As a child I enjoyed venturing and playing tag in the woods until I was stung on the neck by a bee. I would continue being in the woods but grew wary of bees and happened to develop a small phobia of them. Today I will be informing you all about bees, their roles in nature and differences between them and wasps.
What are honeybees? Honeybees are social hairy creatures that are a member of the apidae family and are oval shaped. They measure around 15 mm in length and the majority of their bodies is black with yellow or brown stripes. The bright stripes serve as a warning to their predators that indicates that they can sting. Living in hollowed out trees or sometimes a wall of a house, they construct hives which store honey. The male
Bees they come in all different types, sizes, colors, and shapes. Some bees are furry all over like miniature flying “teddy bears”, while others have smooth and shiny polished metallic bodies and legs that glisten in colors of green, blue, and copper. Some are larger than the world's smallest hummingbird. While the tiniest are smaller than fruit flies, tiny specs with four wings, most do not make honey and wax or live together in nests as family groups headed by a queen (Buchmann). In the united states there are 4,000 different kinds of bees. European bee, which are the commonly seen yellow and black bumble bees more types of bees include sweat bees, mining bees, cuckoo bees, leafcutters, masons, squash, and guard bees (Buchmann). Around the world there are around 25,000 different types of bees. This huge number is divided into over 4,000 genera of bees which are subdivided into just 9 families of bees (Tucker). Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the male part of the flower, to the stigma, which is the
The presence of a bee generally scares people. So they swat at it, which makes the bee angry and defensive, which causes the bee to sting. Once the bee stings someone, it dies. Most people might think their death is a good thing. Unfortunately, various species of bees have been added to the endangered species list (Kennedy). Bees pollinate about 70% of the crops used by 90% of the world (What Would Happen) and as of February 2017, 10 million bees have died since 2010 ( Bennett). Bees need to be saved to ensure the Earth’s survival, along with our own.
Today I am going to talk to you about the purple emperor or also known as a butterfly. The purple emperor originates from Mexico, but during the early spring they travel to the northern united states. When they have approached the untied state the female butterfly tries to find a milkweed plant to lay their eggs on. They eat honeydew, animal carcasses, and also the sap from an oak tree. obesely they are the color purple they can also be blue black green and yellow. they have long curled like tongues and brightly colored wings. Their conversation status is threatened
Apis mellifera scutellata is cross between a European bee and an African bee, also known as the “Africanized Honey Bee”, or even the “Killer Bee.” It is very similar in appearance to a typical European bee, but is slightly smaller in size, though microscopically so. The differences between the European bee and the Africanized Honey Bee are exemplified primarily through behavior and biological patterns. Africanized Honey Bees are much more prolific than European bees, reproducing up to six times more yearly than European bees. The main difference between the Africanized Honey Bee and a European bee is that Africanized bees are far more aggressive than European bees, and are more protective of their nests. The willingness of Africanized bees to attack unprovoked has earned them the nickname “Killer Bees.”
Bees are kept for several reasons. Honey bees are mostly kept for commercial use or just a hobby. These bees are called Apis mellifera, or European honey bees. These bees have a presence all over the world. They produce honey as well as pollinate crops. The most popular subspecies are Italian bees, A. mellifera ligustica. These bees are usually orange or bright yellow and can amass a sizeable population in the spring. Their way of feeding is to rob other colonies of their honey. Another popular bee is named Apis mellifera scutellata, or the killer bee as most people know it, it is also known as the Africanized bees.
Ultimate Frisbee is one of the fastest growing sports throughout the United States, playing Ultimate takes a lot more skill than some may think. In Ultimate Frisbee there is a lot of running and strategic skills that go along with the sport. Ultimate Frisbee is a sport that not many people know of, it is a game of agility and awareness. I would inform you about the complexity that goes into this sport, but I value your time.
“Lets imagine for a moment that we are tiny enough to follow a bee into a hive. Usually the first thing we would have to ge used to is the darkness”(Kidd 82). The bee is an insect that spends all day working: working to create a home, working to spread pollen and working to create honey. A bee's life and the society of bees can be closely related to the life of humans. In the novel The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, the author conveys her lessons about human life through the imagery of bees.
It seems these days there is a lot of movements and protest on just about every debatable topic. The most recent, young and elderly are protesting the election of our new President of the United States, Back the Blue in regard to racial protests, and though some may never think of it, there are even protest about the saving of bees. Saving bees is something I have not given much thought to, but have come to realize that bees are very important and benefit us in our day to day lives. Honey bees help to provide our food, including honey. Fruits and vegetables must have bee pollination to produce and grow. In addition to our food and flowers, our native plants require bees to survive or they would be extinct. They are also important in providing the livelihood of farmers and growers in the food industry. So, this slogan is very fitting, Bees Matter!
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.
I chose this topic because of how important it is. Despite our fears and allergies to this species of insect, they have so much meaning and impact on our lives.Their appearance frightens many of us and leas to us shooing them away as if they have no affect on our world and the nature that surrounds us; when, in fact, that have a whole lot to do with not only what we eat but our society as well. Our strong usage of pesticides and insecticides have extremely harmful effects of the bees, causing for their population to decline.So, what exactly do honeybees do? The most commonly known and important job of these insects is pollination; the act of bees and other pollinators transferring pollen from the anther of the flower of a plant to the stigma,
Bees have existed for about 100 million years, and they have played an important role in the pollination of plants. A long time ago, pollination was crucial to the balance of the food chain. Without it there would have been no food for the herbivores and they would have become extinct; so no food for the meat eaters. They have been doing their job for millions of years, but recently scientists have observed problems within the colonies which could have negative effects with in our ecosystem.
Most people don’t realize how important bees are to the world so I’m going to tell you guys a bit about bees.
Bees. They are small, noisy creatures that travel in colonies. If headlines are to be believed, the Australian varieties are more dangerous than snakes! So, why do we want to save them? To put it simply, bees play an immense role in ensuring our plants grow. Kind of like oxygen, but nosier.
A bee is an insect that lives in every part of the world except the North and South Poles. Bees are one of the most useful of all insects. There are 20,000 species of bees in the world (154, B: Bees). Bees get their food from flowers through pollen and nectar. They collect tiny grains of pollen and nectar from flower blossoms. Sticky nectar gets attached to the tiny hairs that cover their bodies and is distributed when bees travel from flower collecting nectar (201, B: Bees). Bees make their honey from nectar and use both honey and pollen as food. When bees are collecting nectar for food, they spread pollen from flower to flower. The process of pollination allows plants to reproduce as well as feeds the bees. Bees have become completely dependent on flowers for food. Flowers, in turn, rely heavily on bees to
Beekeeping isn’t just a hobby. It requires passion, knowledge and patience. If you give in to the temptation of having bees in your life, then you should get ready for it. This book will help you to get an idea about the basics of caring and inspecting bees.