(They pollinate 72 percent of the worlds crops and complete a 12 billion dollar economic service.) The Importance of Honey Bee's is about the affects of honey bees and what happens when they pollinate flowers or crops. They pollinate 72 percent of the worlds crops and complete a 12 billion dollar economic service. without them there is a style of artificial pollination but becomes time consuming and costly. It shows the affects of not having bees and what is potentially killing the bees. A virus known as Israeli acute paralysis virus, which contributes to colony collapse disorder (CCD). There is no real answer or cause only theories behind the problem. This essay goes into the gene of the virus as well as ways to help fight against CCD. By protecting bees from becoming extinct we not only save one species but many other ones including ourselves.
Peel cukes. Slice in half lengthwise. If seeded, remove with teaspoon. Cut cukes across into 1/4 inch slices. Place in colander. Sprinkle with salt and toss. Allow to drain about 20 minutes. Rinse with cold water to remove salt. Spread out on paper towels and pat dry.
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Food inc in my opinion is a very controversial film for many reasons one being, it goes behind the scenes and exposes the food industry for what it really is and what it isn’t.
A few important things that I took away began with the lack of respect major corporations have for animals as well as the thousands of employees they hire. From hiring illegal immigrants and then giving away a few everyday just to keep the food plants open.
The more the cheaper seems to be the motto that these corporations seem to go by. For example they encourage farmers to grow massive amounts of corn. With this corn they put it into every major food product you can think of from candy to chips and many other products.
Companies such as Monsanto have no regards for the environment or people. Their primary goal is to turn a profit and intimidate anyone who doesn’t have the money to fight them off in court. For example they sued a seed cleaner who wasn’t doing anything wrong but helping farmers save seeds to replant for the next season. However they didn’t like this idea because they were losing money since the farmers weren’t buying seeds from them. He then settled outside of court because he could no longer afford the legal fees.
I also found it funny how many of the employees who worked for Monsanto later on when to receive higher jobs in the government. One man became a Supreme Court judge, others went on to work for the FDA and the USDA. These government groups are supposed it be protecting us are secretly working together and striking deals to help advance the companies’ forward. This makes me wonder if working for Monsanto entitles you to having a better job later on in the future, or is this company paying for election adds?
After watching food inc I am a little more cautious about where I shop and am gradually trying to switch from subsidizing to locally grown products only, because eventually if enough Americans start to do this large corporations will go to what the customer wants. Just like in the film Wal-Mart started selling organic products because that’s what the customer wants. I feel since we would switch to local products these larger companies will no longer be able to outsource either as well. Especially since they tried to bring corn from Mexico over. If we can make these farmers who grow corn switch to fresh produce then America could become healthier and obesity wouldn’t be a huge problem in America.
this paper was about the different types of bees and a certain type of bee can pollinate a specific flower that a different species can't. for example bumble bees are good for pollinating blueberry's, cranberry's, and tomato's. bees can be temperamental depending on the weather they chose to fly in. Honey bees prefer warmth vs cold. It hasn't been proven but a theory to why bees are dying while on farms is because of the pesticides sprayed. It mentions why bees disappear and conditions that affect them greatly, from there being less flowers and plants, to the human activity not giving enough free open land for bees to live naturally.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/ref/disappearing.pdf
this is a survey of the bee population in the united states I believe in the 1970's and the disappearing disease. the bees that would go pollinate fields would disappear and never return during the cold weather. a large majority of the bees would die during spring when it rains and is cold, luckily the summer helped revive the population, this is because of the warm weather and heat allowing them to grow. however some populations needed help recovering, and the hives that didn't need assistance weren't producing any more honey than the other hives.
in order for us to do better for the planet we must reduce our co2 emissions drastically. this is feasible by using different energy resources or alternatives. half the energy coal is produced by coal. bituminous coal which contains 45-75 percent carbon rich. an alternative is possibly wind energy, it can produce up to 90 Tera Watts. but isn't very affective if the wind isn't blowing. if we continue polluting at the rate we are now by 2050 we will be in trouble, because they estimate by 2915 the world population will have increased by 10 billion from its current number.
the problem must be completed as a world effort not just a single country's. to balance out our problems. if we dont make the change then we lose our planet, our planet is also the only one known to mankind that is habitable. we are destroying a key factor to life and need to fix that by resolving our co2 problem. an easy fix that we need to address before it is to late, according to some scientist it is already to late, which is why this problem needs to be fixed.
"We rely upon bees for just about every vegetable, flower and fruit around. They are a crucial terrestrial group and we would face mass starvation without them."
“Without bees, humans would starve. These industrious little insects are the world's greatest pollinators, carrying a dusting of pollen from flower to flower as they gather nectar for their hives. Millions of years of evolution has seen many plants become almost entirely reliant upon bees to help them breed.”
This article is about the different species scientist believe are essential to life on earth, using biodiversity to sustain the planet. Plants can’t grow without pollination which comes from bees. A single colony can contain 40,000 bees.To replace bees for their work it would cost $178 trillion dollars. This doesn’t include the wax and honey they create, only the pollination process.
"LANSING -- Beekeepers are buzzing about a disease that threatens the state's beekeeping industry: colony collapse disorder."
Beekeepers who transport bees to different farms to pollinate apples, and berries are releasing bee’s to pollinate flowers but aren’t returning. Keepers don’t know why this is. but think it is because of disease or pest’s attacking bee hives. One man actually lost 1,200 colonies of bees. The keepers are taking the bees to warmer parts of the country to repopulate during the colder months. This gives them time to reproduce and regain there colony size.
"Many other commercial beekeepers in Michigan transport their bees to warmer climates during the winter."
"The crematorium is in a prime position as a 'safe site' because it is a large organic garden, using no pesticides, and is bordered by a large organic farm.”
bees having trouble grow in the wild are being moved to Cwmbran a large organic farm which they believe will allow them to grow in large amounts and is protected from intruders. A step being taken is the government paying the farmers to include flowers that would attract the bees and keep them around making it easier for them to multiply.
I would like to grow mango in the garden because they are a delectable treat that I believe everyone enjoys. It is a fruit that is produced on a tree.
The best time to plant a tree is during the summer or in San Diego’s case the spring because it starts to get hotter.
The best weather for this plant is one with little rain fall which San Diego provides.
The average tree should get about 50 to 70 inches per year. Sprinkler watering system would work just fine.
This is only when it is a young tree. As it gets older there is the chance of over watering the tree. The older it get the less nitrogen is needed. It requires more potassium and phosphorus
Growing more than one tree would require for them to be spaced 30 inches apart.
They grow to be pretty big.
It doesn’t star producing fruit right away. It takes four to five years, which I intended it for. So it can grow over time in the eyes of different students.
Preferably grown by tree instead of seedling, although it can be grown either way.. To plant a new tree the hole needs to be two feet wide and three feet deep. The soil should be lose and to help it grow better add twenty bones to the soil. Mix in a little amount of fertilizer as well.
The average tree produces about 480 pounds over 10 years.
Biodiversity means biological diversity. This can be defined as variety of life. There are many components to biodiversity, Genetic diversity, species diversity, and ecosystem diversity[1]. All of these deal with life and things do naturally become extinct but with humans becoming more advanced and invading ecosystems we are destroying them, speeding up the natural process of elimination.
Bio diversity is important to the environment because without it we wouldn’t have many things we have today, from food to medical purposes to plants being able to grow. Bees are a key factor to this because without bees to pollinate flowers there are no vegetables or any other kind of food that comes from a flower. However there is artificial pollination but would be way too expensive to artificially pollinate enough plants to reach demands.
Bio diversity acts as a chain effect. Remove one piece the entire thing falls apart, because there isn’t an animal or insect in place to maintain natural order of a population growth. For example local whales began controlling the sea and fishermen didn’t like this. So they started killing whales. When this happened killer whales started killing seals and otters. This left no one to control the sea urchins which started destroying kelp beds.[2]
"Conservation of biodiversity is not about keeping one species away from another," he told the meeting. "It is not about building fences around national parks and keeping humans out. It is about interaction between all species and their natural ecosystem,[3]"
I agree with this because if it naturally builds a new chain and people try to put it back to its natural environment then it will not be self sustainable.
My idea for the senior project is dealing with bees and there affect on nature. How much harder would life become with out them. If a piece of the natural cycle disappeared would a new species come about and naturally fill the place of a bee. Or any other species that became extinct. Nature is more than just beauty and something to look at. If we are able to care for it and give back instead of taking without remorse, than by all means I would like to know this way and why haven’t we started making changes to benefit our planet as a whole. Insects and animals don’t have the power to fix our problems naturally. An effort needs to be made to help fix our problems.
[1] Ningthoujam, Debananda. "Biodiversity is life. Biodiversity is our life. Cophenhagen to Nagoya: Can the world save its ‘green gold’-the Earth’s Biodiversity?." kangla online. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Jan. 2010. .
[2] Shah, Anup. "Why Is Biodiversity Important? Who Cares? — Global Issues." Global Issues : social, political, economic and environmental issues that affect us all — Global Issues. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2010. .
[3] "Bees and biodiversity linked to food shortage - The New York Times." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2010. .
The article farmer and chief written by Michael Pollan was a very long and interesting article. Addressing major topics in the world of agriculture, involving health issues and what can be done to change how we as people eat to make a cleaner planet and a healthier body. What struck me as fairly interesting would be the amount of organic food created compared to the main crops that businesses ask farmers to grow. Corn and soy beans are two of the top crops grown; specialty crops aren’t grown as much because businesses don’t want to purchase these items. Making most of the farmers grow an abundance of corn and soybeans. This creates a problem because at a company’s perspective they are paying more money in turn meaning they are losing money. The main target I saw in the article pointed out quantity over quality. I understood these words as, the more the better the health risk is not a problem to the company’s, were as organic food is grown naturally and healthy. There isn’t as much produce, but it is healthier and doesn’t pollute the planet with excessive amounts of fossil fuels. My favorite argument made is educating the younger generation because they will have the power in a matter of years. By teaching healthier options and creating better food for public schools will increase a student’s knowledge greatly. Forgiving federal students loans to culinary students is a genius idea, in exchange for them working two years in a public school lunch program. It is a very broad and open idea depending on the loan size. But I’m sure a deal can be made with each graduate who decides to continue the idea of working in a school. The idea of seeing how the first family eats is a big deal. If they are eating poorly what does it say about us as a country? His clever touch on the topic of the front lawn. What is necessary to keep it green and so perfect? It is true we really don’t need such green grass and bright trees. If the first lady Michelle Obama did care for her own garden then It might add to a new wave of health craze and taking care our your health to go organic. A little idea that would also be great would be to have opera show her helping as well. Many American families watch this show and it is a great way to have something that isn’t news worthy but still important. to be broadcasted on national television, especially an iconic show such as opera.
I became very interested in oranges on the car ride to school. I was analyzing one on the car ride to school, and its simple yet complex procedure it takes to become an orange is very great. and the center of the sphere shape it is filled with liquid, while the outer layer is a rough shell protecting the precious fruit in the center. for some reason this makes me woinder how and why this is.
(They pollinate 72 percent of the worlds crops and complete a 12 billion dollar economic service.)
