Meet Prof. Ernesto Guzman Descriptive Transcript

Summary: Prof. Ernesto Guzman describes his research on honey bees and why honey bees are important for food production.

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Meet the Profs of the Ontario Agricultural College

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 Prof. Ernesto Guzman
Pinchin Family Chair in Honey Bee Health
Director of the Honey Bee Research Centre, School of Environmental Sciences
Ernesto: In my lab we conduct research on the
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causes of honey bee mortality.
We look at factors that affect colony survival.
Because in the past seven years,
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honey bees have been declining at an alarming rate.
And we want to know what factors are affecting the health and behaviour of honey bees and above all we want to find solutions to those problems.
So we conduct research to ameliorate honey bee health as well.
And this is important because honey bees are the most important pollinator of crops.
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Ernesto: Most of the food produced in Western societies requires some degree of honey bee pollination.
Roughly about one-quarter of the food we eat in Western societies is due to the
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pollinating effects of honey bees.
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Text: www.uoguelph.ca/oac
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