1 Silent Buzz THE SILENT BUZZ The Silent Buzz Bedel Saintange EN 112 Final Paper April 11‚ 2008 Abstract American agriculture is addicted to honeybees and in the past few years we have begun to run short of them. Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)‚ a significant disappearance of honey bee colonies that may be affecting bees in more than 22 states‚ threatens the production of crops dependent on bees for pollination as well as honey production. Of the 2.4 million
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Save the Honey Bees! What are Honey bees? Honeybees‚ or Apis Mellifera‚ are one of the most familiar insects in the world according to Jim Mason at gpnc.org. There are more than one species of honeybee in the world that span from Southeast Asia to Europe. The four different species include The Little Honeybee‚ The Eastern Honey bee‚ The Giant Honeybee‚ and the Western Honeybee. Additionally there are three types of Honeybees inside of any given hive and those are The Queen‚ The worker bee‚ and the
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ALL ABOUT APPLES The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree‚ species Malus domestica in the rose family (Rosaceae). It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits‚ and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apples grow on small‚ deciduous trees. The tree originated in Central Asia‚ where its wild ancestor‚ Malus sieversii‚ is still found today. Apples have been grown for thousands of years in Asia and Europe‚ and were brought to North America
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Genetically Modified Organisms are Harmful For the past 25 years the United States has been putting their people in harm’s way. They have been doing this by allowing government agencies to grow and sell genetically modified foods and organisms to the public without informing them of what they’re consuming (2011 responsibletechnology.org). Most people do not know that a large quantity of the foods they are eating are not natural and are actually mutations of real healthy foods that take tons of chemicals
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part is the flower‚ which has four types of modified leaves. The first one is the sepal‚ which protects the other parts of the plant. The second is the petal‚ which is located inside the sepal. These are normally bright in color to attract animal pollinators. The third is the stamen‚ which is the male or pollen producing substance. The stamen contains anthers‚ which is were pollen develops. The last part is the pistils and they are located in the center of the flower. This is the part that contains
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Lab 3 – Biodiversity Demonstration 1: Interdependence of Species |Table 1: Interdependence of Species Results | |Round |Species Missing (Bead Color and Name) | |1 |Linchens
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The invasive species are harmful for native systems and time and money should be invested to prevent these species from spreading and damaging systems that they are not native to. Strict rules for environmental obedience are necessary and good. Much more needs to be done to protect our planets and its biodiversity from the invasion of alien species. When non-native species from other ecosystems are introduced‚ they can upset that balance and bring harm to the established plants and animals‚ and
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Colony Collapse Disorder is the phenomenon that occurs when the majority of worker bees in a colony disappear and leave behind a queen. The crazy part of this is that there is plenty of food and a few nurse bees left to care for the remaining immature bees and the queen. There has been theory upon theory of why this is happening but no one has the for sure answer. You may be asking why is this such a big deal?! Well CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder) causes significant economic losses because many agricultural
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Why do we need bees? We seem to see that bees are just annoying or scary‚ yet do we ever sit back and wonder what would happen if we no longer had these little black and yellow pollinators. Would the world die if the bees were gone or would we all be okay? Well to be honest we are not a 100 percent sure what would happen but there is an idea. Could you imagine a world without apple pie or even just apples? A world without bees seems like a dull one without beautiful flowers‚ lovely fruits and
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pretty white flowers. However‚ get too close and you are in for a surprise -- the flowers of the baobab emit a stinky smell‚ a smell that resembles rotting meat. This unique adaptation helps the baobab to reproduce effectively by attracting its main pollinator‚ the fruit bat. Other creatures that find the smell of the baobab attractive are flies‚ moths and ants. All of these creatures help to spread the pollen. Rainwater Collection The baobab tree has adapted its stems to catch every bit of water it
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