Life in the Beehive: Part 3
by Bradon Coy on December 1, 2018
Welcome to the third and final part of the bee series. Thank you for tuning into these past few blog posts and if you missed the last two, go check them out.
One of the most extraordinary things about honey bees is that they produce their own food source! They are one of the only insects that do that! We actually eat that sweet food that we...
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by Bradon Coy on November 17, 2018Welcome to my continuation of the three-part Bee series. This week, we will be talking about how the worker bees create their sweet honey that they feed the entire hive with.
Step #1. The bees...
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by Bradon Coy on November 10, 2018You often see them busily buzzing around your garden or a nearby meadow. Have you ever wondered why they are so diligent?
In this three-part series, we will be exploring and revealing the many...
Read MoreThe Sumo Wrestlers of the Canopy
by Bradon Coy on November 3, 2018A strong, brave, male, titan of a beetle is on the lookout for a mate. He starts climbing a towering tree because he can smell a female in its branches. He climbs, and climbs, and climbs until he...
Read MoreThe "JAWS" of the Insect World
by Bradon Coy on September 28, 2018It has many names. Giant water beetle, Water scorpion, Toe bitter.
Similar to the menacing shark in the 1975 film "JAWS", the giant water beetle, residing in North and South America, is truly an...
Read MoreNature's most resourceful Scavenger
by Bradon Coy on September 8, 2018In the African Sahara desert, a tiny titan carefully rolls its huge ball of dung, which is about twice its size, across the sweltering sand. Meet the dung beetle...
The Dung beetle...
Read MoreAs Spider's Worst Nightmare
by Bradon Coy on August 25, 2018Most people fear spiders but did you know that there is one thing that spiders fear? The Tarantula hawk wasp. This giant wasp is so powerful that it is able to wrestle with a giant tarantula and...
Read MoreThe Fighter Jets of the Animal Kingdom
by Bradon Coy on August 16, 2018You will often see them zipping around your local lake, pond, or pool and don't think much of them. If you take a closer look, you will be amazed by these amazing aerial predators. This is the...
Read MoreThe Samurai of the Air
by Bradon Coy on August 11, 2018This is one beast of the air that you don't want to run into...
Let me introduce you to the Japanese Giant Hornet (Vespa mandarinia japonica). Since this apex predator lives in hives of up to...
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Tiniest Gardners
by Bradon Coy on May 4, 2018Being in the genus of Atta and Acromyrmex leaf cutter ants inhibit the rainforests of central and south America. There are currently 27 species of leaf cutter ants discovered. These ants are...
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