the bee uses hexagons to produce their honeycombs. Many mathematicians wondered why any random shape would not work‚ but there are many specific reasons as to why bees prefer the perfectly shaped hexagons. Hexagons are a perfect shape to fill with honey because there are no spaces between the array of shapes‚ the bees do not want to have to go through
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Collapse Disorder) causes significant economic losses because many agricultural crops worldwide are pollinated by western honey bees. Several possible causes of CCD have been proposed but no single proposal has gained widespread acceptance among the scientific community. Some of these theories include infections with Varroa‚ which are mites that are recognised as the biggest pest to honey bees. Another cause that has been discussed is malnutrition‚ various pathogens; genetic factors‚ loss of habitat and
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known how to fly. Bats are nocturnal‚ which means they sleep during the day‚ and are awake at night. Bess are interesting animals. The honey bee can fly 15 miles per hour! A hive of honey bees has about 40‚000 bees in it. An attribute of the honey bee i that is has 5 eyes. A worker bee will make 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey over its lifetime. Bees have been making honey for about 150 million years. Did you know that a person can live without water for a whole month? A human can only live for one week
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They even have their own thoughts and feelings‚ just like humans. According to The Honey Bees Suite “ … [F]ighting bees release an alarm pheromone …. The alarm pheromone makes other honey bees aggressive‚ and more fighting means more pheromone is released which means more bees join the fray. The situation can escalate quickly” This means that bees are most aggressive when other bees
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and control plan pests. But there is one particular insect that belongs to the Apoidea family that not only is very involved in our environment but also affects our economy. Bees or honeybees are known for their production of substances like silk‚ honey‚ and wax. Humans have been raising honeybees for hundreds of years‚ and in recent years‚ it is estimated that bees produce an approximate amount of a million metric tons. Bees are also used for agricultural business such as pollination for nearly a
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Kristen Abreu September 29‚ 2012 Professor Jacob Farm Paper Honey Pot Hill Orchards is located in Stow‚ Massachusetts. It was purchased by the Martin family in 1923 and they had taken over the farm and it has passed it on from generation to generation. Originally the farm was just dairy products‚ but Clifford Martin expanded the variety of products that they sold. They made fields of apples‚ pears‚ and peach trees. Honey Pot Hill Orchard was one of the first Orchards to allow people to
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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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It is a privilege to be living with the border of the USA. South Koreans call United States “Mee-Gook”‚ which means “beautiful nation” which is very true. The country better than almost all other nations in million different ways. Flower attract bees. The flower of democracy‚ rights‚ liberty‚ opportunity‚ and equality have attracted bees from all over mother Earth. But the nectar from this well-blossomed flower may not be sweet enough for all alien bees. With every bee having a story to tell‚ the
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Louis Lea S. Stuart BSE21 Occupational Paper “Honey Pie” Since Honey Pie is a short story it only revolves with a few number of characters. The characters are Junpei‚ Sayako‚ Takatsuki and Sala. According to what I’ve read Junpei is a 36-year old guy‚ born and raised in Kobe but now‚ he has problems with his relationship with his family. When he was in college he was an introvert but in spite of him being an introvert he still managed to make friends and they are Sayako and Takatsuki.
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As humans‚ we tend to believe we are far superior to all other creatures‚ that we have nothing in common with anything thought of as ‘below us’. We are very wrong in thinking that. In the novel the Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd‚ it is proven that though we do have differences‚ we are not so different from such a ‘simple’ creature as the bee. In the novel‚ Kidd compares a bee community‚ meaning their hives‚ to a human community‚ which could mean something as big as a town or city‚ or something
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