The focus has recently been on declining bee populations worldwide. Some plants are self-pollinating, while others may be fertilized by pollen carried by wind or rain. Other blossoms are pollinated by insects and animals, which may include bees, wasps, moths, butterflies, birds, flies, and small mammals, including bats. Bees are considered the most important pollinators. Many fruits, nuts, and vegetables we consume rely on pollinators to reproduce and produce fruit. Pollinators help transfer pollen from one flower to another, which is necessary for fertilization and fruit development.

If you follow my online writing, you might recall my last article about honey bees and how they forage for the stuff of survival using surprisingly complex methods. If you don’t recall or haven’t read my ramblings before, then go read that article now. I’ll wait here.

https://www.historicunioncounty.com/article/all-bees-report-dance-floor

Back in the late 1990s, there was a quirky band called Servotron. In my opinion, they are quite forgettable, but one of their songs finds its way into my head from time to time – not because of its quality or its tune, but just because of the images the title evokes. They called it, “All Robots (Report to the Dance Floor).” Every time I think about it, I conjure up mental images of mechanical beings gyrating to the beat of electronic dance music. In my head, they step, bend, twist and execute all sorts of inorganic-looking moves. It’s chaos.