The Buzzzzzzzzzzzzz on Bees ... The Honey Bee Crisis Involving Colony Collapse Disorder
Honeybee with pollen all over it
When Honeybees travel from each flower , pollen that they attracted from another plant falls off their hair and onto the current plant . This is pollination . The newly acquired pollen is used to germinate the current plant ’ s flower so the plant can grow and flourish .
Apiculture is the science of beekeeping . Bees evolved over thirty million year ago . Humans have collected honey from wild beehives for more than 8,000 years , as shown in Mesolithic rock paintings dating from 6000 B . C . E . By 2500 B . C . E ., Egyptians were keeping bees in artificial hives . Hives exploit the honeybees ' natural tendency to build nests in cavities , and allow apiculturists to easily move ( via boat , wagon , truck ) and manipulate bee colonies . This mobility has allowed beekeepers to