Table of Contents Pollinators and Pollination 4 A Day in the Life 11 Pollination Domination 17 What’s Bugging Bees 24 Glossary 30 Index 31 Show What You Know 31 Websites to Visit 31 About the Author 32
Pollinators and Pollination Nearly all the food we eat is made possible by pollinators The human race cannot survive without them Eighty percent of the world’s 1,400 crop plants depend on visits from pollinators In the United States the pollination of crops is valued at 10 billion dollars per year 4
Entomologists are scientists who study insects They focus on life cycle habitat distribution physiology behavior ecology and the population of insects Anthecologists or pollination biologists study the process of pollination and relationships between flowers and pollinators Plants and pollinators have developed their close relationships for millions of years 5
