Nectar

its prey (dragon flies, mosquitoes, etc.). The Venus flytrap’s “mouth” (trapping mechanism) is very rough and is always green. This part of the organism’s body is also covered with a fragrant nectar that attracts its prey towards it. When the prey reaches the Venus flytrap, it begins to feed off of the nectar. Once touching its leaf, the prey sets off a twenty second timer. After the time is up the two leaves close together, trapping its prey into their holdings. Although there is a way that the…

humans fully embody success once it is achieved?”. Dickinson attempts to explain this prevailing question through her poem by drawing a powerful parallel in which success is not only desired but essential. In lines 3-4 she states, “To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest…

To Beatrice--so radically had her earthly part been wrought upon by Rappaccini's skill--as poison had been life, so the powerful antidote was death. And thus the poor victim of man's ingenuity and of thwarted nature, and of the fatality that attends all such efforts of perverted wisdom, perished there, at the feet of her father and Giovanni. Just at that moment, the purple blossoms of Beatrice’s sister withered in the midst of the pool. Distraught from this depressing scene, Rappaccini nearly…

In order to understand the necessity of the honeybee, one must know their function in the agricultural industry today. The process that agriculturalists must take to produce a quality crop would not be possible, in many cases, without the use of a pollinator, such as a honeybee. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), “U.S. honeybees pollinate about 100 flowering food crops… responsible for more than $15 billion in increased crop values each year” (Honey). This means…

“On the Origin of Species” (fully titled “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life”), was published by Charles Darwin in 1859. This book is modern foundation of evolutionary biology. Although the idea of evolution had been discussed widely prior to Darwin, there wasn’t a widely accepted mechanism by which evolution could occur. This mechanism is known as natural selection or the survival of the fittest. Interestingly…

Water is what keeps our world spinning, from plants and animals, to organisms and human beings. It wasn't until this semester, that I received a deeper appreciation of this liquid that we sometimes take for granted. Being around water since birth is what inspired my topic, “Water and Religion.” I was baptized as a baby, and now in my twenties I am wondering why water played such a crucial role. I will dive back in time to see where earths water came from, who were the first to use it, who…

In the summer of my junior year in high school I was able to visit my aunt in California. I was very excited to go since I born there and this would be the first time I came back. When I got on the plane I was so full of energy I didn’t sleep for the entire 12 hour plane ride. When the plane landed, it was at around the crack of dawn. When I was waiting for the bus to take me to the nearest Greyhound station, I marveled at the sky. The clouds were a wispy grey with the sky being a multitude of…

Mix of both of these is best for your lips. Lime and nectar is a normally utilized for rose lips. Take 1 spoon of nectar and include 3 drops of lime juice. Blend them two appropriately. Presently apply this consistently before going to bed. These technique will transform your lips into pink blushing lips in any case how dull dark these…

Pinocchio and this particular species of fly both have very long noses. While the nose of this fly was overly extended and may have represented a significant disadvantage to its aerodynamic abilities, it was extremely useful to retrieving the sweet nectar within the longer flowers that are unreachable by other species of flies with shorter proboscises. The question of natural selection and why a flower would develop with such a long stem that would allow only flys with such long trunks mature…

Introduction Flowers and pollinators have co-evolved over thousands of years creating the physical characteristics that you see within flowers and pollinators throughout the world. Flower type, shape, color, odor, nectar and even structure in some way are related to pollinators and the need to attract pollinators for reproduction. A major gap of understanding floral evolution starts with the role of the pollinators (Parachnowitsch & Kessler, 2010). Characteristics of flowers can be used for the…