dolphins and honeybees belong to very different subgroups of animals, their social lives and behaviors have been a topic of interest for researchers. Three life processes have been studied in this paper comparing dolphins and honeybees; senses, respiratory system, and mating. Despite dolphins and honeybees being very different animals, there do exist similarities between them. Introduction Dolphins and honeybees belong to very
A hive of honey bees will fly 90,000 miles, also like three orbits around the earth to collect 1 kg of honey. It takes an ounce of honey to fuel a bee’s flight around the world. A colony had about 20,000-60,000 honeybees and one queen. The female honey bees live for about weeks and they do all of the work. (See men are lazy.) A queen honey bee can live up to 5 years, the queen also needs to fill the hive with eggs. She is the busiest in the summer months, the hive
- 1 - 1 Introduction Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia in the family of Cucurbitaceae) is a widely popular vegetable grown extensively in several parts of India and in countries like Africa, China, Caribean and Southeast asian regions (Cefalu et al, 2008 and Cousens, 2008). Bitter gourd is a herbaceous climbing annual with ridged stems that grows up to 5 metre long. The plant usually grows on trellis 180 cm in height and has a hairy stem with numerous branches and dense foliage. The main varieties