Insect repellent

Termite Prevention Tips - Learn How To Keep These Destructive Pests Out Of Your Home There are two basic types of termites that infest homes in South Carolina. One is the subterranean termite and the other is the drywood termite. Within these two groups, there are various species of termites including the Formosan subterranean termite that is highly aggressive and destructive. All termites are similar in that they can destroy your home, yet they are very different from each other when it…

One of the most fascinating creatures to me as a child was the monarch butterfly. Not only for its eye-catching wings that match the autumn leaves, but how they are the only butterfly that migrates south for the winter, similar to birds. Every year, millions make their journey from North America to Mexico or California, although those individual butterflies won’t return. Monarch migration is one of mother nature’s greatest phenomena. They migrate for two reasons: they cannot withstand the harsh,…

Research Paper Self Evaluation 1. Explain three interest ideas or facts you learned about your research topic. In my research paper I learned many things, but one of the most notable facts was that honey bees do not die in winter or go into hibernation, they get into a tight ball together and shiver. Another topic I learned was that honey is an extremely efficient cough suppressant—even better than some over the counter medicines. Finally, my favorite thing I gathered from this topic is that…

Did research on what males and females look like. We observed the frozen flies. On the first week we used fly nap as an anesthetic for the flies and waiting for them to fall asleep. We sexed the flies and put 10 male and 10 female into a tube. We provided them with food and a sponge to allow oxygen to flow in and out of the tube. The males were Wild type and the Females were type C. After one week we came back to several pupa larva and parents that were active. We once again sedated them with…

Bees are one of the most important insects in modern agriculture. About one in every three bites you eat is pollinated by bees. But bees are disappearing. Around two million bee hives were lost in a matter of just a few years, and healthy bee colonies aren't cheap. We are killing bees, even if we aren’t trying to. We’re killing the bees through neonicotinoids, varroa mites, and even global warming. The neonicotinoids aren’t doing what they are supposed to do. Sure, they do a good job killing…

Mosquito Magnet Trap Placement Mosquito traps have proven that they can be effective at eliminating most mosquitoes as well as other flying insects. However, that does not mean that everyone who purchases a mosquito trap is 100% satisfied with the way it performs. In most cases, their issues could be solved if they simply take a look at where their trap is located. In order to have the trap work as well as it can, you need to make sure you understand the right Mosquito Magnet trap placement. Why…

Honey bees are small winged insects that have a huge impact in our modern-day society and agriculture. Honeybees provide us with more than just honey; they also supply us with a wide variety of fruits and vegetables through pollination. Sadly, honey bees are on the verge of extinction. Without these tiny creatures, we would suffer a great loss in produce. Throughout this paper, we will explore what a honeybee is, it’s job, and how we can stop its extinction. The western honey bee is a…

pollination practices for the farming industry? This country must speak for the bees, for without those tiny little black and yellow insects hovering and pollinating most of the world’s plants, most foods would not even be on the menu. The bees supply the world with a lot more than just the honey they make. A good percentage of the food we eat depends greatly on pollinating insects in the environment. They are the cornerstone to the building blocks of a healthy production of agricultural foods…

Keeping vampire bats alive! Just because bats like to hover over herds and suck their blood is not a good enough reason to kill them. Firstly, saving vampire bats will help us in our favor. How? You might ask, well bats carry a certain anti-coagulant. For instance, this certain anti- coagulant can prevent heart attacks, vampire bats may also be the cure for AIDS of different kinds if cancers. Therefore, we should not kill vampire bats, because in the long term they will help us out. Secondly,…

“According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that 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 anyways. Because bees don't care what humans think is impossible,” (Bee). This popular quote exemplifies the supposed impossibility of flight; it was utterly unthinkable until the late nineteenth century. Humans have been fascinated with the idea of flight since the dawn of time. There is evidence of this…