Chapter 55, Problem 5Q

Summary Introduction

To review:

A multiyear study that could provide more accurate information about the absence or the presence of the timing mismatches between the plant flowering and the insect pollinators emergence.

Introduction:

The insects that pollinate the flowering plants have a mutual relation with such plants. The plants provide nectar and the insects help the plants in pollination. The emergence of the insect pollinators is closely related to the flowering of plants, which occur during the month of April, in North America. A study was conducted to examine the close association of these pollinators and the plant flowering by considering 10 bee species across North America. However, climate warming might indicate a slight mismatch between insect emergence and the flowering in plants.