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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DASEIN DIPLOMA IN GRAPHIC DESIGN INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 1 ASSIGNMENT TOPIC: BEE CHENG HIANG NAME: ONG YING NEE CLASS: DGD 133 / 2-5 SUBJECT: MARKETING STUDIES Executive Summary Operation management (OM) is the set of activities that creates value in the form of goods and services by transforming inputs into outputs. These activities creating goods and services take place in all organizations‚ especially for manufacturing firms. It is important to a manager to understand to OM and apply
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The Functions of Propolis Introduction Propolis is a resinous mixture that honey bees collect from tree buds‚ sap flows‚ or other botanical sources. It is used as a sealant for unwanted open spaces in the hive. Propolis is used for small gaps (approximately 6 millimeters (0.24 in) or less)‚ while larger spaces are usually filled with beeswax. Its color varies depending on its botanical source‚ the most common being dark brown. Propolis is sticky at and above room temperature‚ 20 °C (68 °F). At
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the varroa mite‚ which is this large parasitic vampire mite that sucks the blood of bees and also passes viruses from bees to bee--. We also suspect pesticides‚ both the pesticides beekeepers apply to the colonies to control the verroa mite‚ but also pesticides that are sprayed to fields and bees bring back to the colony.” Even though the mite is a common enemy of the bee the verroa mite has been defecting because of the weakened immune
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unsuitable for Agricultural purposes. In Products of Beneficial insects since ancient times‚ honeybees have been valued for the honey and beeswax they produce. Theseproducts‚ as well as the beesthemselves‚ are viewed with mystical or religious significance. To ancient Greeks and Romans‚ honey was the nectar of the gods-endowed with healing properties and super natural powers. Honey is one of the beehive’s principle food resources.it is produced from droplets of flower nectar gathered by workerbees.the
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week was to watch the movie Akeelah and The Bee and fill out a character trait chart. Akeelah was developing her character as the movie progressed. In order to have a strong self-esteem‚ you must first have a strong character. Showing positive character traits will boost your own self-esteem. The first character trait exhibited in this movie was trustworthiness. Her brother shows this trait by saying if Akeelah made it to the National Spelling Bee‚ he would come and watch her. He kept his word
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Termites and other wood-boring bugs like carpenter ants do their dirty work behind the walls of our homes. Although we might see the swarmers‚ or reproductive termites‚ flying around during mating season‚ we rarely see the workers chomping away 24 hours a day‚ 7 days a week. Normally‚ we only know we have a termite problem when we see hollows or small‚ black holes in sheetrock or buckling wood in window or door frames. Aside from some preventative measures we can take to make our houses less appealing
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SPED 101 (10:20-11:45) BEED-1B March 30‚ 2012 AKEELAH AND THE BEE A middle school located in a rough neighborhood in South Los Angeles is seriously hurting for money‚ just to provide the necessary basics the principal decides to have a school spelling bee hoping that one of his students will make it to the nationals and bring exposure (and money) to the school. The principal enlists the help of his college
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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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Carpenter ants like to burrow into soft and rotting wood. They like to make nests inside of oak trees that are already diseased or compromised. The presence of carpenter ants can prevent a diseased or compromised tree from recovering and continuing to thrive. Here is what you need to do if you have carpenter ants living in any of the oak trees on your property. Locate The Nest The first thing you need to do is locate the nest. Carpenter ants generally live together in colonies and build nests where
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