The collapse of the honeybee population is due to different factors such as the acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or cancer‚ and unknown micro-organism affecting the bees. The two main reasons why bees are dying is because of human using harsh chemicals along with other environmental changes. These chemicals are weakening their immune system. Another reason is because of parasites. The parasites first take over the bee’s body. When the bees have their babies‚ the parasite goes into the honeycomb
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The current knowledge of stingless bees is clearly described by Vit et al. (2013) in their book‚ “Pot-Honey: A legacy of stingless bees”. The stingless bees have populated the tropical earth with pantropical distribution for over 65 million years which is longer than Apis‚ the stinging honeybees. They are over 500 discovered species and possibly 100 more are yet undescribed. Generally‚ stingless bee colonies make far less honey compared to honey bees. Meliponines basically have stingers with highly
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Save The Bees! Einstein supposedly said‚ “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees‚ no more pollination‚ no more plants‚ no more animals‚ no more man.” According to the United States Department of Agriculture‚ “about one-third of the human diet comes from insect-pollinated plants‚ and the honeybee is responsible for 80 percent of that pollination” (“NBC”). Additionally‚ “bees pollinate over ninety five flowering crops. Among
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Propolis: The Ancient Healer Did you know that honey isn’t the only thing that bees make? Bees also produce a compound called propolis from the sap on needle-leaved trees or evergreens. When they combine the sap with their own discharges and beeswax‚ they create a sticky and greenish-brown product that is used as a coating to build their hives. This is called propolis. Many ancient civilizations used propolis for its medical properties. Assyrians put it on tumors and wounds to prevent infection and
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Anoura fistulata‚ otherwise known as the tube-lipped nectar bat‚ is a nectarivorous species endemic to South America (Mantilla-Meluk et al. 2009). A. fistulata specializes in feeding on the nectar and pollen from larger flowering plants‚ but also frequently hunts insects to round out it’s diet (Muchhala et al. 2005). However‚ unlike other species of the same genus A. fistulata has co-evolved as a pollinator of the bellflower Centropogon nigricans (Muchhala et al. 2009). C. nigricans has developed
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This effort preserved the population and habitat of these bat colonies. These colonies need to be embraced by the public and honored/revered just as much as the mountain ranges themselves. Local changes in North Carolina towns and neighborhoods can be made in effort to promote bat life. Installing bat boxes around local homes can positively impact bats in local areas by providing an area for roosting (Bat House General Information). The best location for bat houses are on top of poles or buildings
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Although this is not a new disorder‚ previously called spring dwindle disease‚ autumn collapse or disappearing disease‚ there have been higher-than-usual reports of colony loss since the fall and winter of 2006 with signs similar to those of colony collapse disorder. The symptoms include the dwindling and insufficient numbers of worker bees with few or no dead bees around the colony‚ the presence of bee brood (bee larvae)‚ the presence of food‚ pollen and honey deposits that are not immediately stolen
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White Nose Syndrome (WNS) affects bats causing them to wake up more often during hibernation and use up their stored fat reserves that were supposed to last throughout the winter. The lack of fat reserves forces bats to fly around for the search of food‚ but unfortunately most of the bats tend to starve‚ freeze and die. Data has been collected to provide information about the areas associated with White Nose Syndrome in bats. Results shown White Nose Syndrome in bats does not impact all of North
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Wonderworks in Myrtle Beach Legend has it that Professor Wonder and a group of the world’s best scientists tried to create a man-made tornado inside of the house while it was in the Bermuda Triangle. Something went wrong‚ and the winds from the storm lifted the lab high into the air and landed upside down in Myrtle Beach‚ where it still sits inverted today. The rest of the experiments in the house astonishingly stayed intact‚ and they are what thousands of visitors come to Myrtle Beach to see
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1) Milius‚ S. (2015‚ May 16). Bees Can’t Avoid Neonicotinoids: New Tests Find Pesticides Impair Some Pollinators. Science News. 2) This short ‘Earth & Environment’ feature in Science News makes a very interesting argument about whether or not neonicotinoid-tainted crops are damaging honeybee colonies and other wild pollinators by poisoning the bee’s input‚ which in turn‚ harms the output. Because honeybees do not have a sufficient amount of taste receptors to detect foreign aliments in tainted
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