become a world-wide effort. You can‚ however‚ start on your own because every hive counts. Another solution would be to avoid spraying pesticides on plants that bees consider desirable. If bees are attracted to a certain crop that we spray to keep insects from destroying‚ then the bees will carry the pesticide back to the hive‚ should they survive the poison. If we avoid spraying in areas that bees pollinate frequently we could combat the severe losses we see on a yearly basis. The last thing that
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Close 1 Figure 10: (“Termite Workers”) Interpreting How Termites Exchange Information Between Conspecifics Based on Their Behavior Towards Different Inks Casey Close Lab Partner: Caroline Johnson AP Biology P-‐6 5 September 2012 Ms. Aguirre
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on average‚ is only about 2 feet in length‚ and weighs up to 35 pounds. This is surprising‚ due to the honey badgers massive appetite. The diet of a honey badger is very broad. They are solitary hunters‚ and eat everything from small rodents‚ insects‚ and frogs‚ to cobras‚ monitor lizards‚ even animal carcasses. But what is astonishing is the lengths this animal is willing to go to in order to get food. Reports in India‚ dating back before 1941‚ have documentation stating that honey badgers have
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A new federal report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of U.S. honeybees since 2006. The intertwined factors cited include a parasitic mite‚ multiple viruses‚ bacteria‚ poor nutrition‚ genetics‚ habitat loss and pesticides. The multiple causes make it harder to do something about what’s called colony collapse disorder‚ experts say. The disorder has caused as much as one-third of the nation’s bees to just disappear each winter since 2006. Bees‚ especially
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genetically engineered plant that is resistant to insect pests b. Edible corn byproducts c. An insect pest that reduces corn yield d. European corn borer e. c and d 2. How many days are required for a corn seed to become a mature plant with maximum weight kernels ready to be harvested? D (about 140 days) a. about 23 b. about 65 c. about 140 d. about 180 3. “BT Corn” refers to corn that: D (Is resistant to ECB) a. Has been infested with insect pests b. Has been infected with bacteria c
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Imagine a world without crops like apples‚ coffee‚ broccoli‚ and cocoa. We consume these products often‚ and just expect them to always be around. A world without bees is a world without these crops and many‚ many more because they are our main pollinators. When people eat a meal‚ not much thought goes into how that food is produced. Bees play a part in the production of one-third of all the food we eat. The harsh reality is that honey bees are dying and rapidly. Researchers have been scrambling
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Drosophila melanogaster is a fruit fly‚ about 3mm in length‚ and it is the insect that flies around spoiled fruit. A model organism has these traits: short life cycles and rapid development‚ small average size‚ big population‚ and fast reproduction (NCBI). Drosophila melanogaster meet all of the criteria for being a model organism. Also‚ fruit flies were used because they are very easy to handle and they require minimal resources to survive‚ as opposed to other organisms that might need more food
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she had agleam eyes. It was like two shining jewels. Leslie didn’t live alone in Neverland‚ she lived with Bufo the bee‚ Pincher the locust and Binks the bumblebee. But no one wanted to be her friend. They always derided her as an ugly and fat insect. One day as usual in the morning she started finding some food in the tree. Leslie wanted to find green leaves for her breakfast‚ but she met her friends. Leslie was unwilling to meet them because she did want to be derided by them. “ Morning ugly
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Varieties of Kale Introduction: Pest such as cabbage whites often cause damage to plants. The damage sometimes leaves the plants not as sufficient at producing as they could be if there was no damage. All sorts of caterpillars and other insects like them chew and eat holes in the leaves of plants‚ such as kale. Trying to reduce the amount of damage done to the pants by these pests‚ farmers use a type of biological control which uses bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.)‚ a bacterium‚ to kill off
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anatomy‚ and physiology. In reading early text books about termites there seems to be a clumping together of termite anatomy description and no single distinguishment out side on nesting habits and appearance. Termites however are beneficial eusocial insects
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