Pollinators
This group of animals does most of the pollination that affects our daily lives.
What are insects?
Plants that are found only in Hawai'i are called this.
What are endemic plants?
This is Hawai'i's only native bee group.
What are yellow-faced bees?
Honeybees are essential because they do this for crops.
What is pollinate crops?
These caused the decline of honeybees in Hawai'i.
What are pests and diseases (like Varroa mites)?
More than this percentage of bee species live solitary lives.
What is more than 90%
About this many endemic plant species still exist in Hawai'i today.
What is about 1,100?
These bees are important because they do this for native plants.
What is pollinate native plants?
Bees communicate using these three methods.
What are smell, touch, and sound?
Planting flowers in clumps helps do this.
What is attract more pollinators?
These bees can vibrate flowers to release pollen using a special technique.
What is buzz pollination (used by bumble bees)?
This is a major threat to native Hawaiian plants today.
What are non-native (invasive) species?
This feature helps yellow-faced bees collect pollen instead of honey bees?
What is pollen being carried on their body hairs (not just legs like honeybees)?
This is what is stored in the top part of a hive.
What is honey?
Gardeners can help solitary bees by leaving this.
What are dead branches?
These insects are often overlooked as pollinators because they lack strong pollen-carrying structures.
What are flies?
This is the reason invasive plants and animals can spread so quickly in Hawai'i.
Researchers use these to help provide safe nesting sites for bees.
What are artificial nesting blocks?
This tool is used to calm bees when working with a hive.
What is a smoker?
Some ornamental plants are not helpful because they are pollinated by these animals instead of insects.
What are birds?
This group of insects were among the first pollinators of flowering plants millions of years ago.
What are beetles?
This is one way people can help protect native Hawaiian plants.
What is remove invasive species, plant native species, or support conservation?
Climate change threatens these bees by causing this environmental change.
What is see level rise and drought?
This is the reason different honeys taste distinct from one another.
What is bees collecting nectar from different flowers?
This gardening practice should be reduced to protect pollinators.
What is using pesticides?