BEEKEEPING & AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ROLE OF BEEKEEPING WITH INDIGENOUS BEE-APIS CERANA IN CROP PRODUCTION Contents Preface Foreword Acknowledgment Chapter 1 Title and Abstract The Apis group Background of the project Need for the current study Background of the study area Aim and Objectives Materials and Methods Time line of the study Chapter 2 Observations: Activity of bees in Bee Boxes 1. Bee Activity in Bee boxes 2. Pollen load and nectar load collection 3. Out-going trips of Apis cerana
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Protect the Bees Author id: 0963 Word Count: Proposed species: Bees Proposed action: Protect What are bees? Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants‚ and are known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea‚ presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila. There are nearly 20‚000 known species of bees in seven to nine recognized families‚ though many are described and the actual number
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“Honey Pie” starts with the central character‚ Junpei‚ telling a story about two bears to the daughter of his two best friends from college‚ Takatsuki and Sayoko. The daughter‚ a four-year-old named Sala‚ watched too many television reports on the Kobe earthquake‚ and now suffers from recurring nightmares about the “Earthquake Man.” He wakes Sala up‚ attempts to break her joints‚ and stuff her into a box that is “way too little for anyone to fit into.” Only the stories that Junpei tells can calm
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lot of things. When I turned 16 I got my first job at a Dunkin Donuts. I worked there for a year and half. It was a good first job‚ but also the worst. My morning routine consisted of waking up at 4 in the morning to open in store at 5. Make the coffee and teas‚ set up the donut case and get everything ready for the morning rush. Before I got this job I expected it would be cake. I mean‚ how hard is it to brew coffee and sell donuts? it was not very hard in my opinion. Although‚ I wasn’t expecting
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Nr. 50 July 2009 Climbing beans‚ double yields A lot of beans on a small place: This is the benefit of climbing beans. And they are easy to harvest! The Organic Farmer A large section of the Kenyan population is unable to afford high protein food with adequate proteins‚ such as meat and eggs. This is where beans play a very important part; they are a cheap source of proteins. Unfortunately‚ the production of beans in most parts of the country is declining. The problem is the lack of good seeds
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We can’t survive without bees Introduction Honeybees‚ which are responsible for pollinating most of the foods we eat‚ like honey‚ oil and fruits. However‚ large amounts of honeybees are disappearing in recent years. According to survey‚ scientists found different viruses in dead bees‚ the guts of bees appeared pathological changes as well. This phenomenon indicates that their immune system once tried to form strong immunity‚ but they failed. From the perspective of spiritual ecology‚ five
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corbicula: a shiny concave surface that is bare‚ but surrounded by a fringe of hairs used to transport pollen (in similar bees‚ the hind leg is completely hairy‚ and pollen grains are wedged into the hairs for transport). Like their relatives the honey bees‚ bumblebees feed on nectar and gather pollen to feed their young.The blood or hemolymph‚ as in other arthropods‚ is carried in an open circulatory system.[3] The body organs‚ "heart" (dorsal aorta)‚ muscles‚ etc. are surrounded in a reservoir
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distinct. They are not like Honey Bees; they do not look like wasps or hornets. They almost resemble more of a beetle in a way. A beetle has a hard shell on their back and most beetles we think of are black. Same as for Leaf Cutter bees‚ have a hard black shell that surrounds their entire body like a bullet proof vest. Just like a beetle‚ a Leaf Cutter Bee they can turn their head a complete one hundred and eighty degree for defence against predators. Unlike a Wasp‚ Honey bee‚ and hornet a Leaf Cutter
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Something is killing our honeybees. They have been in decline for the past ten years. Honey is becoming more expensive‚ and agriculture is suffering because of the shrinking numbers. Our crop resources are at risk of losing one third their normal reaping. There has got to be something we can do to prevent this loss. What is killing our honeybees? Neonicotinoids are the leading cause of hive colony collapse disorder. When a hive becomes infected by this common insecticide‚ used to kill pests like
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Bernardo Nino‚ a research technician at a research laboratory in the University of California is taking a very close look at a beehive. He notices something extremely strange about one of the bees. It has a tiny red spot on its body about the size of a pinhead and the bees wings are crumpled like a piece of paper. It turns out that the tiny red spot is a varroa mite and it sucks out the honeybees blood. The bees that are weakened by the varroa mites are more likely to get other diseases and could
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