Earth ID: 10482

Honey Bees and Climate Change Animations

Released on August 20, 2009

Flowering plants rely on pollinators like honey bees to reproduce. Honey bees, in turn, rely on flowering plants for food - in the form on nectar and pollen. The two animations below illustrate how an earlier springtime could cause plants and pollinators to shift out of sync.

To see the video "Feeling the Sting of Climate Change" that these animations were created for, visit entry #10481

This short animation illustrates two scenarios. The first depicts plants blooming at the same time bees emerge to forage for nectar and pollen. The second depicts an earlier bloom, where flowers bloom before bees are ready to forage. The flowers miss out on getting pollinated, and the bees miss their chance to gather nectar and pollen.

For More Information

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/beekeepers.html

Credits

Ivy Flores (IRC/UMBC): Lead Animator
Jennifer A. Shoemaker (UMBC): Producer
Wayne E. Esaias (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and Ivy Flores (UMBC)

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This item is part of this series:
Honey Bees and Climate Change

Keywords:
DLESE >> Agricultural science
SVS >> Earth
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Seasons
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Agriculture
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Climate Indicators
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Biosphere >> Ecological Dynamics >> Pollinator Species
SVS >> Climate Change
SVS >> Bees
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0