Busy Bees

Busy Bees

To Be Without the Bees
Lesson: 2.17
Level:
Advanced
Station: Soil Management
Format: Class Discussion
Rating:
Advanced Lesson 2.17 Busy Bees

Lesson Overview

The loss of bee colonies worldwide is the canary in the coalmine indicating that there is a problem in the ecosystem. This lesson explores the implications of a world without bees and the impact that might have on agriculture.

Teach the Teacher

Method

Plants are either self-pollinators or cross-pollinators. Insects are vital to the cross-pollination process and this would include the work of bees.

However, bee populations have been threatened worldwide in the last decade and their absence could prove catastrophic to food production worldwide.

What will happen if bees are no longer there to perform the function of pollination? Manual pollination methods are used in the Lab but how could that be scaled to feed the world?

Related Lessons

Now that you’ve completed the Advanced Lesson, just remember that you can always revisit the Beginner and Intermeidate Lessons as needed.

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