Tuesday 6 November 2007

Resource list of video's from PBS on Bees

Bees do not create honey; they are actually improving upon a plant product, nectar. The honey we eat is nectar that bees have repeatedly regurgitated and dehydrated.The average American consumes a little over one pound of honey a year. To make one pound of honey, workers in a hive fly 55,000 miles and tap two million flowers. While foraging for nectar and pollen, bees inadvertently transfer pollen from the male to the female components of flowers. Each year, bees pollinate 95 crops worth an estimated $10 billion in the U.S. alone. All told, insect pollinators contribute to one-third of the world's diet.

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