Who's the Pollinator?
What is a bee?
A common, buzzing insect.
Is the number of pollinators in our world increasing or decreasing?
Decreasing.
All plants need pollinators to help them produce seed?
False. Not all plants need pollinators to help them move pollen from one plant to another. Some rely on other helpers like wind and water.
What makes a Pollinator?
A pollinator is an organism that moves pollen from plant to plant
Pollinators help to grow these things we use as food?
Fruits and vegetables!
What is a butterfly?
A colorful, daytime insect with delicate, beautiful wings.
Why does new construction of roads, houses and businesses impact pollinator populations?
It decreases the size of their habitat.
Apples need pollinators to make fruit and seeds?
True
Why are bees awesome pollinators?
Bees gather pollen to bring back to nests for other bees to eat.
Name two characteristics that attract animals/insects to flowers?
Bright colors, strong smell.
What is a bat?
A special kind of nocturnal (nighttime) pollinator that is the only flying mammal.
Do pollinators get diseases?
Yes, just like people, pollinators can be impacted by a wide variety of diseases.
Cucumbers need pollinators?
True.
Pollinators are dying because of…
❖ Habitat loss or change
❖ Disease
❖ Pesticide use
❖ Changing weather
What is pollen?
The powdery, yellow, sticky dust that plants make
What is a hummingbird?
A flying animal with a long, thin beak that hovers around tubular, bright red flowers.
Can people make decisions and take actions that will help protect pollinators in our environment?
Yes!
Corn needs pollinators to seeds?
False. Corn plants and most other cereal crop plants and plants in the grass family are pollinated with help from the wind.
what is a Mason Bee Habitat?
Existing holes and tunnels in trees
give me one fact about a pollinator?
free-response
What is a fly?
A pollinator, that's black or gray
This term is used to describe changes in environmental conditions that impact things like temperatures and rainfall?
What is climate change.
Carrots need pollinators?
True. Although we eat the root of the carrot and not the fruit, if a carrot plant does not make more seeds, then it cannot make new plants and the species will eventually die out.
what is a Sweat Bee Habitat?
They Ground nesting
how many bees species are in Northwest ,Florida?
Northwest Florida is home to over 320 species of native bees