House
Joint
Resolution
10
-
Introduced
HOUSE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
10
BY
R.
TAYLOR
,
HEARTSILL
,
FISHER
,
HEATON
,
McKEAN
,
SIECK
,
KAUFMANN
,
COWNIE
,
WILLS
,
and
BACON
HOUSE
JOINT
RESOLUTION
A
Joint
Resolution
designating
the
honeybee
as
the
official
1
state
insect
for
the
State
of
Iowa.
2
WHEREAS,
honeybees
(apis
mellifera)
most
likely
originated
3
in
tropical
Africa
and
were
brought
to
the
new
world
with
4
the
first
Spanish
and
English
colonists
and
quickly
escaped
5
into
the
wild,
eventually
populating
the
entire
western
6
hemisphere;
and
7
WHEREAS,
bees
pollinate
approximately
75
percent
of
8
the
fruit,
nut,
and
vegetable
plants
grown
in
the
United
9
States;
and
10
WHEREAS,
one-third
of
the
food
produced
in
the
United
States
11
depends
on
insect
pollination,
80
percent
of
which
is
due
to
12
honeybees;
and
13
WHEREAS,
tiny
as
they
are,
honeybees
play
a
key
role
in
14
Iowa’s
agroecosystem,
with
plant
pollination
performed
by
15
honeybees
valued
at
an
estimated
$92
million
annually;
and
16
WHEREAS,
approximately
1,500
Iowa
beekeepers
manage
around
17
30,000
colonies
of
honeybees
that
produce
over
3
million
pounds
18
of
honey
annually;
and
19
WHEREAS,
limited
field
trials
in
Clarion,
Iowa,
revealed
20
crop
yield
gains
of
8
percent
in
soybean
fields
with
honeybee
21
hives
placed
in
close
proximity;
and
22
WHEREAS,
honey
bee
pollination
is
critical
to
plant
and
23
human
survival;
NOW
THEREFORE,
24
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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H.J.R.
10
Section
1.
STATE
INSECT
DESIGNATED.
The
honeybee
(apis
1
mellifera)
is
designated
and
shall
officially
be
known
as
the
2
state
insect
of
Iowa.
3
Sec.
2.
APPROPRIATE
REPRESENTATIONS.
The
director
of
4
the
department
of
cultural
affairs
shall
obtain
appropriate
5
pictures
and
other
representations
of
the
honeybee
and
shall
6
display
the
pictures
and
representations
in
an
appropriate
7
place
in
the
state
historical
museum.
8
Sec.
3.
OFFICIAL
REGISTER.
The
editor
of
the
Iowa
official
9
register
shall
include
an
appropriate
picture
and
commentary
10
of
the
honeybee
in
the
Iowa
official
register
along
with
the
11
pictures
of
the
state
rock,
state
flower,
state
bird,
and
state
12
tree.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
joint
resolution
designates
the
honeybee
as
the
17
official
state
insect
of
Iowa.
The
director
of
the
department
18
of
cultural
affairs
shall
obtain
pictures
and
other
appropriate
19
representations
of
the
state
insect
and
display
the
pictures
20
and
information
in
the
state
historical
museum.
The
editor
of
21
the
Iowa
official
register
shall
include
a
picture
of
the
state
22
insect
along
with
pictures
of
the
state
rock,
state
flower,
23
state
bird,
and
state
tree.
24
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