Bernardo Nino‚ a research technician at a research laboratory in the University of California is taking a very close look at a beehive. He notices something extremely strange about one of the bees. It has a tiny red spot on its body about the size of a pinhead and the bees wings are crumpled like a piece of paper. It turns out that the tiny red spot is a varroa mite and it sucks out the honeybees blood. The bees that are weakened by the varroa mites are more likely to get other diseases and could
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The Invasive Cane Toad An invasive species is defined as a species that is non-native or alien to a community or ecosystem that was introduced by humans and has turned invasive‚ spreading widely and coming to dominate in the community causing economic or environmental harm. The cane toad is an example of an invasive species. It is a large‚ strong‚ and healthy amphibian that is native to Central and South America. They are predators of insects and other small prey. The cane toad was introduced to
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Killer bees are dangerous but sure can make some good honey. The killer bee makes honey just not as much as it is expected. The killer Bee will not make as much as the honey bee. Back in the 50’s a group of brazil scientist were in the lab trying to altar honey bees in order to get more honey but came out more aggressive and Known as the “Killer Bee” Killer bee’s were made to produce more honey but that didn’t work out so well. The scientist wanted the killer bee to mate with the honey
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When people think of bees‚ they usually think of annoying buzzing pests that fly into their soda can on a hot summer day. No one ever considers the positive effects that bees have on this world. Although they may sting people‚ their task is vital to agriculture. Bees pollinate flowers‚ crops‚ and plants. Without bees‚ a majority of the crops around the world would be destroyed. Just a simple dinner would be hard to enjoy- there would be no honey for the bread. The side salad would be without tomatoes
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A World without Bees! What is causing pollinator declines in the northern hemisphere and what are the potential implications for South Africa? The world depends heavily on pollinators. Although the bee is not the only pollinator‚ pollination is the bee’s main niche‚ so without bees‚ there would be an enormous decrease in plant life. Plants that are not pollinated will not produce fruits and seeds. And would therefore cause and end of animals and human life. Albert Einstein said: “If the bee disappeared
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The Peacock spider are native to Australia. The Male peacock spider is very neat to see. They use their wonderful colors in their back end (hind end) to attract the female peacock spider. They put their but up in the air to show the female his hind end to attract the girl spiders. They are a very pretty spider and know it you would think. Scientists think they have figured out where the pretty colors have come from. Doekele Stavenga‚ from the University of Groningen in Netherland. Who is a expert
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The Extinction of Bees Being stung by a bee isn’t exactly the best feeling in the world. However‚ killing that bee that causes your arm to swell up for a few hours could lead us one step closer to a world without them‚ and a world without us. The truth is‚ bees provide much more than most people would ever care to think about. The foods that we eat‚ the environments we enjoy and the medicines so many of us so badly need are only able to be provided because of pollination. In reality‚ despite how
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What would happen if the bees die Something terrible is happening to bees. Hundreds of millions of them are either vanishing or dropping dead. Beekeepers are tearing their hives out in frustration. [pic] Look how cute these things are?! Fingers are pointing at a number of contributing factors. Relatively new pesticides designed to impregnate the seeds of crops before they have grown could be a potential problem. Climate change has been isolated as a likely cause (though to be fair climate change
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Bees are vanishing and cell phones are everywhere…there definitely could be a link. The Institute of Science in Society delivered a press release in April 2007 saying “one likely culprit of [CCD] is a new class of systemic pesticides‚ which are not only sprayed on crops‚ but also used universally to dress seeds in conventional agriculture‚ and can confuse and disorientate bees at very low concentrations” although “another candidate is a radiation from mobile phone base stations that has become nearly
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Adapt a Beast: African Honeybee Africanized honey bees are already able to survive in unpredictable weather conditions. They are more evolved in this way the other species of honey bee. Africanized bees became more common than regular European honey bees. Since they can breed more quickly they became over populated. * * * In a lab in Arizona hundreds of colonies of bees were brought in to pollinate the genetically modified fruits and vegetables while they were being tested. The lab was mostly
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