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Materials See Like a Bee (B-Eye) Shows how images may appear to a bee. News -05-07-07 Bees Disappearing at an Alarming Rate (CBS News) "According to the Apiary Inspectors of America, a hive-tracking group, more than a quarter of the country's bee colonies have been lost — more than half-a million bee colonies that have simply vanished. What is actually happening — and what repercussions could it have on your dinner table?" 05-07 -05-07-08 "Astonishing Number" of Bee Colonies Lost (CNN News) "A survey of bee health released Tuesday revealed a grim picture, with 36.1 percent of the nation's commercially managed hives lost since last year." 05-08 -07-13-07 Virus May Be Causing Bees to Disappear (PBS.org) "A virus from Australia may be the culprit in the mysterious deaths of tens of millions of honeybees in the past year, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science." "Colony Collapse Disorder affected 23 percent of U.S. beekeepers last year. Affected beekeepers lost an average 45 percent of their bees to the phenomenon -- the bees simply disappeared, leaving empty or nearly empty hives." 05-07 Papers Bees - Domesticated Bees Shortage (NationalGeographic.com) "Decades of disease and overuse of pesticides have put the squeeze on populations of the domesticated honeybee. As a result, farmers are increasingly left with fields of flowering crops that fail to bear fruit."  "Since some 15 to 30 percent of the food we humans eat directly or indirectly depend on the pollination services of bees, scientists say the problem threatens to take some excitement—and potentially abundance—from our diets." 10-04 Bees - Males Have Half the Chromosomes (NationalGeographic.com) "Bees, wasps, and ants from the group of insects known as the hymenopteran order and other invertebrates have males with only half the usual complement of chromosomes. These insects and invertebrates comprise 20 percent of all animals." 10-04 Bees Endangered by Mites and Pesticides (NationalGeographic.com) "Bees, via pollination, are responsible for 15 to 30 percent of the food U.S. consumers eat. But in the last 50 years the domesticated honeybee population—which most farmers depend on for pollination—has declined by about 50 percent, scientists say." "Unless actions are taken to slow the decline of domesticated honeybees and augment their populations with wild bees, many fruits and vegetables may disappear from the food supply, said Claire Kremen, a conservation biologist at Princeton University in New Jersey." 10-04 Bees, Honey (Insecta-Inspecta.com) Provides an interesting description of the bees, as well as a drawing. 10-00 Bees, Killer (Insecta-Inspecta.com) Provides an interesting description of the bees, as well as a drawing. 10-00 Worksheets Bees Worksheets (AbcTeach) Provides dozens of printable worksheets by theme. 8-01

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