native to Europe and Africa and Asia. They are a mixture between Apis mellifera ligustica and Apis mellifera iberiensis. The Africanized honey bees in the Western Hemisphere are descended from queen bees (A. m. scutellata) accidentally released by a bee-keeper in 1957 near Rio Claro‚ São Paulo in from the southern part of Africa (Collet 2011). They were brought to southern Brazil‚ and have spread as far south as Northern Argentina‚ and northward throughout South and Central America‚ and Mexico. They
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The humble bumble bee is a slow and gentle insect much unlike its cousin the honey bee. Indeed they are never in a particular hurry as they go about their business collecting pollen in the gardens and surroundings that they live in. If you happen to come cross a bumble bee nest that is in your garden or backyard‚ then you will not suffer any misfortune if you just leave them alone. It is when you aggravate them that they can get angry and come out with the aim of attacking those that have angered
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Easy 1. What is the formula of Circle in circumference? Answer: C=2Π(radius) 2. What is a polynomial with exactly two terms? Answer: Binomial 3. What is the formula for area of the Parallelogram? Answer: A=(base)(height) 4. What is the reciprocal of the tangent function? Answer: Cotangent 5. What is the numbers used to locate a point in space? Answer: Coordinates 6. What is the point at which the axes of a coordinate system cross; the point (0‚0) in
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“The Charge of the Light Brigade. Throughout the poem‚ Tennyson uses strong imagery and metaphors to help describe the dangers that the Brigade faced‚ which explained the reason to honor the Brigade for their victory. Tennyson’s repetition of statements and words puts emphasis on certain lines. The uses of imagery and repetition of statements and words help display the main idea. The main idea of the poem is that the determination and strength of these soldiers in the face of danger are admirable
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Written in four stanzas‚ London by William Blake uses an A‚ B‚ A‚ B’ rhythmic pattern. More in a lyrical form‚ the poem is basically about someone where he wanders in London and describes his thoughts and observations. He sees poverty‚ misery‚ and despair on people’s face and notices how London is a hideous and corrupted place with injustice in every corner. The poem starts with a sinister and gloomy atmosphere which quickly gives an idea to the reader what the author thinks of London. I noticed
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Vocabulary Quiz - "U" Words 1. The brother of your mother or father is your ___ 2. If something or someone is one of a kind we say they are ___ 3. What "U" word’ means "dirty"? 4. If it’s normal or customary‚ then it’s ___ 5. When the top is where the bottom should be then it’s ___ 6. Something that isn’t new but has had previous owners is ___ 7. The subway system or tube in London is known as the ___ 8. The top part of a shoe or things that are higher are ___
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"Welding With Children" Language Analysis "He just stared at me‚ and i saw that he had no idea of what late was. Glendine‚ his mama‚ probably lets him fall asleep in front of the set every night. I pictured him crumpled up on that smelly shag rug she keeps in front of the TV to catch the spills and crumbs" (2). Within the passage it mentions that the child had no idea what late was. This indicates that his life is easy because he can fall asleep whenever he gets tired without a problem like he
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Pesticides are substances used for destroying organisms that are harmful to crops. There are many different forms of pesticides‚ but whichever form it is they harm‚ and kill Bumble bees. Bumble Bees pollinate about 15 percent of our food‚ and are valued at 3 billion dollars (Adam Federman). Bees are extremely important pollinators that we need‚ but yet we are killing them off indirectly with the pesticides we use on crops. A pesticide called neonicotinoids is one example of how pesticides are
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Insects are often seen merely as pests or uninvited guests to humanactivities. A large number of insects coexist with us humans and are either harmless or beneficial to our society and its endeavors. Often what is needed is a proper balance between our society and the societies that insect speciesrepresent. The emergence in the mid-20th century of integrated pest management is one aspect of our efforts to live together more successfully. The changes humans have brought upon their ecosystems by monocultures
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Natural selection is the driving force in evolution because it is what trait offspring. There are many cases of evidence showing this such as the peppered moth population‚ the blue mussels‚ and the finches that we studied. The peppered is a very good example of natural selection because there is already black moths in the population‚ but the peppered survived better before the industrial revolution.Though when the industrial revolution comes in the lichens on the trees die and the peppered moth
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