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About 80% of British plants,

including many crops, use


insects to transfer pollen
between flowers.

Insect Pollinators

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Pollen fertilizes the flower


enabling the plant to develop
seeds and fruits

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The main insect pollinators are

Honey bees

Bumble bees

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Why are they important to us?

Hoverflies

Butterflies
and
moths

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Busy bees, dcJohn, 2005


https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcjohn/23384053/

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Insects are responsible for pollinating


some important UK crops

oilseed rape

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A colony of honey bees has a


queen, male drones and up to
35 000 female worker bees

soft fruit

Check Your Bees!! Don Hankins, 2008


https://www.flickr.com/photos/23905174@N00/2465770923/

orchard
fruit
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beans
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The UK has wild populations of


solitary bees and bumblebees but
also

Whilst a queen bee can live


for 5 years a worker will only
live for about 40 days.
In that time each worker will
produce one teaspoonful of
honey.

Summer Farewell Blossom and Bee, Bob Peterson, 2011


https://www.flickr.com/photos/pondapple/6260451786/

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Running Bumblebee, William Warby, 2008


https://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/2989235345/

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The imported bees are used to


pollinate greenhouse tomatoes
and fruit such as strawberries
grown in polytunnels.

up to 50 000 colonies of
bumblebees are imported
into Britain each year.

Flower and Bumblebee, digital cat, 2008


https://www.flickr.com/photos/14646075@N03/2811990080/
Polytunnel Tomatoes, Julie Gibbons, 2010
https://www.flickr.com/photos/organikal/4909527843/

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Honeybees

Has there been a recent


decline in the number of
pollinators in the UK?

The number of hives declined by 50% in England


between 1985 and 2005

What do you think?

Between 2010-2011 the 17.5% of colonies in


England and Wales were lost over winter
Between 2008-2011 beekeepers reported
improvements in the health and vigour of their
bee colonies

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Bumblebees

Hoverflies

50% of the areas which have been


surveyed have lost species since 1980.

25% of species have declined since the


1980s

10% of the areas have gained species

10% of species have increased in number

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Image Credits

Butterflies and moths

Honey Bee (Apis mellifera Linnaeus), Jim, the Photographer, 2011


https://www.flickr.com/photos/jcapaldi/6151061542/

75% of UK butterflies show a 10


year decrease in their
distribution or population (2011)

Bumble bee, Marilyn Peddle, 2007


https://www.flickr.com/photos/marilynjane/976578549/
Hoverfly lollypop, Aussiegall, 2007
https://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiegall/681204297/
Moth, Tess, 2013
https://www.flickr.com/photos/davenport/9386931968/

66% of common moths species


have declined in number since
1970s.

Oil Seed Rape, Amanda Slater, 2008


https://www.flickr.com/photos/pikerslanefarm/2480526989/
Apple Blossoms, Oak Glen, Don Graham, 2014
https://www.flickr.com/photos/23155134@N06/13969652002/

37% of these species have


declined by more 50%

Soft Fruits, Andy Rogers, 2013


https://www.flickr.com/photos/cobaltfish/9339353151/
455. Runner beans, InAweofGodsCreation, 2007
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nhoulihan/3844381387/

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Teaching notes
This can be used as a stand alone resource or with the other Teachit Science
resources
Wind or insect pollinators (22853) and Insect pollinators and world food supply
(22662).
This is useful as a starter and introduction to the topic and is ideal to generate
discussion.
Slide 3 ask students to name the insect pollinators before revealing their names.
Slide 4 the question gives students an opportunity to discuss why they think insect
pollinators are important.
Slide 5 ask students to name the crops before revealing their names.
Slides 11-14 ask students to evaluate the facts given to say whether they
show if insect pollinators have declined in number overall.
What effect could this have on our food supply?

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