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First Aired - 03/08/2010 12:00PM
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Author Carol A. Butler joins The Naturalist again, this time to talk about bees.
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The Naturalist Introduction: Bees! (11:08)
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Bernie Wides, The Naturalist, Carol A. Butler, Why Do Bees Buzz, spring is coming!, beehives, honey, Central Park, 60 species of bees have been identified in Central Park, they are hard to identify, the move quickly and look a lot alike, American Museum of Natural History, bees are the only insects for which artificial insemination techniques are successful, most honeybees only live for a few weeks, refined sugar, sweeteners, pollination, monoculture crops, nectar,The Life of a Worker Bee (10:40)
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Mayans, Incas, Tulum, Mexico, bees are symbolic in Salt Lake City, state house has a bee hive on top of it, The Bee House, Mormons, polygamist, workers, drones, Queen, different bee types in the hive, the workers change their job as they develop, the females do all the work in the hive, reproductive organs don't develop, reproductive self restraint, the Queen lays thousands of eggs a day, the Queen gives off pheromones, suppresses ovaries from developing, genetic mapping, Madeleine Beekman, the drone has no function other than to mate with a virgin Queen, the drone is not equipped to collect pollen, the drone has compound eyes larger than the female, sensitive antenna, foragers bring the nectar in, they regurgitate it into the mouth of the worker bees, their phallus breaks off after mating,Beehives, Swarms & Metamorphasis (12:01)
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bee swarms, compound eyes, with the extra eyes they can follow the scout bee to the new locaation, police force, it used to be illegal to have beehives in New York City, that law has now been changed, if you are allergic to bee stings you shouldn't raise bees, Bushwick, Erica Wides is about to set up a hive at Roberta's, pheramone, honey bee larva, silk, cocoon, honeycomb is sealed up, pupa, similar to a moth, 12% of insects don't go through this kind of metamorphasis, exoskeleton, we have an internal skeleton and are vertabrates,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 03/15/2010 12:00PM
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Bernie Wides & Carol A. Butler continue last week's discussion on bees.
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The Naturalist Introduction: Bees & Honey (13:26)
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Bernie Wides, The Naturalist, a continuation on bees, Carol A. Butler, swarms, Why Do Bees Buzz?, question and answer format, the sound of buzzing comes from the vibration of the bees body, sometimes noises are used to guide nest mates, quacking noises, the Queens also toots, Queen piping, produced by rapid contractions of the thoracic muscles, honey, in the winter beekeepers add honey, honey keeps the bees alive, honey pulls moisture out of the air, when you bake with honey it remains moist, creates an unfavorable environment for bacteria and mold, honey is acidic, Egyptians used honey, toxic honey, do not feed honey to babies under 1 year old, medicinal honey, Whole Foods Market,Bee Stings & Killer Bees! (14:27)
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mild burns heal faster with honey, bee stings, allergies, multiple bee stings can cause shock, Elizabeth Capaldi Evans, a stinging bee release an alarm pheromone, bees are not aggressive, they usually sting near a hive, they lose their stinger and die when the sting a human, they are attracted to the human face and ears, they cue to the carbon dioxide that we exhale, some beekeepers can build up a tolerance to the venom, muscles in the abdomen thrust the stinger into its target, they sting if there is a disturbance or apparent danger to the nest, killer bees, they are Africanized honey bees, Brazil, hybrid bees, they spread North at a rate of a mile a day, they have been seen as far south as Argentina, in June 2005 they were found in southwest Arkansas, 2007 in New Orleans, there are also sting less bees, most are mild mannered, some of them bite when threatened, they fight viciously over food, some excrete acidic saliva, another species enters the eyes ears or nose and buzzes loudly, Cyprian honey bees, they breathe through holes in the exoskeleton, Japanese honey bee, they group together and use a thermal strategy to burn invasive hornets to death,How To Avoid Bee Stings (13:41)
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how can you avoid being stung?, avoid honeybee nests, if a bee is nearby you should ignore it, American Museum of Natural History, butterfly conservatory, butterflies are trying to mate, bees are all business, they only look for nectar, perfume does not attract them, they only want a certain type of consistency of sweetness, their whole role as adults is to reproduce,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 10/31/2011 12:00PM
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This week's episode of The Naturalist sees Carol A. Butler returning to the program for a magazine-style 30 minutes jam packed of interesting information. Tune in for an update on the nuclear disaster in Fukushima and hear how contamination has been found in some of the food in cities such as Tokyo. Later on, hear about white nose syndrome, monarch butterflies, bees, cichlids and more! This episode was brought to you by Hearst Ranch.
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The Naturalist: Carol Butler Returns! (18:43)
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contamination, The Naturalist, Bernie Wides, Carol Butler, Heritage Radio Network, Hearst Ranch, Fukushima, nuclear disaster, Japan, radioactivity, Tokyo, food supply, food contamination, fish, nuclear energy, Long Island evacuation, white nose syndrome, bats, white fungus, Bat Conservation International,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
