Pollination is a photograph by Robert Bales which was uploaded on November 20th, 2012.
Pollination
Bees play an important role in pollinating flowering plants and are the major type of pollinator in ecosystems that contain flowering plants. Bees... more
by Robert Bales
Title
Pollination
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
Bees play an important role in pollinating flowering plants and are the major type of pollinator in ecosystems that contain flowering plants. Bees either focus on gathering nectar or on gathering pollen depending on demand, especially in social species. Bees gathering nectar may accomplish pollination, but bees that are deliberately gathering pollen are more efficient pollinators. It is estimated that one third of the human food supply depends on insect pollination, most of which is accomplished by bees, especially the domesticated European honey bee[citation needed]. Contract pollination has overtaken the role of honey production for beekeepers in many countries. Monoculture and the massive decline of many bee species (both wild and domesticated) have increasingly caused honey bee keepers to become migratory so that bees can be concentrated in seasonally varying high-demand areas of pollination.
Uploaded
November 20th, 2012
Statistics
Viewed 708 Times - Last Visitor from Beverly Hills, CA on 03/29/2024 at 2:33 AM
Colors
Embed
Share
More from Robert Bales
Comments (2)
Eric Tressler
Nice shot !! Either my camera is too slow or I don't have a steady enough hand to get a completely still photograph of a bee. They are all a little blurry. This one is captured so perfectly.
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks for the great comment! Maybe increase the speed. Many time i well shoot things like this with the ISO on auto.