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One of the most important ecological relationships in the world is the relationship between the honeybee and human beings. The honeybee is the major pollinator of most fruit, vegetable, fiber and food oil producing plants, plants that provide important nutrients and products for the world community.
A bee pollinates an apple blossoms. By so doing, the bee collects and spreads pollen that will fertilize other apple blossoms and that is also an important component of beebread that nourishes their larva. Nectar is turned into honey. Bees wax, the structural component of honeycomb, is also a by-product of bee food gathering. Since the dawn of recorded history honey and beeswax have been important constituents of human existence—honey as an important food, beeswax for making candles, as a lubricant, and in medicines. Bees indirectly also contribute many other things to the web of life.
Inside the hive, numerous other life forms—bacteria and insects—thrive. These in turn are food for tiny predators who feed still larger ones. Waste from the colony fertilizes the soil around the hive furnishing a medium for plant growth, plants that provide food for numerous insects and animals.
The blossom becomes an apple that is a highly nutritious package of goodness. The apple is picked and eaten by numerous creatures, including us, creatures that may be prey for others and whose waste also fertilizes the earth and provides nourishment for insects, worms, fungus etc. Kill the bee and the flower bears no fruit, the hive lacking pollen and nectar fails to thrive and in the process of dying, endangers the other life forms dependent on it. TBC
Below is a link that lists the foods that will be in short supply or not available if honeybee deaths continue unchecked. It is a short article but a must read. Please take the few minutes necessary to do so, then Like and Share.
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