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    Are Honey Bees Dying

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    Millions of bees are dying off, an average of 30% of all honey bee colonies dies each winter. We rely on bees to pollinate 90% of the world's food and to increase the yield by up to 30%. Many fruits and vegetables would become scarce and prohibitively expensive without the bees. If bees became extinct most of our food will no longer exist and if it did, it wouldn't be very affordable. Scientists have pointed out several causes behind this problem, including global warming, habitat loss,…

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    protecting the health of its citizens. One of the many topics that they govern over is the safety of food consumed. This is important because the FDA is forgiving when it comes to bugs in food. They allow a certain amount of insects, like worms and aphids, as long as it does not ruin the look of the food. There are countless examples of when the FDA would overlook insects in food. A lot of cases have to do…

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    Nitrogen-fixing bacteria are microorganisms present in the soil or in plant roots that change nitrogen gases from the atmosphere into solid nitrogen compounds that plants can use in the soil. Let's break this concept down. Nitrogen is commonly found as an inert, or nonreactive, gas in the Earth's atmosphere. In fact, 78% of the Earth's atmosphere is nitrogen in its gaseous design. This element is so sufficient that it has been incorporated into all living things on Earth. In order for this to…

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    organisms and the environment. Primary, or obligate, endosymbionts are essential to the existence of the species they inhabit. They play mutualistic roles in the nutrition of their host insects, especially for phloem feeders such as whiteflies and aphids that ingest excessive amounts of sugars and carbohydrates, but only minimal amounts of nitrogen. They are vertically transmitted from one generation to the next in connection with whitefly reproduction. In whiteflies, the primary endosymbiont is…

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    Animal Habitat

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    some background about your animal without specifically talking about adaptations. Discuss: o Feeding: What does it eat, and what eats it (3 points) It eats insects, ants, caterpillars, wasp, bees, grass hoppers, and small frogs. It can be eaten by an aphid. o Reproduction:…

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    Aldi Bans All Pesticides, Goes Organic, Rivals Whole Foods As Healthiest Grocery Store In The U.S. Aldi, the German grocery made a surprise announcement. They will draw soon eight of their products that contain pesticides from all stores throughout the United States! • Chlorpyrifos • Thiamethoxam • Cypermethrin • Deltamethrin • Clothianidin • Imidacloprid • Sulfoxaflor • Fipronil Aldi is the first major store of Europe which prohibits pesticides harmful to bees, but it looks like Aldi’s step…

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    The Spaniards subjected the land of the Aztecs and the Mayans. It was then called the land of Mexico where the cacao trees were first seen. The Spaniards then shipped the cacao to the Philippines through the use of the galleon trading system. The Philippines was the first country outside Mesoamerica that plants and grows cacao. It became more popular to the country and also to the other parts of the world. As stated by the Cacao Manual published by the Inter-American Institute of American…

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    Five Tips for Sustainable Landscaping It’s not hard to get a little overwhelmed when it comes to being environmentally conscious. With so much competing information, rules and trends, it’s difficult to know where to start to create an environmentally sound space. Whether you’ve got an inner-city rooftop or expansive country gardens, there are some super easy tricks to put your mind at ease and create beautiful and sustainable landscaping solutions. PLANT SELECTION Plant Seasonal If you’re a…

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    absinthe. Mixed with some sugar-water to make it sweeter, the French populace began imbibing themselves with absinthe, starting the rise in absinthe popularity. A pest pandemic plagued Europe and all of France for 25 years beginning in 1870, aphids by the name ‘Grape Phylloxera’ destroyed hundreds of grapevines, this made the price of wine rise exponentially thus making wine inaccessible to the working class. Workers then turned to absinthe as the go-to drink. Absinthe became so…

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    Thrips Research Paper

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    cause can help when managing thrips as well. Some of these pests include whiteflies, spider mites, and leaf minor moths. (Messelink and Janssen 2014). Current Research: Increased control of Thrips and Aphids in Greenhouses What did they want to know? They wanted to know about the control of aphids based off of what…

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