Social insects such as ants‚ bees‚ termites‚ and wasps‚ provide us with a powerful metaphor for creating decentralized problem-solving systems composed of simple‚ interacting‚ and often mobile‚ agents. The emergent collective intelligence of social insects lies not in complex individual capabilities but in networks of interactions that exist among individuals and between individuals and their colonies. The daily problems solved by a social insect colony include the following: finding food‚ building
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An insect repellent is a substance applied to skin‚ clothing‚ or other surfaces which discourages insects (and arthropods in general) from landing or climbing on that surface. There are also insect repellent products available based on sound production‚ particularly ultrasound (inaudibly high frequency sounds). These electronic devices have been shown to have no effect as a mosquito repellent by studies done by the EPA and many universities.[1] Insect repellents help prevent and control the outbreak
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Hum of insects According to the author the humming of the insects in the bedroom is as good as the buzz of the dentist’s drill or the sawmill. The bee and the wasp are considered to be the noble insects ‚ the bee is morally higher because it does not bite without provocation and does not give malaria like mosquito but give honey instead. It helps in multiplying the fruits and aims at living a quiet life. The victims of the angry bee in the lesson were – a dog‚ a turkey – as it doesn’t see
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protection against mosquitoes.[11] However‚ some plant-based repellents may provide effective relief as well.[9][10][12] Essential oil repellents can be short-lived in their effectiveness‚ since essential oils can evaporate completely. A test of various insect repellents by an independent consumer organization found that repellents containing DEET or picaridin are more effective than repellents with "natural" active ingredients. All the synthetics gave almost 100% repellency for the first 2 hours‚ where
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in a container. LEmongrass GArlic and GInger Insect Repellant (Investigatory Project) By: Mikaela Singson and Allen Jeso Eloro Presented to: Mr. Ongsotto Abstract Our purpose of making this repellant is that insect will avoid destroying that object like plants‚ things‚ foods and such for it has a strong smell insects doesn’t like. And we make this repellant by boiling the two ingredients and after that‚ we combine it together with the rubbing
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infecting a patient; therefore prevention had been the point of action of the community in the past decades. They used natural ways of prevention like restraining themselves from keeping piled water within their area and artificial ways like using insect repellants or mosquito killers. Another problem came into existence; the deprived people who lacked information on how to naturally prevent mosquitoes and lived in insanitary dwelling places were also those who could not afford to buy insecticides
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has a different habitat‚ behavior and preferred source of blood. About ten of these species are so numerous‚ and such vicious biters of man and animals‚ that an organized mosquito control is necessary because mosquitoes are not a nuisance as biting insects‚ but are also involved periodically in transmitting disease to humans and animals. Only female mosquitoes bite. When adult mosquitoes emerge from the aquatic stages‚ they mate‚ and the female seeks a blood meal to obtain the proteins for the development
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“CAN CACAO LEAVES KILL PESTS?” SUBMITTED BY: LOUIE ANNE C. DIVINAGRACIA SUBMITTED TO: MADEL F. VALENCIA I. INTRODUCTION A. Background of the study We all know that insects can be seen everywhere and the only way to prevent these insects are to use insecticides. For us‚ a house is a place of residence. It is usually a place in which an individual or a family can rest‚ store personal property‚ and prepare food in able for the house fulfils its function‚ we need to eliminate some
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Examples of Science Investigatory Project(give materials and procedure)? please give me examples of science investigatory project made of FOOD like Maize Cafe(a substitute for commercial coffee made of toasted corn)‚ or Seaweed Chips(a substitute for chips made of seaweeds)... please give me examples aside from these.. and please give the procedure or just the materials if you can P.S. DONT make me ask my teachers or research for it because this is the only helStudent Experiments Simplify
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Commodity Profile CACAO Introduction Philippines can be a potential producer of cocoa. The climatic conditions and soil characteristics are conducive to growing cocoa. There is presently an increasing interest from local farmers because local and international demand for cocoa products is way beyond the production capacity of the country and world prices have been constantly favorable. With a positive attitude towards sustainable cacao production in the country‚ the Philippines can compete
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