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The Buzz on Honey Bees: Uncovering their Crucial Role in Pollination. Did you know that honey bees play a vital role in pollination, responsible for 1/3 of the food we eat? Here's how they do it: 1. Nectar collection: Honey bees visit flowers in search of nectar, a sweet, energy-rich liquid secreted by plants. 2. Tongue extension: Bees extend their long, tube-shaped tongues (called proboscis) to reach nectar deep within flowers. 3. Nectar sucking: Bees suck nectar from the flower, storing it in their extra stomach (called the honey stomach). 4. Pollen collection: As bees move from flower to flower, they collect pollen from the anthers (male reproductive organs) and transfer it to the stigma (female reproductive organ). 5. Pollination: This pollen transfer allows plants to fertilize each other, resulting in fruit, seeds, and new plants. Honey bees pollinate many crops, including: - Almonds - Apples - Berries - Citrus fruits - Avocados Without honey bees, our food supply would be severely impacted. Let's appreciate these tiny, hardworking creatures and take steps to protect their habitats and colonies! #HoneyBees #Pollination #FoodSecurity #Sustainability #NatureLovers #WildlifeAppreciation"

DO YOU FARM AVOCADOS AND OTHER FRUITS,YOU NEED BEES, THIS IS WHY. Pollination increases the yield of fruit. Avocado trees that are not pollinated will produce very few fruits. Pollination also improves the quality of the fruit. Pollinated avocados are larger, have a better flavor, and are less likely to be misshapen. The honey bee’s anatomy is well suited in pollination. Her body and legs are covered with branched hairs that catch and hold pollen grains. The bee’s hind legs contain pollen baskets that the bee uses for transporting pollen. Bees tends also to forage on flowers 🌺 of the same kind, as long as they’re flowering. In other words, rather than hopping from one flower type to another, honey bees are flower-consistent. This focus makes for particularly effective pollination.

🌱 Seeking Advice from Plant Experts! Hey LinkedIn friends, I've been a bit puzzled lately and could really use some help from those with a green thumb. I'm not an expert in plant care, but I've noticed that my plants are showing some signs of sickness. Unfortunately, I'm unable to pinpoint exactly what's wrong. The phenotype can be seen in the attached picture of Basilikum, Thymian, Rosemarine and even curry. The salvia ain't doing well too. Has anyone encountered this issue before? What could be causing this, and how can I solve it? I appreciate any advice or tips you can share! Thank you in advance 🙏 #PlantCare #GardeningTips #HelpNeeded #PlantHealth #GardeningCommunity #GreenThumb #PlantProblems

Spacing, pollination, training, pruning and fertilizing fruit trees give fruit trees the best chance to produce a bountiful crop. Flower buds form one season, then result in a fruit crop the following season. So, everything you do to care for your fruit trees will effect next year’s crop. Sunlight will encourage optimal fruit flavor and quality, as well as bud development. #Fruits

This perennial plant has been used for centuries as traditional medicine, as well as food, flowers are used for wine and tea, and roots as a coffee substitute ☕️, and don't forget the leaves for a fresh salad. Because of their bright yellow color, pollinators love them, and once mature and ready to propagate, we see them as white fluff that we often blow to make a wish. If you don't know what I am talking about, check the next article that Stephen Meyers and I wrote on how to identify and control this plant which sometimes is a problem for farmers and in our gardens. #Weeds #VegetableCropsHotline #Extension

Marigolds and nasturtiums are perfect flowers to plant among your veggies in an organic raised bed veggie garden. They both are pretty edible flowers that send out natural chemical signals to attract beneficial insects. Intensive and companion planting of marigolds, nasturtiums, herbs, and alliums among your veggies in your raised bed gardens in a complex biological community, creates conditions for less pest problems and a balanced ecosystem. These plants attract beneficial insects, like lady bugs and bees, and repel pests, like destructive nematodes and whiteflies. #organicgardening #growyourownfood #sustainableliving #gardentips

Marigolds and nasturtiums are perfect flowers to plant among your veggies in an organic raised bed veggie garden. They both are pretty edible flowers that send out natural chemical signals to attract beneficial insects. Intensive and companion planting of marigolds, nasturtiums, herbs, and alliums among your veggies in your raised bed gardens in a complex biological community, creates conditions for less pest problems and a balanced ecosystem. These plants attract beneficial insects, like lady bugs and bees, and repel pests, like destructive nematodes and whiteflies. #organicgardening #growyourownfood #sustainableliving #gardentips

HONEY CAPSULES Honey for human consumption is collected from wild bee colonies, or from the hives of domesticated bees. The honey produced by honey bees is the most familiar to humans, thanks to its worldwide commercial production and availability.The husbandry of bees is known as beekeeping or apiculture, with the cultivation of stingless bees usually referred to as meliponiculture.Honey bees stockpile honey in the hive. Within the hive is a structure made from wax called honeycomb. The honeycomb is made up of hundreds or thousands of hexagonal cells, into which the bees regurgitate honey for storage. Other honey-producing species of bee store the substance in different structures, such as the pots made of wax and resin used by the stingless bee.Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several bees, the best-known of which are honey bees.Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of plants (primarily floral nectar) or the secretions of other insects, like the honeydew of aphids. This refinement takes place both within individual bees, through regurgitation and enzymatic activity, and during storage in the hive, through water evaporation that concentrates the honey's sugars until it is thick and viscous. #snsinstitutions #snsdesignthinkers #designthinking

Enhancing Blueberry Pollination Efficiency through APIS Bloom #Pollinating #blueberries effectively presents unique challenges. The distinct jar-shaped structure of blueberry flowers poses a significant hurdle for #honeybees, their primary pollinators. Their narrow opening at the top makes it difficult for bees to access the #nectar at the bottom, often rendering their pollination efforts somewhat haphazard. Despite these obstacles, honeybees #successfully #transferpollen to the female part of the flower in over 60% of their visits. Interestingly, blueberry pollen primarily adheres to the bees' legs, as opposed to the more commonly observed areas around the head, facilitating pollination when these pollen-laden legs make contact with the flower's reproductive parts. Recognizing the importance of #maximizingpollinationefficiency, #commercial #blueberry #growers have traditionally relied on introducing strong bee hives to their fields. This practice acknowledges the somewhat improvised but critical role of #honeybees in blueberry pollination. The introduction of APIS Bloom marks a significant advancement in this area. By enhancing honeybee foraging behavior, #APISBloom increases the #frequency and efficiency of bee visits to blueberry flowers. This not only ensures that more #flowers are visited and thus pollinated earlier, also leading to the production of larger and heavier blueberry fruits, thus higher and more #valuable #yields for the #grower. The bees gain with more #nectar and #pollen to feed themselves and their new #generations resulting in larger, #stronger #hives. APIS Bloom from ISCA lnc. is a game-changer for blueberry #cultivation, transforming the way we approach pollination #management and #optimizing the #potential of our #crops.