Pollination: a bee's reason for bee-ing

The role of pollinating in the food system is becoming of greater interest recently, likely due to the fact that one of our most important pollinators - the honey bee - is dying off in great numbers around the world. The following pages will explain how plants propagate, why we need this process, who or what is involved, and how we, as humans, can take part in the health of our ecosystem through good farming and gardening practices.

	Plant Cell Anatomy A plant cell is comprised of organelles or function-specific structures. Find out more about nuclei and what resides in the cytoplasm and what each of these structures does.
	Plant Anatomy Just as a plant cell is made up of organelles, plants are built from cells. Zoom out for a look at the anatomy that makes up plants - from roots to leaves to flowers in vascular plants and similar or related structures in non-vascular plants.
	Organic Farming and Gardening Why the term 'organic' has a bad rap. The importance of natural methods of farming and gardening.
	Photo Gallery: Insects Including Bees in Asia and Beyond A royalty-free image gallery of various flying insects, especially bees and bee look-alikes, that I capture during my wanderings through Asia (currently featured is China).
	Attracting Bees: Garden Plant & Flower Guide Find out what bees are attracted to and get some ideas about what you might like to include in your own garden.
	Photo Gallery of Flowers A growing royalty-free image gallery of images of flowers photographed around the world.

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