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Bee sting - 36 views

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  • nt to differentiate a bee sting from an insect bite. It is also important to recognize that the venom or toxin of s
  • ill actively seek out and sting when they perceive the hive to be threatened, often being alerted to this by the release of attack pheromones. Although it is widely believed that a worker honeybee can sting only once, this is a misconception: although the stinger is in fact barbed so that it lodges in the victim's skin, tearing loose from the bee's abdomen and leading to its death in minutes, this only happens if the victim is a mammal (or bird).
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  • nes, a process which is accelerated if the bee is fatally injured. Release of alarm pheromones near a h
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Let the Children Play (Some More) - Happy Days Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • Goof-off time shouldn’t be limited to summer vacation: it’s important all year.
  • st American children in the not-so-distant past, “going out to play” was the norm. Today, according to a University of Michigan study,
  • Just an hour a day of vigorous play — running, chasing, games like tag or dodge ball, and even dealing with or avoiding being excluded from these activities — can provide intense skill learning.
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  • Deprive a social mammal like a rat or monkey of its normal rough-and-tumble play and it enters adulthood emotionally fragile, unable to tell friend from foe, poor at handling stress and lacking the skills to mate properly.
  • Play is an active process that reshapes our rigid views of the world.
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