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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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2006
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bee, a ring or hoop of metal.
Bees of the bowsprit, pieces of hardwood bolted to the outer end of the bowsprit of an old-fashioned sailing vessel. The fore-
topmast stays were
rove through these before they were brought in to the bow and secured.
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BEE SWARMING SEASON BEGINS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/16/2006; 700+ words
; ...possibility of encounters with bees. Here is some information and safety tips : What kind of Bee is it? All bees in the valley are referred to as...up to advise the public of the bees. Bee hives, especially those that are...
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Bees.(Illustration)
Magazine article from: Science Weekly; 4/30/2001; 700+ words
; ...the flower or the bee? Paleontologists and...have long thought that bees and flowering plants evolved...that are domesticated. Bee Bodies Bees are insects. They have...metamorphosis, nurse bees care for the bee caterpillars, feeding...
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 "Weekly Reader, Edition 1 (including Science Spin)")
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Bees are helpers: bees help flowers grow. Bees fly from flower to flower. The bees carry pollen, or yellow dust, to other plants. The pollen helps new flowers grow.(Science)
Magazine article from: Weekly Reader, Edition 1 (including Science Spin); 5/1/2005; 700+ words
; As Busy as a Bee! Some bees work to make honey...In the hive, the bee spits out the juice. The other bees drink that juice...blossoms and scents attract bees. * Flowers provide insects with food. A bee drinks sweet liquid...
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BEE SWARMING SEASON BEGINS IN LAS VEGAS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/24/2008; 700+ words
; ...activity leads to the increased possibility of bee encounters. What kind of bee is it? All bees in the valley are referred to as just...consider having them removed by a professional bee removal service. Bees in Hives - If you have bees, it is the...
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Bees ease patient's burden.
Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients; 5/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...Oliver speaks at bee meetings around the...produces no literature on bees. "You can't put...about being stung by bees," Proctor said...toughed-out her first bee assault July 2002...Proctor said. Bee pollen, raw honey...jelly and propolis (bees make it from tree...
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 "Sun, The: Wheaton (IL)")
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`Bee dance' no sweat for phobic
Newspaper article from: Sun, The: Wheaton (IL); 9/19/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...more of these "sweat bees," the common name for dozens of different bee species. When I searched...information about sweat bees, I wanted to know two...do that! God made that bee! You can't just kill it!" "Bees don't count," I answered...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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WHEN BEES GO BUZZ-ERK! As British tourists are attacked by an angry swarm, what turns a humble honey bee into a killer?(News)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/19/2009; 700+ words
; ...their faces a mass of bees. Considering that severe allergies to bee venom are not unknown...for swarms of killer bees? Bee expert Dr Nigel Raine...that recordings of bees buzzing were enough...The main reason bee attacks can be so...
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Bees, please: why farmers are buzzing for more hives.(USA)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 5/24/2005; 700+ words
; ...increase the supply of bees and at the same time increase...interested] in keeping bees." 'Go West, young bee' The stakes were raised...usual hive fee to have bees in residence. But despite...call of "Go West, young bee," California farmers...
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+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+News+Service) "The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)")
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`Bees in America' and `Robbing the Bees'.
Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 4/13/2005; 700+ words
; ...Byline: Roger Moore ``Bees in America: How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation...crop of books about bees published this spring. The honey bee arrived in Virginia...she says of her bee fixation. "I started to see bees and honey everywhere...
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Bees that strip carrion also take wasp young.(Flesh Eaters)
Magazine article from: Science News; 2/14/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...lesser known part of the bees' normal repertoire" Most bee species buzz around flowers...as food for immature bees. Biologists, however...lifestyle of a Trigona bee that requires carcasses...eaters. Scoops on the bees' legs that in other...
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Bees
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...the daytime. Among the solitary bees, where each queen bee builds her own nest, there is...system established by true social bees, where there is only one queen bee laying eggs. Some species of solitary bees build nests, while some scavenge...
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bee
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...is converted to honey in the bee's digestive tract. There are about 20,000 species of bees. They may be solitary, social...unknown reasons, left many bee boxes empty of bees after overwintering. Bee venom has been found to have...
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Bee Pollen
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Bee pollen Description Bee pollen is the dust-size male seed found...as they move from flower to flower. The bees secrete a number of enzymes into the pollen...into a collection receptacle. General use Bee pollen is among the oldest known dietary...
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Bumble Bee Seafoods L.L.C.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Bumble Bee Seafoods L.L.C. 9655 Granite Ridge Drive...Private Company Incorporated: 1960 as Bumble Bee Seafoods, Inc. Employees: 1,000 Sales...and Frozen Packaged Fish and Seafoods Bumble Bee Seafoods L.L.C. is a top producer and...
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Kay-Bee Toy Stores
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Kay-Bee Toy Stores 100 West St. Pittsfield, Massachusetts...5945 Hobby, Toy & Game Shops Kay-Bee Toy Stores is the fifth-largest retailer...outlets run by its major competitor, Kay-Bee operates approximately 1,000 smaller mall...
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