The bee's impact
Impact on plants
Spreads pollen and helps them grow and reproduce
What would happen first
Plants would start dying
Which species of bee is most commonly associated with pollination
The honey bee
What part of the food pyramid has the most energy
The producers
What does a food web prepresent
Interlocked prey/predatory relationships in an ecosystem
What do bees give to humans
Honey and/or nectar
What factors are most responsible for reduced bee populations
Pesticide use, disease, and climate change
What do bees get from flowers to use in honey
Nectar
How much energy is transferred from one trophic level to another
10% of the previous level
What are primary consumers eaten by
Secondary consumers, tertiary consumers, and apex predators
are bees an invasive species or a keystone species
keystone species
Would bears be affected by the bees disappearance
Yes absolutely
What is the term for bees living together ina colony
Hive
Whats the name of the very top level of a food pyramid
Apex predator
What two animals eat bees
Frogs and opossums
What do bees do for the climate
Increase oxygen in the atmosphere
What is a major ecological consequence for recduced bee population
Reduced plant population or bodiversity
What do bees eat
Nectar and pollen
In what trophic level do bees belong to
Primary consumers
Bees support the food web by helping plants grow, which in turn feeds what group of organisms
Herbivores
What kind of plants do bees pollinate
Flowering plants
How long would we be able to survive without bees
About four years
Do bees pollinate trees as well as flowering plants
Only flowering trees
Whats the fourth level in a food pyramid
Tertiary consumers
If frogs or opossums were removed from the ecosystem what would happen
Bee population would increase and become invasive