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Feeling the Sting of Climate Change

In the Northern U.S., spring green-up, the period of time when plants wake from winter and sprout leaves, is starting about a half-day earlier each year. This is most likely caused by our warming climate. If pollination dates keep creeping forward, plants and pollinators could move out of sync. Currently, young bees are able able to grow and get out on the hunt by the time plants bloom. But if plants bloom before bees are ready, both miss out. The plants don't get pollinated, and the bees go hungry. Modern agriculture relies on the synchronization of pollination and pollinators.

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