of its second month a female can reproduce a second pair of rabbits. The rabbit problem is obviously very contrived‚ but the Fibonacci sequence does occur in real populations. Honeybees provide an example. In a colony of honeybees there is one special female called the queen. The other females are worker bees who‚ unlike the queen bee‚ produce no eggs. The male bees do no work and are called drone bees. Males are produced by the queen’s unfertilized eggs‚ so male bees only have a mother but no
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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 much the general population hates
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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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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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In my opinion‚ the killer bee was created by scientists in brazil to help decrease the population of humans. From the moment they were created‚ killer bees induced around one thousand deaths every year..After escaping the lab the killer bee began taking over mexican and american honey bee hives. Our descendants of southern african bees brought to america by brazilian scientist trying to breed a regular honey bee to an african bee and created the one and only Killer Bee. Killer bees have been in the
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English 2 Honors March 29‚ 2013 Emily Dickinson "Nature" is what we see— The Hill—the Afternoon— Squirrel—Eclipse— the Bumble bee— Nay—Nature is Heaven— Nature is what we hear— The Bobolink—the Sea— Thunder—the Cricket— Nay—Nature is Harmony— Nature is what we know— Yet have no art to say— So impotent Our Wisdom is To her Simplicity. In the poem the reader can see her love to nature. The theme of the poem is nature’s simplicity‚ but the poem suggests that nature is anything but simple
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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 the rate it’s currently going‚ we’re all going to have to face our own mortality shortly after the bees face theirs. There is‚ however‚ research being done on why the bee population
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Introduction This unit offers participants a variety of cross-curricular activities in order to share their reflections and extend their knowledge of material from the book‚ The Secret Life of Bees‚ by Sue Monk Kidd. Written reflections are part of each activity and all activities incorporate technology in the research and in the presentation of the final project. Participants will use blogs as a way to share ideas and responses to discussion questions. The students will delve deeper into the issue
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ahead. She slipped on the stair going into her house. fare/fair: Is it fair that the bus fare is so expensive? pair/pear: Mom put a pair of pears in the refrigerator. made/maid: The hotel maid made our beds each morning. be/bee: Don’t be scared of a little bumble bee. red/read: Yesterday‚ he read the book with the red cover. threw/through: He threw the ball and it rolled through the mud. here/hear: Did you hear that she wants to move here? piece/peace: There will be no peace in this house
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without this insect. Bee’s are responsible for pollinating more than 400 different agricultural types of plants. Many people are led to believe bees don’t matter and that there just normal insects. Yet much of human existence is presently dependent on honey bee’s. Although‚ the human race is not likely to become extinct ‚ much of the food production would decrease. Although‚ there are some food sources that don’t need bees to pollinate. Yet‚ If the bees became extinct all the plants
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