https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp Bees and Agriculture en-us 2017-03-05 22:29:16 UTC 2023-05-26 11:07:43 UTC hello@padlet.com rachel_bunnell208 https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157887435 A bee has a fuzzy body and fuzzy legs. This helps the pollen stick to the bee in order for the bee to pollinate the plants. When bees land on a flower, the pollen from that flower sticks to the fuzzy hair and can be carried to the next flower of a plant that the bee lands on. Farmers are buying bee hives to place near their crop fields to help with pollination and increase yields.
In my project I have used pipe cleaners to act as the bee’s legs. At first, I had only wrapped pipe cleaners around popsicle sticks or a straw to use. I realized this would not be effective for farmers who have large fields with a large crop yield. This led me to think of the use of a drone. The farmer would be able to attach pipe cleaners to the body of the drone- like a bee. The pipe cleaners would act as bee’s legs and help in the pollination of the crop. The pipe cleaners would need to touch the flowers of the crops in order to move the pollen from flower to flower. 

]]> 2017-03-05 22:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157887435 rachel_bunnell208 https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157887624 Bees help humans by pollinating plants that are not self-pollinating (apples, tomatoes, cranberries, melons, broccoli and almonds). 

They help pollinate plants that livestock are dependent upon. Livestock are dependent on forage plants such as clover. Bees help to pollinate plants like clover. 

They help to increase the fruit and yield of seeds. Bees pollinate 1/6 of the World's flowering plants and some 400 of its agriculture plants. 


]]> 2017-03-05 22:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157887624 rachel_bunnell208 https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157887919 This model will work like a bee. The drone will have coiled pipe cleaners on it. The pipe cleaners will act as a bee's legs and body. It will pick up the pollen and carry it to another flower. This will in turn pollinate the next plant. The farmer will have to fly the drone across the field carefully touching the pipe cleaners to the plant. Drones are already being used in agriculture to crop scout (Check for insects in the field or for nitrogen deficiency by the color of the corn). This creation will simply be adding the bee like structure to help pollinate the crop. ]]> 2017-03-05 22:38:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157887919 rachel_bunnell208 https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157888280 I first started out with a popsicle stick and one pipe cleaner wrapped around it. This was far too small to be efficient in an actual field. I tried using a tobacco stick next. Even though this was a larger object, it was difficult keeping the pipe cleaners wrapped around the stick. It was also not efficient enough for a farmer to use in a field. Lastly I thought of a drone. Drone's are already used in agriculture to check on the fields and crops. By attaching pipe cleaners to the body and flying the drone over the field, the drone would become like a bee and would pollinate the crops. ]]> 2017-03-05 22:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157888280 rachel_bunnell208 https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157892625 2017-03-05 23:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157892625 rachel_bunnell208 https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157892797 2017-03-05 23:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157892797 rachel_bunnell208 https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157893106 2017-03-05 23:42:44 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157893106 rachel_bunnell208 https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157894454 2017-03-05 23:56:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157894454 rachel_bunnell208 https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157894557 2017-03-05 23:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157894557 rachel_bunnell208 https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157896935 Almonds depend entirely on honeybees for pollination ]]> 2017-03-06 00:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157896935 rachel_bunnell208 https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157896981 Honeybees contribute over $14 billion to the value of the U.S. crop production]]> 2017-03-06 00:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157896981 rachel_bunnell208 https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157897024 Honeybees help pollinate over 100 crops in the U.S.  ]]> 2017-03-06 00:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157897024 rachel_bunnell208 https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157897164 The bee population has been decreasing since 2006 in the U.S. The number of hives in the U.S. is at its lowest point in the last 50 years.]]> 2017-03-06 00:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157897164 rachel_bunnell208 https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157897290 Every year California almond growers import honeybees from other states to pollinate their $2.3 billion a year crop using half of all honeybees in the United States]]> 2017-03-06 00:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157897290 rachel_bunnell208 https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157897449 Global warming, pesticide use, habitat loss and parasites have caused the decrease in the number of honeybees.]]> 2017-03-06 00:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157897449 rachel_bunnell208 https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157897538 www.mybeeline.co/en/p/bee-anatomy-the-body-of-the-bee-2 ]]> 2017-03-06 00:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157897538 rachel_bunnell208 https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157897591 www.pestworldforkids.org/pest-guide/bees/ ]]> 2017-03-06 00:32:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157897591 rachel_bunnell208 https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157897669 www.abfnet.org/?page=14 ]]> 2017-03-06 00:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157897669 rachel_bunnell208 https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157897736 https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/bees.pdf ]]> 2017-03-06 00:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rachel_bunnell208/awzf9p1ef2pp/wish/157897736