Homework answers / question archive /       Before listening to the podcast, what do you already know about the subject of the decline of bees/pollinators? What questions do you have?   What are the three main bee killer suspects discussed in the podcast?   Describe “neonicotinoids” – What are they composed of? What are they doing to bees?   What are other chemicals affecting bees and how? (Are there other chemicals interacting with “neonics”)   Describe the varroa destructor mite – what kind of organism is it? What does it do to the bee?   What are the effects of deformed wing virus on the bee?   How are these bee diseases being spread? Habitat loss is a huge problem for bees…why? Think about our biodiversity lab; how does this relate to species-area relationships? Is there any one thing contributing to bee population decline? Or is it all of the previously discussed factors? Explain

      Before listening to the podcast, what do you already know about the subject of the decline of bees/pollinators? What questions do you have?   What are the three main bee killer suspects discussed in the podcast?   Describe “neonicotinoids” – What are they composed of? What are they doing to bees?   What are other chemicals affecting bees and how? (Are there other chemicals interacting with “neonics”)   Describe the varroa destructor mite – what kind of organism is it? What does it do to the bee?   What are the effects of deformed wing virus on the bee?   How are these bee diseases being spread? Habitat loss is a huge problem for bees…why? Think about our biodiversity lab; how does this relate to species-area relationships? Is there any one thing contributing to bee population decline? Or is it all of the previously discussed factors? Explain

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• Before listening to the podcast, what do you already know about the subject of the decline of bees/pollinators? What questions do you have?

 

• What are the three main bee killer suspects discussed in the podcast?

 

• Describe “neonicotinoids” – What are they composed of? What are they doing to bees?

 

• What are other chemicals affecting bees and how? (Are there other chemicals interacting with “neonics”)

 

• Describe the varroa destructor mite – what kind of organism is it? What does it do to the bee?

 

• What are the effects of deformed wing virus on the bee?

 

• How are these bee diseases being spread?
• Habitat loss is a huge problem for bees…why? Think about our biodiversity lab; how does this relate to species-area relationships?
• Is there any one thing contributing to bee population decline? Or is it all of the previously discussed factors? Explain.
• Discuss the global bee populations. How does the loss of wild bee species have an impact? Is bee biodiversity important?
• What will happen if we do lose all of the bees?