The Bee's Kneez

It is rumoured Albert Einstein once said that if all of the bees disappeared then, "man would have only four years of life left".

Scientists are currently worried about the decline in bee numbers and research is being carried out as to why it is happening; radiation from mobile phones, pesticides used on crops, mites, GM crops and global warming are all different theories, but no one really knows. Whatever the cause, a shortage of bees could mean a shortage of food for everyone on the planet.

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Food Chain

Within a habitat all the living creatures are linked together by what is known as the food chain. Food chains show how each living thing gets its food. Some animals eat plants and others eat other animals. For example here is a simple food chain:

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