Pollination

I’ve been meaning to draw attention to the fact that I’ve only seen one bee and no wasps this the year. Since it is now winter, I think chances of spotting any before the year is out are very unlikely. The situation is dire. The importance of bees cannot be emphasised enough. At least a third of the food we consume comes from plants that depend on bees for pollination.

My plum tree yielded only one fruit, and it was inedible because of disease.

There’s a remote possibly that the bee I photographed in my garden on 26^th August was the one that pollinated a blossom on my plum tree to bring about the rotten plum.

I was relieved that there was a total lack of wasps this year because they are a nuisance when having outdoor barbecues. Wasps are evidently drawn to beef burgers and sausages, no doubt by their characteristic smells. However, like bees, wasps pollinate many plants.

Ezekiel 20:6 ‘On that day I raised My hand in an oath to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.’

Links

Pollination

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollination

Bee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee

Honey Bees are Important Pollinators

http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/ahb/inf10.html

Bees as Pollinators

http://goodbugpage.com/polstory2.htm

Bee Pollination

http://www.buzzaboutbees.net/bee-pollination.html

Pollination by Honey Bees

http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/html_pubs/BEEKEEP/CHAPT8/chapt8.html

The Pollination of Flowers by Bees and Wasps

http://www.ehow.com/facts_7415276_pollination-flowers-bees-wasps.html

Garden Flowers

http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/garden-flowers.html

What do Wasps Pollinate?

http://www.ehow.com/facts_5942629_do-wasps-pollinate_.html

Wasps

http://www.seeds.ca/proj/poll/index.php?n=pc_profile_wasps

What is Killing Bees?

http://www.newswithviews.com/Howenstine/james171.htm

What’s Killing the Honeybees?

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-3919204.html