PPT-Bees in the Garden

Pros and Cons Patti Koranda amp Carl Wenning ISU Beekeeping Club Brought to you by the Pros Products Pollination Joy of Beekeeping Bee Flower Honey Honey bees produce honey amp beeswax . Patti . Koranda. ISU . Beekeeping . Club. Bee + Flower = Honey. Bee Friendly Gardens. Planting guideline. Bee . Friendly. Water sources. Plant suggestion. Planting Guidelines. Sunny location preferred. Crisis = Danger and Opportunity. The bad news is dire. Increasing threats to honey bees abound. Winter losses, summer losses, weakened bees. Invasive predators, i.e. mites, small hive beetle, etc.. Loss of habitat, contaminated habitat. Realistic expectations. What do you know? – Bee biology gaps?. Bees. Bee hive – what is . needed/extra?. Apiary preparation?. Bees – you – neighbors. Beekeeping level. . Small-scale (Hobbyist). By. Helen Allen. Flowers and Insects . are partners; . they need each other. . Flowers . jostle for the bee’s attention, . using . just about every colour of the rainbow.. F. lowers . have . many colours from . Power of Your Yard to Protect the Food Supply. WHAT’S THE BUZZ ABOUT BEES?. Food Production. Seeds for Food. Plus Flowers! . And 1/3 of crops to feed our meat sources . THE HONEY BEE BUZZ. . . conspecific. has recently been attacked. Llandres. , A.L., . Gonzalvez. , F.G., & Rodriguez-. Girones. , M.A.. Social vs. Solitary Bees. Related bees live together. Infertile females. Division of labor. 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. 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. May 13, 2018. Know Your Bees. Wasp Family. . Paper Wasps. Hornets . . Yellow Jackets. . Mud Daubers . . Mason Bees. . Carpenter Bees. . Bumble Bees. . Honey Bees. Which One is the Honey Bee?. (. 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. 3 . simple eyes on the top of the head, . 2 . pairs of wings, a nectar pouch, and a stomach.. The . honey bee has been around for millions of years. If all the bees dies out we would lose many of the beautiful plants and flowers that we see today. We would also lose a lot of the foods that we eat such as apples, watermelon and oranges. . Binte. Anis. Assistant Professor. Department of Zoology. A.M.U. Aligarh. WORLD WITHOUT BEES………. “. If the bee disappeared off the. surface of the globe, then man would. only have four years of life left. . OALA AWARD Imagine a Toronto with flourishing natural habitats and an that will be critical to the preservation of our flora and fauna. contribution to the number of bees in the following generation.