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Ashley Kuroki Science 9/8/15 Insect Olympiad Jigsaw Group B: The Difference between Problematic Insects Moths and butterflies- Moths and butterflies don’t have that many differences. However, moths have feathery antennae while the butterflies have thin antennae. Moths are nocturnal and butterflies are active during the day. Those are the main differences. Even though butterflies have better looking wings than a moth’s, there are some moths that look exactly like a butterfly like the Madagascan…

Throughout history, the human species have not always been able to read or write. One thing humans have always understood are pictures. The cavemen painted on walls in order to document and tell the stories of their lives. In the more modern era, books, especially for children, are filled with pictures in order to help convey the ideas of the writer to all who read his books. This idea of pictures to help support book is shown very well in Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco’s book Days of Destruction…

or watermelons, nuts like almonds, or vegetables like cucumbers. At the very least, imagine these everyday food items as high-priced luxuries. These dire predictions are not science fiction, but rather a very ominous and likely scenario if the honey bee population throughout the world continues to dwindle as it has been over the past decade. Although most people know we need bees to produce honey, relatively few people realize the importance of bees for the production of food crops and other…

left from these weedkillers has had a huge impact on not just certain plants and animals, but the ecosystem as a whole. One type of pesticide, called neonics has greatly impacted a vital contributor to the continuation of the world’s ecosystem: the bee. The article “What’s Killing Our Birds and Bees”, delves into the serious consequences neonics have on bees,…

Introduction “Swedish Scientists Say Mead May Be the Key to Fight Antibiotic-resistant Pathogens" written by the WTOP Staff and published on their website, believe that with the right honey and preparations they can get rid of the more resistant pathogens. In this article, Swedish scientists believe that honey and lactic acids that are found in honey bees can be an alternate source other than normal medication for antibiotic-resistant pathogens. With support testing, they have found that they…

honey bee population. With these numbers and all of the alarming statistics, it is important that we consider both ethical and market approaches to revitalize communities and replenish food supply. Honey bees as a population follow an extremely interesting order to maintain productivity and success within their hives and colonies. Adult female bees are labeled as queens in the hive and only emerge to mate with the adult male drones. This happens three times over the course of their queen bee…

et al., 2009, p. 104). The actors of aggression can be classified into three categories: queen bees, middle bees, and victims. A queen bee is described as a female that is always protecting her status in her interactions with other females, allowing her to be able to be the first to attack should a threat be recognized (Culver, 2007, p. 164).…

High School is a period in adolescence where identities are found within the self by figuring out where they belong in this world. That can be hard especially for teens like Cady Heron in the 2004 movie Mean Girls directed by Mark Waters based on the book Queen Bees and Wannabes which encompasses females in high school cliques and how damaging it can be for development to girls. Cady Heron is a 16 year old who has just moved back to the states after living in Africa for her parents zoology…

The films “Food Machine” and “Farmland” we watched in class were both very educational about agriculture. Food Machine was more of an indirect communication, whereas Farmland sent a very direct message. Both of the films brought life to the production of the foods we consume everyday. They showed their audience how these foods are grown and harvested. The film, Food Machine, scratched the surface of food production. The film was based on some of the United State’s largest places of ag…

To Bee or Not to Bee “According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible” (script-o-rama.com). Large amounts of bees are dying all around the world due to pesticides and fungicides on crops that contaminates pollen they collect. Bees are responsible for the pollination of more than half of the crops…