Bees and Other Pollinators

Bees are first rate pollinators, they move from flower to flower, carrying the flower's pollen with from the male parts to the female parts of the plant.

Bees produce honey, a yummy treat for humans and animals like bears.

Bees live in hives and communicate with each other through smell and by dancing.

Bees fly at speeds of 16 miles per hour, and can beat their wings 200 times a second.

Bees are mysteriously disappearing, in some areas 90% of the bees have disappeared.

Wendy Pirk has been an animal lover for as long as she can remember. As a child, she dreamed of being a veterinarian but decided instead to pursue a degree in Ecological Anthropology. She is a serious environmentalist and has worked for the Western Canada Wilderness Committee. She is currently a writer and editor and has several books about animals to her credit.Wendy has a two dog and two cat family…oh, and kids as well. She solemnly swears that she has never, nor will she ever dress a dog in a frilly pink tutu. But she lives in a winter city, so maybe doggie coats and booties?? And one of the dogs is handicapped, so he has a wheelchair. But that’s it. Really. She would also like to own a sheep to mow her lawn so she doesn’t have to…well, she’d actually like to have a whole herd of sheep to rent out to her friends and neighbors! And maybe a donkey, too, because they’re so cute!