Beekeeper

Beekeeping is an appropriate farming activity that is suited to extensive systems in tropical Africa. Ethiopia is known for its large variation of agro-climatic conditions and biodiversity which includes good survival of diversified honeybee flora and large number of honeybee colonies (Adgaba, 2007). Because of this, Ethiopia is a leading country in Africa and ninth in the world in honey production. Considering beeswax production, it is the first in Africa and third in the world (FAO, 2005).…

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…

Communities of people and ecosystems in nature both work hand in hand in order to achieve one goal -- to ensure that all of their components function and work smoothly. When one thinks about their community, they have to take into consideration all of its parts that help in making it run smoothly. These components of a community can include things like those who produce, consume, and decompose or break down. Consequently if one of those key components becomes damaged or missing, it can have…

1) What are some of the factors that best explain why societies in Europe developed around the Manor system in the 10th and 11th centuries? The first factor was they applied three-field system in agriculture. It meant people would divide their lands into three fields. Two fields was used for planting crops like peas, wheat, and the third one was a fallow field. However, three fields were switched for every season. For example, the field was used to use for planting crop in this season, would…

There are many different speculations of why the honey bees are disappearing. Research suggests that one cause of the disappearance of the honey bees are diseases. One of the biggest threats to honey bees is Varroa Destructor “a large external parasite that attaches and sucks the blood from the bee. The Varroa mite, introduced by accident in 1987 by the Asian Honey Bee, has since developed a disastrous relationship with the American honey bee resulting in a significant loss from coast to coast…

In the book Peace like a River how hands are described represent the characters souls. How the hands are described can tell us as the readers what type of soul or personality the character has. Reuben describes Roxana's hands as looking like they have done hard work. On page 179 he says “Roxanna Crawley was standing there looking thirsty; did I mention her knuckles before? This woman had worked.” This could mean that Roxanna has a soul that has drive and determination to get things done, but…

Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is a honey bee syndrome of unknown origin which was named and defined in 2006 by a team of United States entomologists (Entine 2013). The symptoms of CCD are: 1) the absence of older, worker bees 2) absence of a graveyard pile 3) the presence of a queen, unattended brood and newly eclosed workers 4) the presence of food stores and 5) the absence of kleptoparasitism (other insects do not move into the empty hive). Unless each of these factors is met, a dead hive is…

ban on the use of neonicotinoids introduced by the EU, and we make decisions on pesticides based on the science only once the regulators are satisfied they are safe to people and the environment.” This Temporary ban on neonic is a good sign for beekeepers and small businesses or perhaps not really. According to this publisher Damian Carrington from British national daily newspaper The Guardian “ Neonics last in the environment for years, so even if we stopped using them completely, it would…

apple, peach, pear, fig and cherry. In addition to the intensive farm area and fruit tree orchard, for ten dollars a year, residents can rent a raised bed to grow their own vegetables through the Plot it Fresh program. This program allows residents to purchase 4’x8’ or 4’x4′ garden plots that provide healthy fresh produce throughout the season. Plot It Fresh also supplies startup materials, such as seeds, and technical gardening assistance. The Plot it Fresh Program offers Newark residents…

factory was overwhelmingly pungent and disgusting. I don’t know how something that smells so bad can taste so good. Next we visited a pepper farm, where I learned how both pepper and pineapples grow. Our next stop was a bee farm. We donned the silly beekeeper hats, checked out the hives, and ate honey straight from the comb. It was warm, gooey, and so yummy. Our final stop was a sim berry farm. Sim berry is a local fruit, similar to…