Why are bees important? HD

Bees are important, right? That seems to be the general consensus. But is it true? And should you still care even if you don’t eat honey. Phil argues that the answer is ‘yes’ and presents his top five reasons that explain just why bees are so important. --- If you like this episode, or any other, why not hit that subscribe button? We need all the support we can get, to help continue produce the huge array of videos we hope to make. --- And check out our Tumblr blog for competitions and conservation and wildlife news, and our Facebook and Twitter for more updates! http://ecosapienshow.tumblr.com https://www.facebook.com/EcoSapienShow https://twitter.com/@eco_sapien http://instagram.com/ecosapien --- References WELLS, M. 2011. Vanishing bees threaten US crops. BBC. Available from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6438373.stm POTTS, S. G., BIESMEIJER, J. C., KREMEN, C., NEUMANN, P., SCHWEIGER, O. & KUNIN, W. E. 2010. Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers. Trends in ecology & evolution, 25, 345-353. BIESMEIJER, J., ROBERTS, S., REEMER, M., OHLEMÜLLER, R., EDWARDS, M., PEETERS, T., SCHAFFERS, A., POTTS, S., KLEUKERS, R. & THOMAS, C. 2006. Parallel declines in pollinators and insect-pollinated plants in Britain and the Netherlands. Science, 313, 351-354. GOULSON, D. 2013. A sting in the tale. Jonathan Cape. UK. GALLAI, N., SALLES, J.-M., SETTELE, J. & VAISSIÈRE, B. E. 2009. Economic valuation of the vulnerability of world agriculture confronted with pollinator decline. Ecological Economics, 68, 810-821. RC KEOGH, APW ROBINSON and IJ MULLINS. Pollination Aware, Case Study 34: Tomatoes. RIRDC Publication No 10/141. ISBN 978-1-74254-111-2 BBCT. 2014. Some fascinating facts about Bumblebees. Available from: http://bumblebeeconservation.org/news/anthonys-blog/some-fascinating-facts-about-bumblebees BUGLIFE. 2014. Oil Beetle: Available from: http://www.buglife.org.uk/campaigns-and-our-work/oil-beetles ZOLFAGHARIFARD, E. 2011. UK engineers develop bee-based security device. The Engineer. Available from: http://www.theengineer.co.uk/military-and-defence/in-depth/uk-engineers-develop-bee-based-security-device/1008007.article GOULSON, D., HANLEY, M. E., DARVILL, B., ELLIS, J. & KNIGHT, M. E. 2005. Causes of rarity in bumblebees. Biological conservation, 122, 1-8. BWARS. 2012. Information Sheet Tree Bee (Bombus hypnorum) [online]. Accessed:26th August 2012]. Available from: http://www.bwars.com/sites/www.bwars.com/files/info_sheets/03_Bombus_hypnorum_20120321.pdf EAC 2013. Environmental Audit Committee: Pollinators and pesticides: seventh report of session 2012-13, Vol. 1: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence. Stationery Office. --- Copyright Notices "Honeybee-cooling cropped" by Björn Appel, Username Warden. Edit by Waugsberg (cropped) - Own work at Wikipedia.org “Beehives at an organic farm” by Jessica Reeder at Wikimedia.org “Hall of Biodiversity, American Museum of Natural History” by InSapphoWeTrust at fl