Beeswax

worker or unfertile females who do most of the work in the beehive. The work includes gathering nectar, water and pollen and feeding and cleaning the queen. The workers also cool or heat the beehive when needed fee d the developing larvae and use beeswax to fortify hive cells. When the bee hive is busy during a typical peak season, the worker bee will live for only six week before dying from exhaustion. The handful of male bees found in the beehive is the drone. Some of the characteristics of…

Odysseus was one of, if not the most, clever heroes in Greek mythology. Unlike other Greek heroes, such as, Heracles, Perseus, Theseus, Jason and Bellerophon, Odysseus relied on brains more than brawn. While still a mighty warrior, he is able to use his intelligence to accomplish things that many other heroes couldn’t, like inventing the Trojan horse. Naturally, due to Odysseus’s wisdom and intelligence, his patron god is Athena, the goddess of wisdom and battle. Odysseus is most famous for a…

in the beehive. The work includes gathering nectar, water and pollen and cleaning and feeding the queen. The other functions performed by the worker bees are cooling or heating the beehive, whenever it is necessary; fortifying the hive cell using beeswax and develop larvae’s. When the beehive is busy during the peak season, most worker bees live for only six week before dying from exhaustion. The relatively few male bees found in the beehive are known as drones.…

him, no wife rising to meet him, no happy children beaming... ” (272). The repetition of the word “no” expresses the negativity of what the Sirens can do, and it also creates a sense of opposition. Despite being informed, he decided not to use the beeswax unlike all his men. He believed that he was powerful enough to handle it; which can tie in with his flaw of hubris. He desired to hear the Sirens’ song, so he told his men to “bind me with tight chafing ropes so I cannot move a muscle” (276).…

Can the Average Homeowner Become a Beekeeper? The honeybee is the epitome of hard-working, efficient, and self-sacrifice. Americans have a long love affair with the honeybee. The Virginia Company of London sent beehives to the Governor of Jamestown a year after the Mayflower arrived in America (History.org), furthermore; Americans consumed 410 million pounds of honey in 2010 (Honey.com). Honeybees are responsible for one out of every three bites of food we put into our mouths (Vanishing, @…

In the last part of April the ocean air begins to rust the metal signs of shops along the bay of Santa Rosa. The crabs return to the ports and along the secluded rivulets of beach encompassed by water-worn stone. The winds change and the smell of moss and sea salt returns, and the gulls migrate in innumerable flocks as wide as the wood and white as the moon. The fishermen begin to take longer journeys and their wives cease their knitting of warm clothing. The gulls stop here every year to…

The bust of Nefertiti was discovered by a German archaeological team led by Ludwig Borchardt in 1912 at Amarna. After transferring several times in different locations, the bust of Nefertiti finally settled in Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany. As the meaning of her name – “the beautiful one has come forth”, Nefertiti is one of the most famous and beautiful symbols of the ancient world. She was the Great Royal Wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaten of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. A great deal of the arts of…

Ancient Egypt is somewhere were both men and women are both treated as equals. But yet are still very different in their daily activities and marriage rights. Were as in Ancient Rome, men were more superior than women. Throughout the Ancient World life was hard and everyone played apart, slaves and lower class people all worked hard labour jobs while middle and upper class all had time to participate in leisurely activities and are able to buy slaves to do their work. Comparing the roles of…

Odysseus: Son of Pain In Homer 's The Odyssey, a king, Alcinous, urges the protagonist, Odysseus, "Come, tell us the name they call you there at home [...] Surely no man is nameless [...] as soon as he sees the light his parents always name him, once he 's born" (209 • 618-622). Odysseus 's name, in fact, carries great significance. It means "son of pain," and through the course of the poem, the reader can understand how fitting this name is for this character. Odysseus, son of pain, seems to…

It is one of the healthiest “super foods” in the world (don’t mistake it to be your fav. fast food, please). Mexico is its place of origin, as early as 500 B.C. They say eating this particular fruit once a day keeps you in the pink of health, yummy-looking by smoothing your skin, boosts immunity, improves blood circulation, and keeps hormones in balance. Holy cow! What is this? It’s Avocado oil. What is avocado oil? Avocado oil is the extract of avocado fruit. Better put, it is the…