20‚ 2013 Reading response 4 It’s a disturbing fact that most people do not realize how important honey bees are to humanity. The truth is they are in a worldwide decline by phenomenal numbers and that is something that people should pay more attention to. Honey bees are disappearing at an alarming rate and that will have a major impact on the lives of everyone. The disappearance of honey bees would not only mean less pollination of important plants to our society but also could lead to higher food
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Bees are steadily declining in population because these insects are suffering from colony collapse disorder. Things like habitat destruction‚ increased stress‚ and infections or parasites are causing the bees to die off. Bees play an important role not only in our ecosystem‚ but our economy as well. Bees are responsible for over 15 billion dollars in crop value every year. Not only would the extinction of bees affect our economy‚ but bees‚ playing a very important role in our ecosystem‚ would affect
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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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to go away from them. But what many do not know is that honey bees are for the most part harmless. The chances of being stung by a honey bee are very low because they will not sting you. People tend to look at only the negatives of honey bees. But what about the positives? Honey bees help to pollinate many plants found in nature and they also help to pollinate most of the food that humans eat. So what is happening to them? Honey bees are dying off at an alarming rate. The cause of this can be one
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Honey bees are one of the matriarchies in the insect kingdom. Colonies consist of one queen‚ a lot of male worker bees‚ and a few male drones. Ninety-five percent of the worker bees are female. A healthy hive is occupied by a collection of many generations. Tasks are divided up by age and colony through an intricate system of communication. Younger worker bees tend to the queen and the baby bees. Older worker bees forage for food and water for the colony‚ convert nectar into honey‚ construct wax
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Sue Monk Kidd’s novel‚ The Secret Life of Bees‚ captures the essence of Magnificat’s core values on the importance of education‚ morals‚ and close connections to the Mother Mary. This book further instills the Magnificat mission within the student body by displaying the emphasis of our mission statement within the underlying themes of this novel. The continuous references to finding peace and refuge in faith seemingly coincides with all that is believed within these walls. The curriculum would
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Bees: About to Buzz Off? Where will we bee without them? What would you do if everyone you had ever met‚ died in the span of a year? Your brothers and sisters‚ the workers at the local businesses‚ even the Queen all just... died? This is called colony collapse disorder and is a current issue for bee colonies all over the world. Bees have a crucial role in the survival of most life on our planet. Some have theorised that if the bees were to die out‚ humans would follow soon after. Subsequently‚
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The Stumped Bees When I was in first grade my entire class went on a field trip to Bee City Honeybee Farm‚ Petting Zoo‚ and Nature Center. On that field trip‚ we learned a lot about bees‚ (though now that I’m older‚ I recall just about one thing from that entire trip) and other animals. This particular event happened during lunch time. Some of my classmates had finished eating‚ and one in particular‚ Nick‚ had decided to play with some of his friends around a tree stump. Nick‚ being the troublemaker
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Once the bees have left‚ do you still want to be around? The Bees organise our food chain‚ keep our shelves full and play a major part in our ecosystems‚ but when they are gone that will drastically change. They have been in decline since the 1990s and there are several reasons for that. Some people think that the bees aren’t that important and that we will be fine without them. It’s said that this is just a myth that we need them‚ but there are facts surrounding why that is not true and why this
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The Extinction of Bees Being stung by a bee isn’t exactly the best feeling in the world. However‚ killing that bee that causes your arm to swell up for a few hours could lead us one step closer to a world without them‚ and a world without us. The truth is‚ bees provide much more than most people would ever care to think about. The foods that we eat‚ the environments we enjoy and the medicines so many of us so badly need are only able to be provided because of pollination. In reality‚ despite how
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