Insect repellent

Color food Insects Prefer Insects see the world much differently than humans do. For example, bugs can see ultra violet rays. Crickets are omnivores, and mostly eat what people do. But when insects are given the choice, what color food would they choose? By giving insects three different colored food, will crickets care which food they eat or will they just choose the one closest to them? Just because crickets are most active at night, insects, such as crickets can still see many colors. If…

HONEY FACTORIES - HOW DO THE BEES MAKE HONEY? What is honey? Why and how do the bees make honey? Have you ever wondered while stirring honey into your tea? Hundreds of varieties of this golden liquid are harvested in the United States, and thousands around the globe. Nevertheless, the method never changes, only the flower, the season and the territory of the crop. WHY? The bees make and stock honey because it is fantastic, nutrient-dense, energy-rich food that never goes bad. When the cold…

Parasites, pathogens and disease play a huge role in the decline of bees. One example of a parasite which affects forager honeybees is the parasitic mite, Varroa destructor. This ectoparasitic mite was previously only found to affect the Eastern honey bee, Apis cerana, but in the last ~50 years, it has also found a new host, Apis mellifera and become a problem worldwide (Rosenkranz, Aumeier and Ziegelmann, 2010). Varroa mites reproduce in young honeybee cells, called capped brood cells. They…

Almost everywhere you look, you’ll find one or dozen of insects, they have fascinating lives and behaviors that we can learn from. They can adapt any situation they face. For example, bees and butterflies known for their strength and wisdom in their functionality. Although they are both holometablous, they are very different in their characteristics, such as wings, feeding, and harmness. Wings are important feature in insects, specially for bees and butterflies, it helps them with the…

In order to generate a life history table, it was necessary to collect data. The class was divided into four groups. Each group was to collect 10 specimens of G. holbrooki from a pond found on the FIU campus, to total 40 collected specimens. Each group was handed a ruler and a fishing net. All members of the group were to accomplish a task. While one member fished the mosquitofish, another would measure the female mosquitofish in millimeters, another would collect the data, and all would serve…

Fig. 3. Stages of ovarian development in female Q-fly. Stage 1 and 2 represent previtellogenesis development. Stage 3 marks the initiation of vitellogenesis, and Stage 4 indicates late vitellogenesis. Stage 5 ovarian follicles had mature eggs. Stages 1 and 2 are previtellogenic, while stages 3–4 represent the vitellogenic phase. Flies were assigned to stage 5 if the most advanced ovarian follicles had mature eggs. We did not observe stage 6, which is defined by a yellow residual follicular…

Honeybees are profoundly important for agriculture because they are natures greatest pollinators. Honeybees are contributing to the success of agriculture because of their contribution to doing most of the crop pollination. Not only are they used for pollination, but they are also important If honeybees were to go extinct, this would reduce the pollination of plants we consume. This would not only affect honey, but it would affect our food supply which can lead to malnutrition not only in…

The Ants, a short story written in 1986, shows similarities to another document: The First History of Brazil from 1587. Additionally, the story also shows similarities to Jungian psychology with regard to the dwarf. The ants in the short story are rebuilding the dwarf skeleton, which can be read as the girls’ fear of exploring their own unconsciousness and inner beings. At the beginning of the story, The Ants, there are two young girls who find a dwarf skeleton that had been hidden by an old…

some people, especially people who are allergic to bees, these flying insects are no help; yet, in most cases they are essential to the survival of flowering plants or angiosperms. They complete the reproduction cycle of these plants and without them some plants would not have a successful pollination. Besides beekeepers, and other jobs where work relates to bees, these important creatures go unnoticed. Including bees “insect pollinators merit our preservation efforts because some 67 percent of…

On a local level, there are some efforts to save the bees and bring awareness to the harmful pesticides that are used, and most people in Kansas are doing what they can to try and save the bees, because no matter how small their contribution is every bit helps. Near campus, there is a store called The Bee Store that exclusively sells fresh, natural bee products. The honey it sells comes from the Douglas County hives, and also sells items that can help potential bee keepers start their own…