Exploration Four!

Maixner, Ed. Will The Buzzing Stop? Drawing, Graph. "Bee Disappearance is a Honey of a Mystery." Kiplinger.com. 22 May 2007. Web. 15 March 2010.

This graph is definitely something I would need to include in my essay. I think it is always helpful to see data of whatever topic you are reading about. This table will help my point that the honey bee disaperances are a big deal and it isnt getting better. It shows how every year there is a decent sized drop in the number of honeybees. This helps me in arguing that we need to act, and we need to act now, before it is too late.

Donovan, Patty. Bees-Skull. Cartoon. "Genetically Modified Crops Implicated in Honey-Bee Colony Die-Off." obrag.org. 13 Jan. 2009. Web. 15 March 2010.

This image would be great for my essay. One of the things I will be discussing in my paper is the way in which the bees disappear. When a hive has Colony Collapse Disorder the worker bees do not return to the hive and the only thing left inside is the queen and some young bees that cannot take care of the hive on their own. This image is perfect for the information that I will include about how once the hive is broken down and abandoned nothing touches it. Usually other bees will come and make the hive their own home or scavengers will come and eat whats left. But we have found that nothing touches hives that have been affected with CCD. This image illustrates how the hive has a warning sign that shouts "Beware! Do not enter!"

Bereer, Dan. Bees-On-Strike. Cartoon. "Genetically Modified Crops Implicated in Honey-Bee Colony Die-Off." obrag.org. 13 Jan. 2009. Web. 15 March 2010.

I can use this image pretty effectively in my essay. I am arguing that the disappearance of our honey bees is all humans faults. One of the main reasons is that we pour millions of gallons of pesticides all over our crops and these have some negative effects on our bees as well as other creatures. This image would portray how we need to be more careful and probably come up with a better and less harmful way of farming or else the bees will go on "strike" and they will be no where to be found.

Donovan, Patty. The Vanishing of the Bees. Cartoon. "Genetically Modified Crops Implicated in Honey-Bee Colony Die-Off." obrag.org. 13 Jan. 2009. Web. 15 March 2010.

I really like this image and I know i will be using is somewhere in my essay. This image is perfect in describing how the honey bees are just suddenly leaving their hives and are no where to be found. What is also great about the picture is the coloring. Everything is dark and dreary, which is perfect because this is a serious topic and a serious problem.