Declining populations of honeybees and bumblebees is a major concem for human agriculture as
pollination services for vegetable, fruit and nut crops may decrease. Humans can respond by
having farm workers hand pollinate these valuable crops. However, what about all the other
flowering plant species on Earth? How will they be pollinated? To break this issue down, answer
the following questions. (1) Are all plant species pollinated by animals? If not, what other
pollination mechanism provides for ouf forossing? (2) Are all plant species that ARE pollinated by
animals pollinated by honeybee. and bumblebee species that are exhibliting population declines?
If not, what other animal pollinators perform this function? (3) Given the answers above, predict
the Impact of the loss of some honeybee and bumblebee species on the specles composilion of
natural plant communities..
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1. Declining populations of honeybees and bumblebees is a major concem for human agriculture as
pollination services for vegetable, fruit and nut crops may decrease. Humans can respond by
having farm workers hand pollinate these valuable crops. However, what about all the other
flowering plant species on Earth? How will they be pollinated? To break this issue down, answer
the following questions. (1) Are all plant species pollinated by animals? If not, what other
pollination mechanism provides for ouf forossing? (2) Are all plant species that ARE pollinated by
animals pollinated by honeybee. and bumblebee species that are exhibliting population declines?
If not, what other animal pollinators perform this function? (3) Given the answers above, predict
the Impact of the loss of some honeybee and bumblebee species on the specles composilion of
natural plant communities.
