Why Are Bees Declining?
WALT
We are learning to write an information report.
Success Criteria:
We will plan and then write an information report on a topic of our choice related to bees.
Our report will:
Be interesting!
Give information about a topic of our choice related to bees.
Show a clear link to our planning.
Start with an opening statement about our topic.
Have at least 3 paragraphs. Each paragraph will have an opening statement and a series of facts related to that statement.
Include some complex or compound sentence structures.
Include at least one diagram, photograph, illustration or map to go with the text.
Finish with a general statement about the topic.
Use information from at least 3 different sources. This information will be written in our own words and we will write down our sources at the end of our report.
Bees have been declining for the last 20 years. The population is still decreasing as I write. It is not good that the bee population is declining. The three main reasons bees are declining is intensive farming, climate change and varroa mites.
Bees have been declining for the last 20 years. The population is still decreasing as I write. It is not good that the bee population is declining. The three main reasons bees are declining is intensive farming, climate change and varroa mites.
Intensive Farming
Intensive land use is destroying the bees habitat and the bees are dying because they
lose their habitat and shelter. Intensive farming is taking up too much of the space
so the bees can not live anywhere.
Intensive farming is not good for the environment because it kills the animals and destroys the forest. For intensive farming they also use pesticides which affects the bees because they spray it on the plants and flowers where the bees crawl all over the plants and kills them.
How Climate Change Is Bad For Bees
Climate change is causing habitat loss as bees fail to migrate to cooler areas and establish new hives. As average monthly temperatures rise, flowers bloom earlier in the spring, creating a potential mismatch in seasonal timing between when flowers produce pollen and when bees are ready to feed on that pollen. Even a small mismatch of three to six days could negatively affect bees’ health, making them less likely to reproduce and less resistant to predators and parasites.
Varroa Mites
Varroa mites are one of the worst problems why bees are declining. Varroa mites sneak into the hive. By sneaking into the hive they attach to the adult bees and feed on them until they get to the hive. Once bees are in the hive they slip undetected into a vulnerable uncapped *brood* cells and this is where the Varroa mites feed on the undeveloped bees. Brood cells means a cell used for the rearing of a larva. These were the three main reasons why bees are declining.
