Ka Yin Lau

Bonnie

English 9

February 21, 2020

Annotated Bibliography

BBC. (November 14, 2019). ​The 'unnoticed insect apocalypse': how people in towns and

cities can help.

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-50406278

The website summarizes information of action that can be taken to prevent

insect extinction. The source contains statistics and clearly structured

information and an explanation of how humans can help. Looking at where the

article is from, BBC news should be considered as a trustworthy company. All

information in the article makes sense and is published on an acceptable date.

This piece of information can help understand the basic overall idea of insect

extinction in a less specific topic. It will help create a general idea of the

research later on.

Bragdon, A. (November 19, 2019). ​What would happen to the world's food supply if bees

went extinct?. ​Business insider.

https://www.businessinsider.com/what-would-happen-if-bees-went-extinct-2019-11

This is a video transcript that covers the jobs bees do, the effect bee have on

the food chain and action that have been taken on this issue. The author that

wrote this article used to work for national geographic, the date of publishing

is recent and published on a site called Business insider, a news station for

financial and business. This is similar to the another source listed behind,
 writing out an even more detailed topic on the exact thing bees extinction is

going to affect. It can also be connected to our MYP global context,

globalization and sustainability, since it has come to the food chain and

economy.

Donkersley, P. (August 20, 2019). ​Bees: how important are they and what would happen if

they went extinct?​. The Conversation.

https://theconversation.com/bees-how-important-are-they-and-what-would-happen-if-

th

Ey-went-extinct-121272

The article summed up the reason that causes the bees to disappear and the

importance of these insects. The author also showed the connection bee

extinction has on other factors like economy, agriculture and food. This article

is written by an researcher at Lancaster University studying and writing

articles specifically on environment and pollinator, which should be

considered expert on this specific topic. This will focus more on the future of

this issue, how it will affect the human and the world. It covers a wide range

of factors that are going to be affected, this can help me organize what causes

and point to research furthermore.

Kokotovic, M. (December 5, 2019). ​The bee is officially on the verge of extinction. ​Nation of

change.

https://www.nationofchange.org/2019/12/05/the-bee-is-officially-on-the-verge-of-exti

nction/

This is a short article that includes a huge range of information, the author

gathered up information on bee extinction, importance of bees and prevention.

 This article is written by an author named Marlee Kokotovic. This author has

written over a hundred articles on different environmental issues and animal

endangerment. Nation of Change is a website where authors post different

articles about issues around the world. According to the site, the author also

uses big companies like BBC for their own research. Showing how the

information should be trusted for primary overall research. This article will be

able to provide information on specifically bees and other factors that are

considered on this topic, bee extinction. Which will help me on understanding

bee extinction better and know more specifically about bees.

Main, D. (February 6, 2020). ​Bumblebees are going extinct in a time of ‘climate chaos’

National geography. ​https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/02/bubblebee

s-going-extinct-climate-change-pesticides/

The author connected bee extinction to global warming and climate change. It

uses clear and factual statistics to support his information, and provide many

quotes from experts. The author is an expert of animals and wildlife working

in national geographic. National geographic is a television network and

focuses on science, culture, environment and other latest issues, a lot of

information is also a primary resource where the researcher from national

geographic went to the actual place for research. This article gives out a more

detailed information of the cause of bee extinction, in the final speech, this

will need to be a part of the information as I talked about the background of

my topic.