As bees are pollinators their death would mean that we would lose at least one-third of all our world’s crops. Bees pollinate about two-hundred billion dollars worth of crops worldwide("Wild bee population down due to wide pesticide use." EKantipur.com). If we were to lose that many crops there would be mass food shortages and even famine in lesser developed countries. Other than just crops wildflowers and other wild plants would also die off
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LION * Lions are the second largest big cat species in the world (behind tigers). * The average male lion weighs around 180 kg (400 lb) while the average female lion weighs around 130 kg (290 lb). * The roar of a lion can be heard from 8 kilometers (5.0 miles) away. * Most lions found in the wild live in southern and eastern parts of Africa. * Lions are very social compared to other cat species‚ often living in prides that feature females‚ offspring and a few adult males.
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Assignment 5 – Art and Abolition By: Joshua Cardinale Land of the Lotus Eaters – Robert S. Duncanson There are several artist and paintings in the Sharon Patton book. To choose one particular landscape painting would be tough. Moreover‚ in choosing this painting and discussing why I think black artists may have used these landscape paintings as a means of expression during the abolitionist movement can be possible to do so. Within several of these landscape paintings‚ I do believe that I see possible
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lake. This is a similarity to the Lotus-Eaters Odysseus’s men encounter. When you eat the intoxicating fruit of the lotus the thought of home‚ purpose of voyage‚ and memories of the past are no longer important. Odysseus and his men arrive at the land of the Lotus-Eaters and become addicted and drawn to the fruit. They are so drawn to the fruit‚ that it becomes a mindless obsession. “O Brother‚ Where Art Thou?” becomes parallel to the story of the Lotus-Eaters when Ulysses and his men are baptized
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beekeeping‚ the "queen bee"‚ and the changing of the seasons. In this story‚ beekeeping influenced the characters in many ways. Patience was definitely something that they all learned. It takes a long amount of time to wait for bees to produce honey for the beekeepers to harvest. The temperature also affected the beekeepers. Sometimes the weather can be dry and warm and the bees may suck nectar from elderberries‚ making purple honey. They also discovered that the queen bee affects their life as
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number of fruit-eaters also depends on the number of predators. Strangler Figs begin life in branches of another tree species they can be high as or higher than 148 ft (Encyclopedia). When animals eat the fruits and drop the seeds or found in animal droppings too‚ there become seed sprouts. A fig tree will then began to grow rapidly‚ which then began to strangle host trees‚ which then rob it of light and nutrients. The strangler fig species was exstinted then many of the fruit-eaters would die off
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other temptation would be that of the Lotus Eaters. After getting blown off course from the bag of winds the landed on the island of Lotus Eaters‚ the people on the island did not want to kill them‚ but gave them lotuses. In this temptation The Odyssey describe the plant like a drug to where they ingested and forget all their main priorities. “Any crewmen who ate the lotus…lost all desire to send message back…their only wish to linger there with the lotus-eaters…” (The Odyssey
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thrive and manage a colony without a queen‚ whether they nurture a new queen or produce fertilized eggs themselves. We hypothesize that the worker bees will either have an increase in reproductive fitness in the absence of the queen bee‚ or they will nurture another queen bee. This would lead us to believe that eusociality may have evolved due to kin selection. Significance and Justification This research is important because it would aid us in discovering how eusociality has evolved‚ and therefore
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her mother is similar to the praise Bee gives to her mother Bernadette in the novel‚ Where’d You Go‚ Bernadette? by Maria Semple. In the novel‚ Bee shows her affection towards her mother and her intelligence. Bee wants to be like her mother because she achieved so much before moving to Seattle. Maya wanted to be like Vivian because of her beauty. Maya believed her mother was so beautiful that she “was too beautiful to have children” (Angelou 69). Maya and Bee show affection towards their mothers
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The Advantages of Eating Breakfast Miranda Kirkley English 101 September 2‚ 2012 Mary-Angie Salva-Ramirez Did you ever expect your parents to be right growing up “make sure you eat your wheaties we have a big day ahead of us.” Eating breakfast is actually the most important meal of the day. It helps you stay focused‚ have more energy‚ lowers health problems‚ and even helps you lose weight. “Some studies have shown eating breakfast to be associated with better school performance and
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