All that you need to know is that if a bumblebee ever comes up to you in Dunkin’ Donuts, it might want a medium French Vanilla iced coffee with three creams and three sugars. If you don’t give the bug its beverage, you might leave the coffee shop with a new hole in your body, one that’s stinging, itchy, and a blotchy crimson that definitely won’t disappear for a couple of hours. This is just a fair warning for you coffee lovers out there: do not anger the bees. There are many types of insects that are yellow and black, but do not, I repeat, do not assume that what you are seeing is a mostly harmless bumblebee, and that therefore grabbing its hindquarters will allow you to temporarily immobilize it. For instance, you might be grabbing an ant …show more content…
They just don’t want your curious eyes on their striped bodies, and they’ll make sure you know that by sticking their hindquarters into your skin. So it definitely wasn’t my fault when I was stung while sipping at my medium French Vanilla iced coffee with three creams and three sugars, minding my own business while my best friend ranted on about something that obviously wasn’t that important because I don’t remember now. Summer had just begun; we were enjoying our first few stress free weeks of summer, speaking of summer assignments we received and vacations that were going to be had. It must’ve been at least two in the afternoon since I never get up before noon during the months I have off from my education, but my best friend and I had been hanging out for a while leading up to the trip to Dunkin’ Donuts. We were just minding our own business when abruptly, my friend quivered in her seat, her eyes wide with fright. Naturally, I glanced behind me because I hadn’t seen nor heard what she was suddenly so scared of, so of course whatever it was must’ve been to my back. I turned slowly, setting my coffee down on the table in front of us, and searched for whatever it was that set her off. But I only caught sight of a small fruit fly zooming around my head, so I swatted at it until it flew somewhere else to fulfill its
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I also don't own the idea, it was requested to me by the wonderful Amanda. Thank you so much! I hope I did this idea justice.
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It was a sunny day with a sweet aroma of blooming tulips. The sunlight glittered on their faces as the breeze rattled the chestnut tree above. There was an occasional giggle as they talked, but there was also a hint of discomfort and awkwardness between them as they peeked at each other’s face and recoiled when the other looked up. When the bell rang twice, I saw them say goodbye and walk away from each other. In the darkness of the crowd, a glimmer flashed into my eyes from Hannah’s cheeks.
When I went to bed on that cold Halloween night, I thought it would be like any other. Well, I was dead wrong. As I slowly walked down the creaky stairs, I could hear the quiet laughter of whatever was down there. I was very scared but I wanted to see what the noise was, so i tried not to make any noise while I went down the stairs so whatever was down there wouldn't hear me. I saw something reddish and i heard someone saying OH YEAH! I then ran upstairs and shut my door. I tried to think of what i've heard OH YEAH from, and then i realized it was from a commercial, a kool aid commercial. So i thought to myself why would he kool aid man be at my house and then i remembered I threw away a whole bottle of kool aid yesterday. Now a guess he has
Thomson, Diane. "Competitive Interactions between the Invasive European Honey Bee and Native Bumble Bees." JSTOR. Ecological Society of America, Feb. 2004. Web. 14 Oct. 2013.
The initial reactions to a swarm of honey bees are fear and distress. Honey bees are frowned upon because of the annoying noise they emit and the pointy stinger on their abdomen. To the mainstream population, honey bees are just pesky insects whose primary goals are to sting random individuals and make honey. Honey bees are not another species of pesky creatures that deserve to be fumigated into extinction; they are insects with fascinating lives. The honey bees that buzz noisily around an office have a much more complicated life than annoying people for petty amusement. The honey bee’s meticulous lifestyle inside of their colonies, their vital need for communication with each other, and their species-dependent form of fertilization makes them
Arriving at Lacey’s house I walk to the backdoor letting myself into the house. Lacey was putting on tanning lotion in the kitchen, “Lacey,” I called to her, “my mom wants me to pick up snacks for the beach, do you want to go into town with me?”, “Sure,” she replied, “do you mind if my cousin comes with us?”, “Of course I don’t mind,“ I answered, “but we have to get moving, my dad only left me the car to use ‘til noon.”
The odds of being killed by a sting from a bee, wasp, or hornet are 1 in 79,842, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In fact, many people die from bees in the United States every year. While it is uncommon, but if you are like me an allergic then you do not need to be swarmed by a mass of bees for it to kill you. In most cases, bee swarms attack out of defense. The normal bee is not an aggressive bug, while wasps and hornets are commonly more aggressive. The most common way for you to get attacked by bees is for you to do something to upset them, like swatting at them either by accident or on purpose. Although the African bee is matching in appearance to our traditional
...auers, Sandy. "Mystery Killer Silencing Honeybees." Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA). Feb. 7 2007: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 03 Apr. 2014.
The first thing I am going to talk about is the traditional bumblebee. When I think of bees, the bumblebee is what pops into my head. These bees were all over my backyard in the springtime and during summer. Like we discussed in class, the bumblebee is a eusocial organism that lives in colonies that consist of multiple castes to divide the tasks of the colony. They are very important pollinators for agriculture. Bumblebee species vary according to how they store pollen and feed developing larvae. Pollen storers accumulate pollen for later use, often re-using vacated cocoons for this. The queen and workers feed each larva individually, opening their brood cells to regurgitate a mixture of pollen and nectar for them (Colla, Richardson, Williams. 2011). The common eastern bumblebee is referred to as Bombus impatiens (L). These are the type of bees that I would capture and store in plastic bottles when I was a kid. They are not as aggressive as honeybees and will only sting you if they are disturbed. Since I was capturing bees while they were feeding on nectar from plants, this would be considered disturbing because I would get stung even if I had my gloves on. Nectar is the prima...
“Now that you have read and it’s almost time for the last part of the day to begin I thought that I would tell you that we’re going on a field trip to see a play sometime this next week. How’s that sound?” Pretty much everyone wanted to go to the play. She said, “Good, so I’m going to have someone pass the permission slips out so that you all can get it signed and can go on the field trip.” Pretty much everyone was very excited for this field trip, it was going to be fun.
Emerson, E.. Honeybee death suspects spotted. Science News. Volume 177, Number 13, 19 June 2010, Page 15.
Many aphid species are partners in mutualistic relationships with several ant taxa (Flatt and Weisser 2000). The degree of this mutualism can be either obligate or facultative depending on several ecological and physiological factors (Stadler and Dixon 2005). Aphids produce nourishing, sugar-rich honeydew which ants can procure by stroking the aphids’ anus or nectar organ with their antennae (Yao and Akimoto 2001). In return, ants offer the aphids protection from predators and parasitoids (Yao and Akimoto 2001). Ants also can perform hygienic services for the aphid colony by removing exuviae and excrement which decreases the risk of fungal growth (Detrain et al. 2010). Honeydew-collecting ants involved in these interactions include the subfamilies Formicinae and Dolichoderinae, as well as several species in the Myrmica and Tetramorium genera of the Myrmicinae subfamily (Stadler and Dixon 2005).
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