Bee-eater

Imagine flies, bugs, and pests surround your house like swarms of bees surround a garden full of flowers. Imagine planting, caring, and/or petting a pet or plant that can make their own food, gather their own foods, and/or survive without rich soil, fertilizer, etc. It's a Venus Flytrap you seek. First of all, Venus Flytrap don’t need fertile soil. Venus is a plant, but it is also a carnivore, too, because it consumes insects to survive. As Venus Flytraps consumes insects, they dissolves in the…

I believe that the quote, “There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they never happened before,” is true and it makes sense. I think that it is true because most stories have a similar story line and it is just told with different characters and plots. For example, in, “Buffalo Dusk,” the problem is that Buffaloes are dying and in, “Below,” the problem is that the worlds are getting destroyed. In both of those stories, the problem is…

worldwide is thoroughly contaminated with pesticides. Neonicotinoid pesticides, which have been found in a majority of honey samples across the world, cause paralysis and death in insects. In The Guardian article “Honey tests reveal global contamination by bee-harming pesticides,” Damian Carrington, through ethos and logos, effectively advocates for neonicotinoid restriction after explaining the honey study. Carrington begins by providing context about the study on honey. First, his inclusion,…

declines in honey bee populations and increasing demand for insect-pollinated crops raise concerns about pollinator shortages. Pesticide exposure and pathogens may interact to have strong negative effects on managed honey bee colonies. Such findings are of great concern given the large numbers and high levels of pesticides found in honey bee colonies. Thus it is crucial to determine how field-relevant combinations and loads of pesticides affect bee health. We collected pollen from bee hives in…

The monarch butterfly is a beautiful butterfly that is well known for its large migration from places all over the continent to California and Mexico. They make this migration during the fall in order to make it to Mexico and California before the cold weather strikes. If the butterflies were to get caught in the cold weather they would not be able to survive. Monarchs who reside east of the Rocky Mountains will migrate to Mexico and hibernate in oyamel fir trees. Those who live west of the…

“The way humanity manages or mis-manages its nature-based assets, including pollinators, will in part define our collective future in the 21st century,” UN Environment Programme Executive Director Achim Steiner said.. “The fact is that of the 100 crop species that provide 90 per cent of the world’s food, over 70 are pollinated by bees.” ("Humans Must Change Behaviour to save Bees, Vital for Food Production). Bees as pollinators play a major role in the world’s agriculture and the close…

Robots have been something scientists have been talking about for years with the present being a very big advancement in research. Harvard has made a “robobee” prototype that hasn't been perfected yet. While they are still an estimated 10 years away from a successful bunch, the robobees would function much like regular bees with the ability to pollinate whole crops, communicate, and make simple-decisions. This would be the ideal solution to the slow extinction of bees but even the scientists…

In the year of 2016 many of the bee species have decreased in population. Some of the bee species were even placed on the endangered list. Many people don’t think it’s that big of an issue, because they are just pests that sting people, but they really do more than we think. Bees have a big importance to our food supply, and they don’t deserve to be killed. Bees play an important part in our food supply. They are what give us the sticky, sweet, delicious honey. A lot of people use honey,…

Bees are one of the most important insects we have, they help our environment by pollinating and helping plants. They pollinate plants that we need, like corn, tomato, peas, peppers, peach trees, apple trees, onions, and many more plant that we has humans need to live a healthy life. They also made the delicious honey that we all love, with what they take from the plants they make the food for their queen and the honey. Although many people can’t stand bees, they are very helpful to us, but…

nectar is then stored in what is called their extra stomach. In their stomach, the nectar mixes around with enzymes that transform the nectar into a substance that is able to last longer in the hive. When the bee returns to the hive, full of nectar, it then goes on to pass the nectar to another bee by puking the liquid into the other bee’s mouth. This process repeats until the nectar is finally placed into a honeycomb. After being placed in a comb the nectar looks nothing like the golden honey…