Bomb Detecting Honey-Bees Abstract Police and military personnel have been using dogs to sniff out explosives for decades. According to scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory‚ Mexico who have been working with honeybees since 1999‚ believe that bees can actually challenge dogs when it comes to sense of smell. The buzzing insects that seek out molecular hints of the pollen to make honey can easily detect other minute particles in the air‚ including traces of materials used to make bombs
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When you look at the bees population in the U.S. from the past and compare it to now‚ It is very obvious there is a problem. In recent years the bee population has been declining somewhat rapidly do to an unknown cause. It is very obvious that bees play an important role in the ecosystem and for humans. Honey bees help the process of pollination. This process happens when a Honey Bee lands on a flower and transmits pollen grains (Male) to the stigma (Female) inside the flower. This happens everytime
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understand the honey bee life cycle. Honey bees live in a unique way. It all starts with the egg. The hives queen bee lays an egg in one of the cells constructed for the soul purpose of laying eggs. Once queen has laid the egg and moved on to lay another (during the spring months the queen can lay an average of 1900 eggs daily) the egg is attached to the cell with a mucus strand. When the egg hatches a larvae emerges. The young larvae are cared for by the nurse bees. The eggs are feed bee bread. The bee
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Introduction When we think of bees‚ what do we think of? Do we think about getting stung? The sweet honey that they make? What about their crazy mathematical genius? Bees have‚ somehow‚ figured out that they should use hexagons for their honeycombs. How? I hove no clue- do I look like an apiologist to you? No. But I do know that the method the bees use is the best method for their intent. The unit “Do Bees Build It Best?” helped me realize and confirm the previous. I studied geometry
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Amount of bees attracted by the colours (± 1 bee). Raw Data- Colour Amount of bees every five minutes (± 0.1 s; ±1 bee) Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 4 Trial 5 Red 0 0 0 0 0 Yellow 2 3 5 2 7 Blue 0 0 1 1 1 Light Violet 1 1 0 1 0 White 2 2 1 1 1 Table 1- Raw data. Qualitative Data- At the beginning of the experiment the weather was cloudy‚ while at the end of the experiment the sun came out. Since my experiment lasted for about 25-30 minutes‚ the weather may have affected my data. In fact‚ bees are more
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characteristics that make it fascinating. One of these characteristics is the bumble bees’ organization of their colonies. There are three types of bumble bees‚ the queen‚ the workers‚ and the drones. The queen bee starts a nest in a pre-existing abandoned home of another animal‚ usually in the ground. The
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of bees have recently been put on the endangered species list. They are vital to our food supply and help our crops grow. They help produce food‚ fiber‚ and shelter for us. Waves from cell phone towers or the rising heat could be the reason for the species decline in number. We can help to protects the bees by raising hives on our own‚ and by trying not to use harsh pesticides. Bees are what pollinate our crops. Without them the flowers could not be pollinated and would die. Without the bees to pollinate
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Novel Notes 1.Essential Information- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Fiction Civil Rights Movement2002 2.Authorial Information- August 12‚ 1948-present Graduated from Texas Christian University with a B.S in nursing in 1970United States2014 Oprah Book Club Selection‚ The Invention of Wings2010 Homecoming Award‚ Oklahoma Center for Poets and writers‚ Oklahoma State University at Tulsa2006 South Carolina “The Order of the Palmetto” Award‚ the state‘s highest civilian honor‚ bestowed by the
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I. Situation In 2006 Burt’s Bees‚ a natural personal care manufacture‚ had sales growing by over 30% per year during the past four years across multiple‚ increasingly diversified channels of distribution in U.S. However‚ the natural personal care market was competitive and those competitors’ products were diversified in categories‚ channels‚ prices‚ and promotions. Facing the mess situation‚ Replogle the CEO hoped to lead the company from an entrepren-eurial company in a niche market to a category
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differentiate it from the competition? Yes‚ Burt’s Bees pricing strategy does differentiate themselves from the competition. With them using 99% majority of natural resources‚ that sets them apart from the competition already. Although‚ with high pricing marketing strategy they propose‚ it creates higher level of quality into the consumer’s eye. Having both of these attributes to their products‚ it is differentiated form the competition. 2. Has Burt’s Bees executed value-based pricing‚ cost-based pricing
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