What did you have this morning for breakfast? While you might have honey in your cereal, honeybees contribute a lot more to breakfast! I bet you ate (or drank) something that needs honeybees for pollination! Let's look at just a few important breakfast foods:Fruit:
Apples
Oranges
Blueberries, cranberries, raspberries, blackberries, and other berries Watermelon/Cantaloupe
Peaches
Pears
Other Food:
Almonds for cereal
Blueberries in muffins
Jelly or Jam for your toast
Drinks:
Milk- honeybees pollinate alfalfa, which is feed for dairy cows
Apple Juice
Orange Juice
Coffee- honeybees increase coffee yields by about 30%. (we would have about 1/3 less without them)
A breakfast with honeybee pollination..........................and without.
Photo courtesy of: Scientific American
"Bee in the Know": Some crops, like cucumbers for pickles are dependent on honeybees for pollination. Other fruits, vegetables, and nuts are more abundant if the bees visit them; tomatoes are a good example of this.
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