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ALL ABOUT POLLINATORS
Madelyn Morris, M.S. in Education
APICULTURIST BOTANIST
What do these 2 professions have in common?
POLLINATOR VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQiszdkOwuU
WHAT IS POLLINATION?
POLLINATION
WHY IS POLLINATION IMPORTANT?
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.
HONEYBEE
GIFTS FROM THE HONEYBEES
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?
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