ENVS 2210 Chapter 16 & 18: Week 10
22 Apr 2016
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Chapter 16: honey and other bee products page #260-261 and 263-266: It is popular in soaps, dental cream and cosmetics: humans consume propolis as a dilute liquid or mixed into sugar or honey in the form of tablet lozenges. Venom: bee venom is used to treat human allergic reactions to bee stings and as a relief from arthritis and serious human conditions such as multiple sclerosis (neither conditions are approved by most medical practitioners) Week 10: stings are directly applied by forcing adult bees, held with forceps, to sting human skin, usually after use of ice to reduce surface sensitivity. Pollinating agents: cross-pollinated flowers must have some agent transfer the pollen from one flower to the next there are a number of mechanisms for moving pollen: Insects: wind, water, humans, mammals, spiders, birds, monkeys, bats, snails and slugs, kangaroos, mites, the vast majority of cross-pollination requires flying animals such as bees and flies.
