Lily's Blog

This article is about flies, and their ability to fly. Flies have to flap their small wings very fast, which is what makes the buzzing noise. Every fly has two flight muscles which enable the wing movement, one type moves the wings down the other type stretches them out. Spalt is what makes flies able to fly. If flies didn’t have spalt they wouldn’t be able to fly, and they would not die. They are testing to see if spalt plays a role in heartbeat regulation.

This article is interesting to me because it’s interesting to see how flies fly. And what helps them fly. This is also interesting because their testing to see if spalt is what helps heartbeat regulation.

Date: Oct. 7, 2011

Professor Guy Poppy, a neuroscientist and his team in New Hampshire, and his team believe that minuscule particles are released from diesel engines are causing honey bees to die.  Professor Guy poppy and his team also think that nanoparticles are one of the stress factors killing the honey bees. Honey bees are estimated to make the world 430 million a year to UK alone, so if they die there would be a major strain in the economy. By the winter of 2007 there was a loss of tens of thousands of beehives and it’s increased ever since 2007. The population of bee hives has have dropped 35% in 2007, 2008, 2009. They think that the diesel fumes may be taking the smell of the flowers away, making it harder for the honey bees to fine their food. Professor Guy Poppy thinks that the diesel fumes may be taking the smell of the flowers away and making it harder for the honey bees to find their food. They also think the fumes given off are making it harder for the worker bees to find their way back home. It has also been proven that the nanoparticles in the fumes are very harmful to the brains of animals.

I found that the fumes are hiding the smell of the flowers, and making it harder for the bees to find their way home. I also found it interesting that the bees are making 430 million dollars for the economy in the UK. And that the population of bees had dropped 35%. The article was very interesting.

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