F2F Class Notes (Celeste)

Read the rest of the article below and talk about it in your next class. 

FOOD OF CHOICE

Wasps are more predatory in nature.

They eat other insects such as caterpillars and flies. However, wasps sip on nectar too. They are attracted to the smell of human food, such as sugary beverages and beer.

Bees are vegetarian and are pollinators. They sip nectar from flowers and can also drink water and bring water back to the hive to clean it.

HOME AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE

Bees are highly social creatures. They live in nest or colonies that live and die for the queen bee and the colony. Hives are manmade homes for bees. A hive’s internal structure is a densely packed matrix of hexagonal cells made of beeswax, called a honeycomb. The bees use the cells to store food, such as honey and pollen, and to house the next generations’ eggs, larvae and pupae.

For the most part, wasps are social, however, they can also choose to be solitary and live entirely on their own. Unlike honey bees, wasps have no wax producing glands. Many instead create a paper-like substance primarily from wood pulp. Also, solitary wasps can create a small mud nest, attach it to any surface, and make it its base of operations.

The nests of some social wasps, such as hornets, are first constructed by the queen and reach about the size of a walnut. Once the sterile daughters of the queen wasp come of age, they take over construction and grow the nest. The size of a nest is generally a good indicator of the number of female workers in the colony. Social wasp colonies often have populations exceeding several thousand female workers and at least one queen.

I don’t get sick anymore – I prevent myself from getting sick

I am not sick anymore – before I was sick, but now I am better, I am healthy again

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plug your ears if the music is too loud (cover your ears)

Vocabulary

closet/s n. – built in room to store clothes

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I did not put them out from storage box. – I have not taken them out from the storage box yet. 

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wet wipe/s n. – moist towelette used to clean hands, babies’ faces…

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moist adj. – slightly wet, especially in a good way
eg. I like moist chocolate cake.

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rinse / rinsing / rinsed (-t) v. – to take a liquid like water and make sth clean by removing dirt or soap
eg. After you wash the dishes, rinse them with water.
eg. Rinse the soap off your hands before you dry them.