Beekeepers and Scientists Are Very Troubled by a Recent Decline

question 18

Multiple Choice

Beekeepers and scientists are very troubled by a recent decline in bee populations around the world. What would you predict as a likely consequence of the widespread disappearance of bees?

• A) loss of crop productivity
• B) decline in conifer numbers
• C) disappearance of mosses and ferns
• D) inability of plants to obtain enough nitrogen
• E) increase in prevalence of seedless vascular plants Most of our crop plants are angiosperms, and many of their flowers are adapted to bees as pollinators.

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