Insect repellent

Termites and Scientific Experiment Termites are insects that live mostly in wooden area and dead trees. They get fed by wood and cellulose. They leave their colonies in the search of food following pheromones, to mark a trail The termite food hunting process is similar to following an ink line because the termites are attracted to the ink. This scientific experiment will demonstrate termite’s behavior and also how they communicate to each other. The purpose of this experiment is to test to what…

This review article describes how the mating decision of Drosophila fruit flies is dependent of first the male’s choice to mate and then the female’s choice to accept or reject the male. The article simplifies the mating by the neurobiology behind the male’s choice and then the female’s choice. Furthermore, the article describes how males rely on chemical signals to detect suitable courtship objects and distinguish female flies from males. According to the article, males courtship is based on…

amount of insects, like worms and aphids, as long as it does not ruin the look of the food. There are countless examples of when the FDA would overlook insects in food. A lot of cases have to do…

Title: To investigate the reproductive structures of the plants and to understand its importance in the survival of plant species. Introduction: Angiosperms are the dominant form of plant life in most terrestrial ecosystems, comprising about 90 percent of all plant species. Most crop and ornamental plants are angiosperms. Their success results, in part, from two innovative structures: the flower and the fruit. Flowers are derived evolutionarily from modified leaves. The main parts of a flower…

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF CUCKOO ALGORITHM Cuckoo search (CS) is an optimization algorithm developed by Xin-she Yang and Suash Deb in 2009. It was inspired by the obligate brood parasitism of some cuckoo species by laying their eggs in the nests of other host birds (of other species). Some host birds can engage direct conflict with the intruding cuckoos. For example, if a host bird discovers the eggs are not their own, it will either throw these alien eggs away or simply abandon its nest and build…

Yasmin Mendoza 9-26-17 5th hour Process Paper What is an Ant Farm? An Ant Farm is known as a project to study an ant colony and the behavior each ant carries. There are many ways to start one of these colonies and many ways to maintain them. This could be a really cool science project or even a type of “pet” to have. The first thing you need is a formicarium, which is a type of transparent box thin enough to study the ants and for the ants to make their tunnels. You need three types of dirt…

training or lecturing groups on the importance of beekeeping, having observation hives for youth groups or providing hives to pollinate public gardens each beekeeper can make a difference and help save the honeybee (“Master Beekeeper”). Honeybees are insects that not only provide a balance in the ecosystem, but also ensure the survival of humanity. So, please consider donating to the South Carolina Beekeepers Association to help everyone become more educated about…

Summary House flies are a general annoyance to homeowners and carry the potential for transmitting harmful pathogens. This report covers the method of using fly screens to prevent house flies from entering the house and becoming a pest. The outlined method for testing fly screens would be to place them in isolation with the exit being through a wire mesh with varying wire thickness and gaps. Pulling data from a similar experiment (Busvine, 1965), we can assume that 10 wires per linear inch…

Douglas (2012) said that, “very dry weather is bad (the flowers don’t produce much nectar, even if they’re not withering away to nothing) and very wet weather is bad because the bees are less likely to leave the hive and can soon run out of food.” Brown (2014) cited in his article that Allan Williams, an agriculture extension officer in St. Vincent and the Grenadines explained “unfavorable climatic conditions such as continued heavy rainfall, reduce the honeybees’ access to nectar and pollen,…

Wasps make up an enormously diverse array of insects, with some 30,000 identified species. We are most familiar with those that are wrapped in bright warning colors—ones that buzz angrily about in groups and threaten us with painful stings. But most wasps are actually solitary, non-stinging varieties. And all do far more good for humans by controlling pest insect populations than harm. Wasps are distinguishable from bees by their pointed lower abdomens and the narrow "waist," called a petiole,…