THE BUZZ ON BUGS `DO BEES SNEEZE' ANSWERS KIDS' QUESTIONS ABOUT INSECTS.(Home Front)

From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: June 28, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Rebecca Jones Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer

James Wangberg is unequivocal about most of the day-to-day activities that make up the life of a bug.

No, he assures all the children who ask, insects do not sneeze, no matter how much pollen they encounter. They don't have noses! Neither do they cough nor hiccup, because they don't have lungs and they don't have throats like humans. They have no eyelids so they can't close their eyes.

But the Wyoming entomologist admits he fudged a bit when a child asked him whether bugs dream.

``In order to dream you have ...

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