If Bee got extinct humanity will be next

Why bee is important?

Bee is responsible for around 1/3rd of food production on earth. Yes, 1/3rd of the food you eat has been pollinated by the honey bee.

Here is a list of plants and crops pollinated by a bee

check out this wiki link

What bee does to contribute towards food production?

Pollination

What is pollination?

Pollination — Pollination is the process by which pollen is transferred from a male to the female reproductive organs of a plant, thereby enabling fertilisation to take place.

For the process of pollination to be successful, a pollen grain produced by the anther, the male part of a flower, must be transferred to stigma, the female part of the flower, of a plant of the same species.

Bee carries pollen on the pollen sacs on their legs

What is a threat?

Since 1950 the honey bee population has been decreased by 50% this effect is called Colony Collapse Disorder, the possible cause of this effect are

• Change in environment
• Virus
• Parasite

Bee are spreading the love around trees and plants — Pollen love

Here is a great video explaining the importance of bee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JilYBVrFiLA

Thanks for reading 🙂

References

Google

Youtube

Wikipedia

Originally published at globalthings.wordpress.com on June 15, 2016.