The genus name Apis refers to honey bees (Michael Wilson 2009). The difference between an Apis and a Non-Apis bee is the fact that honey bees (Apis) store more excess honey and pollen‚ hence the name honey bee. This concept is very easy to grasp‚ but there are 10 different types of honey bees and one hybrid that are in this family so they can be easily confused as many of them look similar (Buzz about Bees‚ 2010). Honey bees are also different than other types of bees in that
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Eusociality Research Proposal Project Objectives The objective of this research is to aid in identifying how honey bees‚ Apis mellifera‚ and potentially all eusocial insects‚ have evolved to their current level of social organization‚ . By studying the behavior of the worker caste in the absence of the queen‚ we will be able to see signs of whether these organisms have evolved from kin selection or multilevel selection. The ultimate goal is to see if worker bees can thrive and manage a colony
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the market of honey flavored smoked “Tilapia”. Nowadays in Central Luzon‚ we have the best of smoked fish coming from the province of Bataan. In our planned study‚ we want to try this technology in our province of Nueva Ecija. We‚ the researchers‚ believe that there is a very good market here in the province‚ particularly in the City of Cabanatuan‚ where there is a vast number of people who eat the said fishes. And for variation of taste‚ this would be of elite kind as pure honey from bees will
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The Bee as a Symbol of Nature’s Innocence in Emerson’s "The Humble-Bee" and Whittier’s "Telling the Bees" The English custom of telling the bees when there was a death in the family‚ and of covering the hives with black cloth to prevent them from leaving is what Whittier’s poem‚ "Telling the Bees" refers to. This same custom‚ or at least the same attitude towards this creature no doubt inspired Emerson’s poem‚ "The Humble-Bee." While Whittier’s poem speaks of the custom itself‚ both poets treat
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The Rasberry Crazy Ant‚ also known as the Tawny Crazy Ant or Nylanderia Fulva‚ originated in the countries of southern Brazil and northern Argentina before the exotic species made it’s way into America‚ most likely by a cargo ship. The Rasberry Crazy Ant is a red brown‚ tenth of an inch‚ insect covered in tiny hairs that has the ability to excrete an acid that acts as an anctidote to Fire Ant venom. Due to their slow speed‚ which only allows them to travel about a tenth of a mile to half a mile per
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Neonicotinoids‚ nicotine-similar pesticides‚ threaten bee populations‚ which pollinate agricultural crops‚ ensure food security and maintain biodiversity. Scientists Sebastien Kessler and Maj Rundolf sought to understand pesticide effects on bees. Through a laboratory study‚ Sebastien Kessler tested abilities of honeybees and bumblebees to taste common neonicotinoids. Unlike Kessler‚ Maj Rundolf assessed neonicotinoid impacts on bee colonies’ near canola fields. Each scientist had a unique plan
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Environmental News Article 2 According to the article “A Bumblebee Gets New Protection on Obama’s Way Out‚” rusty-patched bumblebees‚ which were once prevalent across the United States‚ have now been put on the endangered species list (Schlossberg and Schwartz 2017). The population of these rusty-patched bumblebees has declined roughly ninety percent since the 1990s‚ as a result from pesticide exposure‚ climate change‚ disease‚ and habitat loss. Once common across twenty eight states‚ the District
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Did you ever wish that the bee that has been bothering you while you’re doing yard work would just get eaten by something? Well there is a solution‚ the Rainbow Bee-Eater‚ it will not only do the job but it will do it in fashion. With its bluish-green feathers with dashes of yellow and long slender bill‚ you could see them right now… if you went to Australia that is. The Rainbow Bee- Eater lives throughout Australia‚ including the Northern Territory and New South Wales‚ but absent New Guinea and
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crops would gone after bees(Morse‚2000). “Honey bees are big money makers for U.S. agriculture. These social and hardworking insects produce six hive products honey‚ pollen‚ royal jelly‚ beeswax‚ propolis‚ and venom all collected and used by people for various nutritional and therapeutic purposes” (“Helping Agriculture’s Helpful”). The beginning of agricultural industry in 1909 in New Jersey U.S. started using honey bees as pollinate for apple trees.The honey
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the great number of disappearance of western honey bee‚ this syndrome was renamed colony collapse disorder. Lots of regions in the world are really touched by this phenomenon‚ such as North America‚ or West European countries (Belgium‚ France‚ Italy‚ Spain‚ Portugal‚ and etc). There are other different signs that show a colony collapsed
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