Where have all the pollinators gone? (endangered species)(includes related articles on building a bee next to attract pollinators and relationships between pollinators and plants) From: Science World | Date: March 21, 1997| Author: Allen, Laura; Goodstein, Carol | COPYRIGHT 1997 Scholastic, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The number of pollinating insects is declining because of pesticide use and land development. The extinction of pollinators will affect the food supply because some plants need pollinating creatures such as bees and moths to help them reproduce.

The flowers of a nightblooming cereus cactus appear only once or twice a year. When the buds burst open into white, six-inch-long, flowers, they're almost instantly visited by sphinx moths. The palm-sized insects hum over to feed on the ...

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