You must have definitely heard about ‘Bee’. They play main role in pollination of plants. Today, I will discuss on Bee and Pollination in this report. There are three types of honey bees in each colony:

First is The queen who is in charge of the entire hive and is the one who lays the eggs and uses chemical odors to direct the actions of the other bees. Next, the employees are all females, but they are unable to reproduce. They are the bees that we see buzzing about outside. Their responsibilities is to clean and construct the hive, feeding the bee larvae and caring for the queen, guarding the hive against bees from neighboring colonies, and collecting pollen and nectar. The majority of the time, their work is determined by their age. And drones are male bees whose task it is to mate with queen bees from neighboring colonies.

Bees are estimated to be responsible for one out of every three bits of food we consume. Pollination by insects is required for most crops farmed for their fruits and vegetables. In most flowering plants, pollinating insects are also important for sustaining natural plant communities and ensuring seed generation.

 

The bees are able to capture pollen grains due to the presence of electrostatic forces and reside in their legs and bodies. When a bee takes nectar and pollen from a flower, some pollen from the stamens—the flower's male reproductive organ—sticks to her body hairs. Some of this pollen gets rubbed off on the stigma, or tip, of the pistil, the flower's female reproductive organ, when she visits the next blossom. Fertilization and the development of a fruit with seeds is conceivable when this happens. Individual bees prefer to concentrate on one type of bloom at a time, which means pollen from one flower is more likely to be carried to another flower of the same species by the same bee.

One of the important threat to Bee is irrational use of pesticides in farming fields. A research found that pesticide use in agricultural and urban areas has led to a decline in bee populations, both wild and controlled, over the last half-century. Since 2007, there have been several media stories regarding the strange disappearance of significant numbers of honey bees, a phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder. Many growers are anxious about how they will be able to pollinate their crops in the future. It is more important than ever to explore methods that will aid pollinators by providing pesticide-free, high-quality habitats.