The Hives

decline of honey bee populations includes the poor nutrition from its food, loss of habitat, and the poor management of the beekeepers. A recent study had stated the US beekeeper that since 1990, a one-fifth of honey bee’s domestic-managed honeybee hives for reasons that include two kinds of mite infestations, spraying of pesticides, diseases and several other factors. Many scientists believe that human activities—such as urban sprawl that causes habitat losses and non-sustainable farming…

playing field, but they would also create a “positive effect on hivishness and social capital.” By implementing these three institutional factors individuals will easily conform to group identification and build better unity which will lead to better hives. Through Mutz idea that there is a “possibility is that pet owners favor politicians to the extent that the candidates’ positive personal characteristics are reflected in the type of pet that potential voters own and admire.” In order…

helped plan it, there was very little information on the enemy and it called for brute strength rather than complex strategy or stealth. Regardless, I accompanied him, he wanted it so badly and I loved him more than anything else in this world. The Hive, a mysterious race of insect-like mages. Guardians overall experienced few issues with them, they had never strayed away from the moon seemingly consumed by their own work. The ritual taking place within that moon always remained a mystery,…

The Mortuary - a large, circular black building located in the Hive district of the city of Sigil. It is the headquarters of the Dustmen faction, who collect the city's corpses in order to either cremate them, or to raise those they bought as an undead workforce. Darkwell Court The stretch of kips known as Darkwell Court lies between Whisper Way and Sandstone Row in the edge of the Hive closest to the Clerk’s Ward. This community and its peery-sounding name are home to the…

decline, this can cause major damage to the worlds health and many farmers income,it is due to several factors such as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), pesticides, parasites, and lack of floral diversity (hoyt). In 2006 beekeepers started noticing their hives being mostly empty. Not so much empty as in the bees were dead, but they had left, leaving the queen and young bees unprotected, highly…

The researchers found insecticides and fungicides in in every hive, and herbicides in nearly a quarter. Putting aside the bees' health for a moment, one way to read the results is as a survey of what farmers are spraying on some of the main fruit and vegetable crops we eat. Looking at it that way, it's alarming that organophospates—an insecticide class known to be a powerful neurotoxin—were found in 63.2 percent of the hives. Another nasty pesticide class, pyrethroids, showed up in every sample…

chemical in 1976, and its use has risen dramatically over time. This is in part due to the introduction of Roundup ready seeds in 1996. Glyphosate has increased from 5.7 million kilograms in 1990 to 125 million kilograms in 2014 (Benbrook 2016). Honeybee hives have also decreased over this period from approximately 3 million in 1992 to 2.5 million in 2011 (Monsanto & HBAC 2014). Honeybees pollinate many crops around the world, which leads to increased increase food production. With the deaths of…

Imagine the All American meal, two fluffy buns on either side of a juicy beef patty topped with melted cheese and accompanied by crunchy lettuce, crisp pickles and sweet ketchup. The french fries on the side are the perfect golden brown. Sounds delicious right? As you pick up the burger your mouth waters in anticipation. You bite down and are shocked when the only thing you get is bun. “Where’s the beef?” This iconic slogan from Wendy’s portrayed a sweet old woman asking a simple question…

decide, as a collective, when it is necessary to build more honeycomb, where and when to dispatch foragers, and most crucially, the site on which they are going to build their new home. This decision of where to build their new home is crucial to the hives all-around survival and thus the decision made must be a good one. To combat the vast importance of such a decision, the honeybee’s resort to a cooperative form of…

when the problem was more extreme than previous years. There are a few indications of Colony Collapse Disorder that can be identified by beekeepers. CCD can cause a remarkable absence of bees, or a significant amount of dead ones. Certain bees in hives are appointed to keep watch of broods (honey bee larvae) until they hatch. There can be evidence of CCD if the capped broods have been left alone, and there are no bees regulating…