Pollen

to know what they’re eating and make a change for the sake of their health. In a National Geographic article by Jennifer Ackerman, "We've let the cat out of the bag before we have real data, and there's no calling it back," says Allison Snow, a plant ecologist at Ohio State University. (Ackerman) Snow is known for all her research on gene flow or gene transfer. What she and many scientist worry about in that Genetically Modified Organism are being developed to fast and that are releasing…

normally, has an approximated 60,000 residents at a time. (Academic OneFile) Most colonies consist of 20 or 30,000 sterile adult females known as workers who carry out necessary tasks of the colony such as securing the hive, fetching pollen and nectar, and processing that pollen and nectar into honey. (Berenbaum) When CCD attacks, colonies that seemed completely ordinary may only contain a couple of inhabitants within a few weeks. Finding causes for CCD are very challenging because there are not…

In “The American Paradox”, Michael Pollen believes that “ as omnivores […] in fact need to eat a wide variety of different things in order to be healthy” (268). Pollen has noticed that people have changed the food that they have eaten in order to be “healthy”. We have simply change our whole diet due to some scientist publishing some studies that a certain kind of food is bad for you health. Pollen argues our newly changed diet is not only unhealthy, it also imply stress to our everyday life by…

diets. From soda to fries to cereal to meat. Corn, along with soy, is one of the most widely consumed food resources in America. During his lecture, I began to think whether or not this was beneficial or detrimental to the American people. Michael Pollen does offer his reasoning on why he believes this is detrimental, and I thought that he made some very valid points. One detrimental aspects of this he explains is that with so much corn being grown to meet demand this has led to more widespread…

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 another problem along with global warming. Global warming allows plants to flower earlier that the bees…

Nick was conditioned to be allergic to kiwis. Nick has a pollen allergy, usually in the summer. So, while Nick was eating kiwis all summer long he was also having a reaction to pollen. Nick accidently paired a neutral stimulus (eating kiwi) with something that causes an allergic reaction in him (pollen which produces an allergic response). Nick now has a conditioned response (allergic response) at the taste of a kiwi (not just to the pollen). It’s important to understand how classical…

Sabrina Ginsburg Period 9 In March of 2005, Natural History authors Laura Session and Steven Johnson wrote a descriptive literary article about the Moegistorhynchus longirostris also known as the mega-nosed fly. In this article, this particular sub-type of southern Africa fly was compared to the universally known fabled boy Pinocchio. The comparison was because both Pinocchio and this particular species of fly both have very long noses. While the nose of this fly was overly extended and may…

planet that contains insect-pollinated flowering plants. Some species including honey bees, bumblebees, and stingless bees live socially in colonies. Bees are adapted for feeding on nectar and pollen, the former primarily as an energy source and the latter primarily for protein and other nutrients. Most pollen is used as food for larvae. Bee pollination is important both ecologically and commercially;…

to see if there were any remaining survivors besides him. After finding no remaining survivors he began to retreat back uphill. The evidence to support this is that they found layers of pollen within his stomach. The first layer has pollen that matches with trees from the bottom of the hill. The next layer of pollen matches with more towards the top of the hill. They are layered on top of each other to show that he had went up and down the hill very…

Bumblebees and Blueberries Many plants require insects for pollination, and therefore reproduction. Blueberries are one such species of plant. They are also one of the main products of Maine. In 2007 alone, Maine gained around 250 million dollars from their blueberry industry (University of Maine 2007). One of the key pollinators of Maine blueberries are the native bumblebees. There are 17 known native bumblebee species in Maine, but there seems to be a problem. It is well known that there has…