PPT-Verification: Birds and Bees

Megan DeWitt North Central Missouri College April Mason University of Missouri Verification Roadmap Introduction Who should be verified and why Standard Verification Verification tracking groups. For example w hen a bee lands on a flower pollen ends up sticking to the pollinator bees are fuzzy So as they zoom from flower to flower to gather food pollen and nectar bees are also delivering the pollen that allows flowers and many crops to becom Lock in of bee decline. To meet increasing demand, beekeepers continually replace lost and diseased colonies. Incentive to do this is high rental fees . Bees (and beekeepers) have to work harder. This promotes conditions for more bee decline. Are . humans an invasive species? Give an example of why or why not. .. Name two invasive species affecting the Great Lakes.. What negative impacts are invasive species having on the Great Lakes ecosystem?. Honey Bees. If a foraging bee finds flowers, after it has gorged on the nectar it flies back to the hive and then returns to the flowers with companions who take their fill of nectar.. Bees can not only tell their companions that nectar is available but where it is found. . Speaker’s Name here. Bees | Common Assumptions. All bees are aggressive. All bees give honey!. All bees cause anaphylactic shock!. Honey Bees are great pollinators!. Assumption | All Bees Sting. 20,000+ bee species in the world. Star-nosed mole. Lives in wet, marshy soil. Burrowing habitat in dark tunnels. Eats earthworms and other prey. Eyes are greatly reduced and even in light, visual information is not prioritized. Uses sense of touch to find food and navigate. There are over 20,000 species of bees in the world. . They are found on every continent except Antarctica.. Most bees are communal – they live with many other bees in a colony.. They are all very important to our world! Let’s learn how!. Speaker’s Name here. Bees | Common Assumptions. All bees are aggressive. All bees give honey!. All bees cause anaphylactic shock!. Honey Bees are great pollinators!. Assumption | All Bees Sting. 20,000 bee species in the world. Sunny Plants for Pollinators Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea ) Bee Balm ( Monarda fistulosa ) 30-36 inches, sun or part shade Lavender -pink flowers Favorite of butterflies, nectar for bees, food for birds (. Osmia lignaria. ) at each site. - Control treatment with no environmental exposure. - Bee diversity survey: visual, aerial netting, pan traps. - Vegetative surveys: 1x1m random quadrants and 20x20m plot. 4000 species of bees native to North America including 470 native to New York are the primary pollinators of most wild31owers and food crops in the US and Canada Populations of many native bees and th Mud DauberMud dauber (sometimes called “dirt dauber,” “dirt digger,” “dirt dobber,” “dirt diver”, or “mud wasp”) is a name commonly applied to a numbe Class. In the Spring, the sun shines.. In the Spring, the flowers grow.. In the Spring, the grass grows.. In the Spring, the weather warms.. In the Spring, the birds chirp.. In the Spring, the bees buzz.. care about them!. Bees are insects.. . They have a three part body and six legs. They also have 2 pairs of wings.. A honey bee. How many different bees are there?. There are about 260 species of bee in the United Kingdom. .