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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many know‚ bees are major factors to the growth of many kinds of plants - about eighty percent of plants worldwide. However‚ not as many people are aware that those industrious insects’ population is falling at an alarming rate‚ without much being done about it; many potential solutions (incomplete or not) are not being tested or utilized at all when they undeniably should be. If we - the human race in its entirety - don’t start doing anything we can to stop (or at least slow) the bees’ decline at
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Why Bees are the Bee’s Knees: The Economic Importance of Bees As Pollinators Introduction Bees have indirectly contributed to the United States’ economy for hundreds of years. Dozens of industries have flourished and thrived off the backs of these tiny insects‚ and without them‚ the average American lifestyle would not exist. As a society‚ we are dependent on bees to pollinate our crops and provide us with honey‚ which in the U.S. alone was worth $317 million in 2013 (“Honey Industry Facts”). Bees
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Hannah Boyer Mr. O’Mara English IV; Period B 8/25/08 The Secret Life of Bees Bees‚ honey‚ the Black Madonna‚ the 1960’s‚ the power of women‚ what do all of these things have in common? All of these things are what one would think of when reading the book‚ The Secret Life of Bees. Those who have read The Secret Life of Bees know that it is not a book about different kinds of bees and how bees live their lives‚ but it is a book about a poorly treated girl named Lily who runs away from
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“Don’t judge a book by its cover”‚ a common American idiom‚ certainly reigns true in the context of this particular novel written by Sue Monk Kidd‚ The Secret Life of Bees. Main character Lily’s stay at the Boatwright farm with three bee-keeping sisters becomes a crucial setting that will forever alter her views on bees‚ racism‚ and life in a way she never would have anticipated. The story begins in Sylvan‚ South Carolina in 1964 at an especially difficult time‚ not only for those divided by race
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When you look at the bees population in the U.S. from the past and compare it to now‚ It is very obvious there is a problem. In recent years the bee population has been declining somewhat rapidly do to an unknown cause. It is very obvious that bees play an important role in the ecosystem and for humans. Honey bees help the process of pollination. This process happens when a Honey Bee lands on a flower and transmits pollen grains (Male) to the stigma (Female) inside the flower. This happens everytime
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understand the honey bee life cycle. Honey bees live in a unique way. It all starts with the egg. The hives queen bee lays an egg in one of the cells constructed for the soul purpose of laying eggs. Once queen has laid the egg and moved on to lay another (during the spring months the queen can lay an average of 1900 eggs daily) the egg is attached to the cell with a mucus strand. When the egg hatches a larvae emerges. The young larvae are cared for by the nurse bees. The eggs are feed bee bread. The bee
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Introduction When we think of bees‚ what do we think of? Do we think about getting stung? The sweet honey that they make? What about their crazy mathematical genius? Bees have‚ somehow‚ figured out that they should use hexagons for their honeycombs. How? I hove no clue- do I look like an apiologist to you? No. But I do know that the method the bees use is the best method for their intent. The unit “Do Bees Build It Best?” helped me realize and confirm the previous. I studied geometry
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