Honey bee

The pistachio industry in California is located primarily in the San Joaquin Valley, which accounts for 97% of the production in the U.S (CPRB 2009). The city of Fresno is centrally located favorable for the growing season because it is typically hot and dry; daytime temperatures commonly exceeding 100 degrees F. and rainfall between May and October is effectively absent. Because pistachio trees typically bloom in mid April, monitoring for pests is best suitable in early spring. A most common…

Although bees are poisonous, the speaker presents a maxim on how a functional society should interact with a swarm of them because he realizes his dependence for their pollinating skill. The speaker states that he needs the bees in order to survive by performing ritualistic gestures to have them intermingle within his society: “Throw gravel over them and say:…/ Never to the woodland wild may you fly!” The speaker suggests using gravel against the swarm because the bees will work together to…

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…

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 there are threats that harm their population. Things that are threats to them are, mites that get into the hive, and the other bees in the area, known as “robber” bees, that have diseases come into the hive and try to take the honey. Us humans can fine…

Why does that one bee get to stay in the beehive while the rest of them have to fly around all day for nectar and then bring it back to the bee? Why? This was a question that I asked my dad when I was seven years old. He told me that I would have to find that answer out myself. Now, I know why, because the bee that stays in the beehive is the queen of those bees. She’s the most powerful bee in the beehive, and everybody has to obey her. Every bee has to collect nectar for her and deposit it in…

themselves. Depending on the pesticide, if a bee is resting on a flower when the plant is being sprayed, it could kill the bee instantly. Some pesticides don’t have any effect on adult bees, but can damage or kill young bees. Neonicotinoid contaminated pollen and nectar makes bees forage less, and produce fewer offspring. Coumaphos targets the bees’ brains and damages their ability to comprehend movement so collecting and delivering pollen…

bees to take care of her and the few remaining young bees. When a colony is affected by CCD, there are very few dead bees near the colony. What causes CCD? Varroa mites are one of the bigger problems. Varroa mites are parasites that hitch a ride on a bee, and end up in the hive. Once they are in the hive they lay eggs and any bacteria or viruses that the mites have are spread to the bees. Another cause of CCD are nutrition problems caused by a lack of diversity in pollen. Habitat loss is…

Lab Report: Experimenting with Termites Using Pen and Pencil Introduction: Termites – an insect that are commonly known as a household’s worst nightmare or enemy. While in some cases this is true, a small number of big population has been defined as pests that are harmful towards homes and forests. These insects usually live underground and feed on wood. Much like ants and bees, that are known to be eusocial, termites, too, are known as eusocial. Termites territory are key component to their…

How do bees benefit human society? Bees are a vital part of our society; they provide food and pollinate plants. They help pollination and a lot of plants depend on bees for them to spread seeds, therefor many crops would die off if there were no bees. No human action or resourcefulness could ever supplant the work of honeybees. With the bees help of pollination they have helped our agriculture and the economy like the invaluable pollinating services bees provide us with, helped produce…