszdkOwuU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQiszdkOwuU

4. WHAT IS POLLINATION?

5. POLLINATION

6. WHY IS POLLINATION IMPORTANT?

7. BEES: APIS  There are 20,000 different kinds of bees!  All bees are flying insects who collect pollen and nectar from flowers.  Some bees have stingers, some don’t.  Only one kind of bee makes honey: Apis mellifera.

8. HONEYBEE

9. GIFTS FROM THE HONEYBEES

10. SCIENTISTS SAY THE BEES ARE IN TROUBLE!  Bees get sick from too many pesticides in the environment.  Bees don’t have enough habitat and different flowers to forage on.  Bees suffer from different pests and diseases. WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP THE BEES?