The 1950s: A Special Type Of Killer Bees

The Salt Lake Bees are a Triple A, minor league baseball team that play in the Pacific Coast League(PCL), and are based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They started off as the Portland Beavers in 1903, playing at Vaughn Park. Following their 1993 season, the Bees moved to the beautiful Smith’s Ballpark in Salt Lake City, Utah, forming the Salt Lake Buzz. Smith’s Ballpark opened in 1994, and is one of the largest baseball stadiums in all of Minor League Baseball, seating 15,411 fans. On October 27, 2005, the Buzz transformed into the Salt Lake Bees, and resulted in a change in their major league affiliation, going from the Minnesota Twins to the Los Angeles Angels.

"New beekeepers are told that the way to find the elusive queen is by first locating her circle of attendants." (57) This quote is at the beginning of chapter three and not only foreshadows many things to come, but within the quote, two of the novel’s main metaphors are mentioned, bees and the queen, which is referring to society and a mother figure. Although this quote is largely interpreted as a metaphor for Lily looking for a new queen or mother figure, and perhaps August being that mother, I believe that it has another meaning as well. I believe that the Black Madonna also serves as a “queen” and mother figure to all the women in “The Secret Life of Bees.”

The honey bee population is going down, and while most people think it doesn't really matter or just don’t notice it, they should because it is a very big problem. I think the other people should try and change that. If bees die then it will not be good, at all. In this persuasive piece of writing, I will be trying to make people rethink about the bee population, and what it could potentially do to the human race.

Setting of Novel: The Secret Life of Bees took place in the 1960s in Sylvan, South Carolina

Their most tangible impact is due to their aggressiveness. When threatened, Africanized Honey Bees will swarm in great numbers and chase predators (or anyone who accidentally stumbles upon their nests). If caught, the victim of the attack will suffer a deathly number of bee stings. Along with harming human life, the bees also compete with other be species, and end up displacing native species. They are also very likely to breed with native species, resulting in more and more aggressive hybrid species, which are more susceptible to winter weather, more likely to abandon their nests, and worse pollinators. These traits that are passed down from Africanized Honey Bees are detrimental to the economy surrounding wax and honey production because they decrease honey

Honey bees thrive under the care of humans, enabling them to outnumber and endanger the feral bees in the wild. Bigger populations of honeybees competes with the smaller variety of feral bees for nectar and space. The favoritism and popularisom of honeybees and the U.S. to the world our shadows lesser known bees or the old traditions of other

There is a major bee issue in California. Honey bees are being used to pollinate the almond trees in California, and many are dying. Without bees we wouldn’t have flowers, and most of nature would be different and/or destroyed. Which is naturally without the help of bees keeping it alive. I believe that what California Almond companies do to bees is terrible. And it needs to be changed as soon as possible.

As stated previously, these bees are known for taking over other bees’ colonies. In that case, it is said that it is possible that many species of native bees have or will go extinct as a result of the environmental domination of these introduced bees (Ojar). The native bees of the Americas are outcompeted by the Africanized bees due to their aggressiveness. Not only are they aggressive to other bees, but they are also harmful to humans and animals. Due to the incompetence of many children, elderly, and handicapped individuals, they seem to be the ones that are in jeopardy of a toxic occurrence (Ellis). Even though Africanized Honey Bees have the same venom as regular bees to sting, their attack is much more violent and can result in death of the victim. As a result of the U.S. beekeeping industry being notified and ready for the African Honey Bee invasion, it has not agonized widespread destruction (Zettel-Nalen). They have managed hives that are said to weaken the genetic factor of the bees that will eventually lessen their aggressiveness, prevent them from taking over the European hives, and make them less fascinated to areas where humans exist ("Africanized Honey Bees"). Besides, Africanized Honey Bees benefit the tropics by directly influencing 25-30% of the reproductive success of the plants …which depends

Invasive species have a variety of impacts, many of which are unpredictable. The Africanized honey bee (also known as the “killer bee” in the media community or apis mellifera scutellata among scientists) provides an excellent case study of how even an intentionally introduced invasive species can become uncontrollable and problematic.

During the past decade the presence of bee diseases, droughts and other variable weather conditions has reduced the supply of bees worldwide. In the United States for example, the past few years have seen bush-fires, droughts, the killer mite (Varroa destructor) and the Colony Collapse Disorder wreck havoc with U.S. honey crops by destroying nearly two-thirds of their colonies. This has lead to a market opportunity for other countries to sell their honey to the U.S., which happens to be the largest consumer (and 3rd largest importer) of honey worldwide.

Native honey bees have been disappearing for the past ten years. I propose a honey bee conservation to preserve native honey bees in Texas. A centralization of a colony of native honey bees could be established outside of city limits to ensure a thriving community. We want to raise awareness about the dwindling numbers of the honey bee to get the community involved in our rising issue.

Scientists and Beekeepers Can Make Killer Bees Less Aggressive People discovered honey since an ancient time and considering it as liquid gold. There are many kinds of bees that produce honey, and it differs from place to place. One remarkable species is African honeybee which well known for its ability to produce more honey than other species and survive in hot climate (Anne, 2006). Evans and Butler(2010) have acknowledged that some species of honey bees are known as Killer bees or Africanized bees, which are currently living in some parts of South America and North America, and they started to move northward in the United States.

Today, scientists are looking to combat, letting in new creatures to prevent a change in the area. To make sure organisms aren't wrongfully transferred there are more pallet inspections, checking containers, and other shipping materials. Government and ecologist officials are adding tougher fines if an unknown species are brought over to a different place. This should stop the amount of illegal predators/species brought over to foreign places. This information can be found here: http://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/invasive-species/544407#. The Africanized honey bee was accidentally released when a geneticist tried to produce a honey bee to replace European ones. The Africanized honey bee is referred to as the "killer bee" and can attack people and animals. They travel in large numbers, very fast and cause harm to a lot of things. This shows just how bad invasive species can be, and the honey bee has already spread to 10 U.S. states. This information is provided here:

America’s bees are slowly beginning to suffer. The number of hives had been at 6 million during World War 2, and then decreased to 2.6 million in 2006, then fell below 2 million for the first time in memory (Jacobsen). From the very start honey bees have been an important factor in our agriculture. They serve as a nutrition source for flowers in order for the flowers to grow and make the crops that are needed. Honey bees had originally originated in Africa and when they came into higher northern latitudes they became to evolve into large colony sizes and build up excessive stores of honey to survive the cold winter (Kritsky). When Spring comes and bees begin to pollinate flowers, people tend to get in the way of the process so as a result bees will hurt the human. However, not all bees can sting. Female worker bees are the main ones that sting others (Kritsky). They serve as a line of defense so therefore will act as nature has taught them. For example, when my brother was younger, he went out into the backyard to search for some frogs since it had just rained the night before. While in the searching process he went under our deck that we had and started scrounging around for them. After awhile we suddenly hear a loud high pitched noise and it’s him running and crying from the bees that had just stung him. There were a bundle of flowers under the deck and he must have not realized that they were there considering his main focus was to capture the frogs.

Where did all the honey bees go? Honey Bees pollinate crops, and fruits and vegetables. Crops feed livestock, Humans eat both fruits and vegetables and livestock. Therefore humans along with all other living things need honey bees. But where have they all gone? Nationally honeybees are disappearing all over the United States for many reasons such as pesticides, Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), and other issues still being investigated but here in the Chicagoland area the colonies are dying off due to the freezing weather. “Head beekeeper for the Morton Arboretum and the rooftop hives at the Chicago Marriott, he doesn’t want a repeat of last winter’s massacre, when 80 percent of his colonies perished” (Lauren Williamson). Bee keepers here in