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Order: Hymenoptera
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Common Name--Social Insects - Ants, Bees and Wasps
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Social Behavior of Polistine Wasps |
Good information on wasps and their behavior |
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Welcome to Our Hive! |
4th grade simulation project at the University of Chicago Laboratory School |
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Bee Alert: What is the Africanized Honey Bee? |
Good information on these South American bees including
how they got their "killer" reputation |
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B-Eye: See the World Through the Eyes of a Honey Bee |
Simulates theoptics of a honey bee's eye, showing how a bee views
the world |
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Flight of theBumblebee |
Document by Doug Craigen, Ph.D. (physics) explains why bumblebees can fly |
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Entomology Notes: Flight of the Bumblebee |
Michigan Entomological Society Note; experiment for testing flight
of bees; has diagrams of 18 different species |
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Welcome to GEARS |
Great lesson on pollination; "Honey Bees and the Tracheal Mite"; "Selection of Nest Cavities by Africanized and European Honey Bees"; and others topics |
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DNA Information and Stock Center |
Go to "Web Ants" (Japanese Ants Image Database); click on "A Guide
for the Identification of Japanese Ants with Colored Images"; click on
"Color Images" and actual images of ants will
come up |
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Fungi |
Information on leaf-cutting ants including a section of quick-time
video
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Fire Ant Control: Pest, Present and Future |
Long text about fire ants and their control; references listed at the end |
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Live from the Rainforest |
Passport to Knowledge site that includes cricket sounds, videotaped programs that cover leaf cutter ants, and much more |
Ant Farms From 24 Hours 7 Days
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Bright World Ant Farms
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Order Information for two different web sites that sell ant farms |
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BIOSIS: Hymenoptera
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Lists Internet resources on Hymenoptera
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National Honey Board Home Page
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Has sites especially for kids and includes Honey bee facts, honey trivia, recipes, and other topics about bees
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Bee Dances
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Site includes a Java Applet showing a bee "dancing" in the hive
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The Antlion Pit
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Site dedicated to the antlion, insects in the order Neuroptera who prey on ants
and other insects; opening page contains interesting graphic with quote; site has
basic factual information as well as information on these insects' place in
human culture and mythology
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Kids' Corner
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University of Montana site that has honey bee trivia, games & puzzles, pictures, and much more
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