August 20‚ 2013 Reading response 4 It’s a disturbing fact that most people do not realize how important honey bees are to humanity. The truth is they are in a worldwide decline by phenomenal numbers and that is something that people should pay more attention to. Honey bees are disappearing at an alarming rate and that will have a major impact on the lives of everyone. The disappearance of honey bees would not only mean less pollination of important plants to our society but also could lead to higher
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simple‚ steps to solving the problem for future bees are planting flowers‚banning pesticides‚ and banning nicotine. Some challenges for bee keepers are the loss in be population‚ less money‚ and less flowers. One challenge for bee keepers is the DWINDLING bee population. In fact‚ there numbers are dropping like green sea turtles once did. Around the year 2‚000‚ bee keepers noted an average loss of 5 - 10% of bees. In 2‚006 a loss of 30% was reported‚ and now there is a loss of 40 - 50%. This means
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ANIMALS AND ITS BENEFICIAL USES TO MAN. 1. DOGSIt’s been proven that owning a dog can help you feel more relaxed‚ lessen medical visits‚ and even prevent heart attacks. It seems owners have created a tight-knit bond with dogs‚ sometimes referring to them as “part of the family”. So… really thinking about it‚ dogs are actually human’s best friend.Dogs are social creatures too just like us; they love to play and socialize. Sometimes‚ they may steal a treat off the table when we turn our backs
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the media because their population is declining‚ as well as the number of the food that they produce. According to reports‚ the number of beehives is declining rapidly and the reasons for this are the climate changes and the use of mites and pesticides. As people are becoming more and more aware of the seriousness of this problem‚ they are trying as best as they can to preserve their own beehives‚ which can be a simple task. Moreover‚ it will preserve the bee population and it will provide you
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they are inactive. That raises the question: is it better to start a beehive in cold weather or warm weather? Understanding how and when bee activity is altered due to the changing weather is the best way to make this determination. Bee Activity by Season Each season brings its own challenges to a hive and the bees react accordingly. The activity level of a bee is dictated by the weather and cold weather inhibits their movement. In fact‚ bees left out in the elements‚ unprotected will often not
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Save The Bees! Einstein supposedly said‚ “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees‚ no more pollination‚ no more plants‚ no more animals‚ no more man.” According to the United States Department of Agriculture‚ “about one-third of the human diet comes from insect-pollinated plants‚ and the honeybee is responsible for 80 percent of that pollination” (“NBC”). Additionally‚ “bees pollinate over ninety five flowering crops. Among
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Ministry of Agriculture What is Apiculture? Apiculture is the management and study of honeybees. Apiculture is derived from the honeybee’s Latin name Apis mellifera‚ meaning ‘honey gatherer’. Since bees do not collect honey but nectar from which honey is made‚ the scientific name should actually be Apis mellifica meaning ‘honey maker’. Although apiculture refers to the honeybee‚ the vital role all bees play in the pollination of crops and flowering plants has caused apiculture to also include the
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The honey bee is a subset of bees in the genus Apis‚ it is black and yellow in colour and is no longer than an inch in size. They are distinguished by the production and the storage of honey and construction of perennial‚ colonial hives out of wax. The insect’s habitat is mainly meadows‚ woods and gardens; the bee usually makes its nest in hollow trees. The habitats are advantageous for the bees due to the growth of flowering plants in that area. Figure 1 The Honeybee seems to have originated in
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of substances like silk‚ honey‚ and wax. Humans have been raising honeybees for hundreds of years‚ and in recent years‚ it is estimated that bees produce an approximate amount of a million metric tons. Bees are also used for agricultural business such as pollination for nearly a hundred different commercially valuable crops like fruits and nuts. But in the last decade‚ according to the beekeepers from North America and Europe‚ worker bees have been disappearing from the bee hives‚ later on‚ the entomologists
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pumpkin‚ zucchini‚ macadamia‚ passion fruit‚ vanilla‚ or honey? Did you know that all of these foods are reliant on pollination from bees to produce more food? Since the 1980’s habitat destruction of pollinating insects has made these crops reliant on honey farms to bring in bees to pollinate their crops‚ but since 2007 we have had some of the largest decline in bee numbers on record. As I have mentioned in my first speech‚ I have my own bee hive. This is my second year with my hive‚ it’s doing pretty
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