Imagine you are flying through the crisp morning air. You are looking, searching for the biggest flower that you can find. Suddenly you see it, a huge pink flower. You land on its delicate petals and walk toward the middle. You bend down to get a taste of the nectar, after all it is the only reason that you were looking for the flower. You taste it on your tongue sweet and sticky. When you have had as much as you can carry you fly back to tell the others if there is more near by. This is how a Honey Bee would feel as they flew through the air looking for nectar. Many people enjoy the delicious products that Honey Bees pollinate and produce, but don't think much about how they do that. Honey Bees make wax and honey, they have a complex social class within the hive, and are born with many instincts. Honey bees have a very complex social class. The top of the social class is the …show more content…
For example they know that if they are going to sting you they will try and go for the most vulnerable part, they can only sting once so they try and plant it on your face. Once their stingers have been attached to your skin it pulls out their intestines with it, so it will fly off and die. Another example is if one bee finds a large supply of nectar they will fill up and fly back to the hive. When they get to the hive they will do a special dance to let the others know where the nectar is. They know to follow the queen if she leaves, because she is the only way to keep the hive going. That is only a few of the instincts that they have.
In conclusion, Honey bees being able to create and sustain a hive is amazing. They are able to make wax, and honey, they have complex social classes, and have many unique instincts. Honey bees pollinate ¾ of the crops and flowers. So next time you see a bee do not scream and run away they are just out to get nectar to keep their hive alive. We should really be thanking them for all that they do for
Events such as the human hive collapsing are foreshadowed when August tells Lily, “Well, if you have a queen and a group of independent-minded bees that split off from the rest of the hive and look for another place to live, then you’ve got a swarm” (Kidd 93). The independent-minded bee is May, when she goes off and drowns herself, she tries to find a better place to live. As a result, the house erupts into tears, anger, and depression. The next link is with the worker bees, who leave the hive to collect the nectar, which is later turned into honey. In the novel, the worker bees are August, Zach, and their new companion, Lily.
A touching story of a young teenage girl’s way to healing and of finding. Not only wholeness, but the sacredness of living in this crazy world. It shows the simple feelings and the overcoming within struggles in the flow of time. The Secret Life of Bees is a book about love, pain, courage, and being strong; it’s an outstanding, hard, and crazy adventure of one young teenage girl looking for her mother. Confirming that a family can be found where it’s least expected.
Every day millions of honey bees fly back and forth from their hives. They pollinate a plethora of flowers and produce great amounts of honey. Many people do not realize what bees do for them and their communities. Without bees, people would not have any fresh flowers or produce. The bee population helps provide growth to one-third of the food in the world (Haltiwanger).
A scout bee will look for a new nest, like Lily’s mother finding “Tiburon, S.C.” After the scout returns, the rest of the bees move to start a new colony. “On leaving he old nest the swarm normally flies only a few metres and settles. Scout bees look for a suitable place to start the new colony. Eventually, one location wins favor and the whole swarm takes to the air” (p. 40).
Scientists have reported that there are multiple factors in play as to why there is such a rapid decline of honey bees in recent years. These factors include the increase in use of
Birds love the free food sitting in someone's backyard but is that the best thing for the birds? If people all over the world had a bird feeder in their backyard, birds would never run out of food. It would be protected and they could retrieve it at any time year round. A nice birdhouse would be great for a lonesome bird that cannot find shelter. While all of these things sound pretty promising, it is actually better for the birds not to be feed.
A human’s first reaction to a bee is defense. People are convinced that the bee is there to harm them by stinging them. Most people that have experienced an encounter with a bee, wasp or hornet would say it wasn’t a positive encounter. Swinging, swatting and trying to hit the bee away is what people instinctively
Many people may wonder how bees are like humans in ways. In Sue Monk Kidd’s novel “The Secret Life Of Bees”, Lily is a young girl whose mother died when she was a child. She is than being taken care of by T-ray who is a terrible father, as he doesn’t help Lily take care of herself. Lily has a mother like figure though whose name is Rosaleen, the families “maid”.
Shop, sip and celebrate the season in downtown Walnut Creek. An evening of merriment is in store for you and your family with tastings, live music, caroling and much more. Enjoy extended store hours all weekend and find great deals on food, drink and merchandise. The first 50 guests to register will receive a free “swag bag”! Bring a donation of canned food to benefit Loaves & Fishes.
Bees do not go far, so they pollinate local areas rather than an extended amount of land. Patricia E. Salkin says, “Small-scale beekeeping has proven to be especially popular among people looking to obtain more of their food from local resources.” Not only does it help the people and the wildlife in their surrounding area, it supports producers who raise and sell their crops there. Patricia E. Salkin states, “Urban bees provide important pollination services to community gardens, home vegetable gardens, and fruit trees.” Not only will it help neighbors’ goods and plants, but it will help others’ gardens and plants as well.
The effect of economy is clear and significant to the story. The dominant social class, which are the white males, are shown to have more power. During this time period, white men were typically supported by the black community, such as people like Rosaleen, a black servant on Terrence Owen’s (Or T-Ray) Peach Farm and the caretaker of Lily Owens (T-Ray’s daughter). Rosaleen was one of many whom, “Worked as one of his pickers,” (2), and without the many laborers like Rosaleen, none of the work would have gotten done on the peach farm.
Save the Bees! When most people think of bees, they think of noisy and annoying insects. People focus on the most “dangerous” part of the bee, which is it’s stinger. Many of us have had unfortunate encounters with bees. Maybe it was during the summer and we were at a picnic eating a watermelon.
WEST VIRGINIA — Near the entrance of Logan Middle School is a statue called “The Doughboy” — a World War I soldier carrying a firearm in one hand, and in the other a grenade. The bronze figure is indicative of West Virginia’s gun culture. As is the state flag — which features two firearms — and West Virginia University’s mascot, the musket-toting Mountaineer.
The Secret Life of Bees is a story that lets people know that they are not the only ones who are different; furthermore, by reading this novel, they know that others understand their situation. In other, more
Bees are major factor in our environment. But recent studies show that we are to blame for the decline in the Bee populations. The main reasons are industrial agriculture (pesticides), mites and climate change. And we should care about them because they provide us with honey and beeswax, and provide a major ecosystem service in the form of pollination. Bees pollinate a lot of crops like apple, citrus, strawberry, blueberry, tomato, melon, oilseed rape, carrot, etc.