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THERE ARE 20,000 SPECIES OF BEE IN THE WORLD.
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ARE SOLITARY BEES. THEY BUILD NESTS FOR THEMSELVES & FEED THEIR OWN YOUNG.
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“ IF THE BEE DISAPPEARED OFF THE SURFACE OF THE GLOBE, THEN MAN WOULD HAVE ONLY FOUR YEARS OF LIFE LEFT. NO MORE BEES, NO MORE POLLINATION, NO MORE PLANTS, (ALBERT EINSTEIN) NO MORE ANIMALS, NO MORE MAN.”
H O N EY B
S BEE
4 MAIN TYPES
LIVE IN COLONIES. THERE ARE 3 TYPES OF BEES IN EACH COLONY.
IF BEES BECOME EXTINCT
APPLES PEPPERS CUCUM B ALMO ERS N PLUM DS S ONIO PEAR NS ME S C H E LO N S C A RR RA RROT IES S BU PB S TTE ER RN RIES UT SQ UA SH
1/3 OF OUR FAVOURITE FOODS ARE POLLINATED BY BEES.
1:10 %
BROCCOLI PEPPERS TOMATOES CHILLIES BRO AD B PEA S EANS A SPAR RU N N A G U S AND ER BEAN S HER BS
1:1
(QUEEN BEES ARE FEMALE & THEIR SOLE JOB IS TO LAY EGGS.)
(WORKER BEES ARE FEMALE & THEIR JOB IS TO CLEAN THE HIVE, COLLECT POLLEN & LOOK AFTER THE OFFSPRING)
50 £220 MILLION
1,000 WORKER BEES CAN VISIT BETWEEN 50 - 1,000 FLOWERS IN 1 TRIP
30 MINUETS THIS IS THE VALUE OF BEE POLLINATED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES GROWN IN THE UK EACH YEAR.
4 HOURS THIS CAN TAKE BETWEEN 30 MINUETS - 4 HOURS
7
14 THEY CAN MAKE 7 - 14 TRIPS TO FLOWERS A DAY
30 % OF THE WORLDS FOOD CROPS ARE POLLINATED BY BEES.
1/3 OF EVERY MEAL WE EAT HAS BEEN DIRECTLY POLLINATED BY BEES.
(DRONE BEES ARE MALE & THEIR JOB IS TO MATE WITH THE QUEEN BEE.)
1:1
90 % OF THE WORLDS PLANTS ARE POLLINATED BY BEES.
WORKER BEE
1:30
THERE WOULD BE NO ONE TO POLLINATE OUR CROPS
QUEEN BEE
1:50
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DRONE BEE
AN AVERAGE COLONY WITH 25,000 WORKER BEES, EACH MAKING AN AVERAGE 10 TRIPS A DAY, IS ABLE TO POLLINATE 250 MILLION FLOWERS A DAY.
250,000,000 FLOWERS A DAY
NO BEES TO POLLINATE CROPS & FLOWERS.
1 IN EVERY 3 MOUTHFULS WE EAT HAS BEEN POLLINATED BY BEES
THE COST OF BEE POLLINATED PRODUCE WILL RISE.
ON AVERAGE EACH MEAL WE EAT A DAY CONSISTS OF 50 MOUTHFULS.
AMOUNT OF BEE POLLINATED PRODUCE
UNTIL ALL BEE POLLINATED PRODUCE RUNS OUT.
BIRDS
SMALL MAMMALS
BIRDS AND SMALL MAMMALS WOULD BE THE FIRST ANIMAL SPECIES EFFECTED. THEY EAT BERRIES AND OTHER SMALL CROPS POLLINATED BY BEES.
1:1 FUTURE YEARS WITHOUT BEES
NOW
ANIMAL SPECIES WILL ALSO SUFFER AND DIE FROM STARVATION.
COST OF BEE POLLINATED CROPS
WE WOULD ONLY BE LEFT WITH WIND POLLINATED CROPS. PREDATORS WHE AT
AIN GR
NEXT WOULD BE PREDATORS, AS THE ANIMAL SPECIES THEY EAT HAVE BECOME EXTINCT FROM THE LACK OF CROPS.
RICE
CORN
THE KEY FOOD CROPS POLLINATED BY WIND.
EVENTUALLY HUMANS WILL BE LEFT WITH NOTHING TO EAT. IN TIME THESE RESOURCES WOULD ALSO RUN OUT & WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH TO FOR THE HUMAN POPULATION
4 YEARS LATER
POTAOES
HUMANS BECOME EXTINCT
THESE ARE THE ONLY POLLINATED CROPS WE WOULD BE LEFT WITH.
EVENTUALLY AS THE AMOUNT OF SPECIES DYING FROM STARVATION CONTINUED TO GROW. THE FOOD CHAIN WOULD COLLAPSE EVEN OMNIVORES & CARNIVORES WOULD BE LEFT WITH NOTHING TO EAT & THEY WOULD DIE TOO.
THE FOOD CHAIN COLLAPSES & ALL ANIMALS DIE OUT.
AND FIISH
PLAN
BEE
NOW IS THE TIME.
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