Authors

Savannah Pugh

Class Year

1577865600

Document Type

Feature

Publication Date

Fall 2017

Abstract

Fifteen billion dollars of the food industry comes from plants pollinated by honeybees—that’s about one-third of the food industry. Though unwelcome visitors at picnics, bees are vital to the ecosystem. Honeybees act as predictors to the health of the planet. More bees mean more pollination, greater crop yields, and a healthier ecosystem; whereas, a decline in bee populations is a sign of a sick earth. There has been a 90% decline in bee populations in the last twenty years. Ninety percent of the plants on our planet require pollinators to transfer pollen and help them reproduce.

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