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    Honey bees are greatly less aggressive when exposed to smoke. Smoke ruins a bee's ability to interpret pheromones, causing the alert smell to go unnoticed. This article gives me valuable ideas for creating an alternative to bee smoker.

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    Honey bees are greatly less aggressive when exposed to smoke. Smoke ruins a bee's ability to interpret pheromones, causing the alert smell to go unnoticed. This article gives me valuable ideas for creating an alternative to bee smoker.

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    Honey bees are greatly less aggressive when exposed to smoke. Smoke ruins a bee's ability to interpret pheromones, causing the alert smell to go unnoticed. This article gives me valuable ideas for creating an alternative to bee smoker.

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    ColleenDunnings
    Biology
    22April2015
    ResearchNotes

    ResearchNote#1
    Citation:
    Lastroth,L.L."HoneyBeePheromonesAreanIntegralPartofTheirCommunication
    System."
    HoneyBeePheromonesAreanIntegralPartofTheirCommunicationSystem.
    N.p.,
    n.d.Web.23Apr.2015.
    Summary:
    Thisarticleillustratedhowpheromonesaremade,used,andreceivedbybeeslivingin
    theirrespectivecolonies.Itwentintodetailonthechemicalsandbodypartsusedtomanufacture
    beepheromones.Additionally,examplesweregivenofthemainusesofpheromones,mainly
    attractinglostbeesoralertingguardsofpotentialattackers.Lastly,itexplainedhowbeescan
    interpretpheromonesthroughtheirmouthandantennae.
    Evaluation:
    Thisgivesmevaluableideasforcreatinganalternativetoabeesmoker.Itwould
    havetobesomewhatsimilartothechemicalcompoundsofbeepheromones,and/ordisruptthe
    receptionofthemouthandantennae.Thissmokeralternativewillmostlikelybeusedtoward
    offattackingbeesoncetheyusetheiralertpheromones.
    Evidence:
    Theattractantpheromoneisusedtoattractmembersofthecolonywhomightbe
    lost.
    Theantennaeandmouthpartsareequippedwithsensoryreceptorswhichinterprettheodors.

    ResearchNote#2
    Citation:
    Visscher,P.Kirk,andRichardS.Vetter."JournalofEconomicEntomology."
    Smoke
    andTargetColorEffectsonDefensiveBehaviorinYellowjacketWaspsandBumbleBees
    (Hymenoptera:Vespidae,Apidae)withaDescriptionofanElectronicAttackMonitor
    .N.p.,n.d.
    Web.24Apr.2015.
    Summary:
    Honeybeesaregreatlylessaggressivewhenexposedtosmokeandprefertoattack
    darkcoloredobjects.Smokeruinsabeesabilitytointerpretpheromones,causingthealertsmell
    togounnoticed.
    Evaluation:
    Thisgivesmegreatinsightonmyprojectbygivingmeinformationonthenegative
    andpositiveeffectsofsmokeonbumblebees.Iwillneedtouseanalternativethatusesatleast
    mostofthesamebenefitswhileeliminatingmostofthemajordrawbacksornegativesofsmoke.
    Evidence:
    Inourstudies,thenumberofattackinginsectswasreduced85%forbumblebees
    bumblebeesattackedtheblackballexclusivelywhenwepresentedblackandwhiteballs

    ResearchNote#3
    Citation:
    KayneWest.WhatisaBeeSmoker?
    WiseGEEK
    N.p.,n.d.Web24Apr2015.

    Summary:
    Asmokerisatoolusedtoblowsmokeintoabeehivetodisruptpheromones.This
    makesitagreatdevicetowardoffattackingbeesandcalmthemdown.
    Evaluation:
    Thisarticlegavemegreatinsightonhowsmokedisruptsbeepheromonesandcalm
    themdown.Thesmokecausesthebeestothinkthereisafireandthattheirhivewillburndown.
    Therefore,theyconsumeasmuchhoneyastheycan,whichgreatlycalmsthemdown.My
    alternativemethodwilllikelyhavetoutilizeasimilarmethodofdecreasingbeeagitation.
    Evidence:
    Whensmokeisblownintothehivefirst,theguardbeesreceptorsaredulled.
    Thesmokehasasecondaryeffectinthatitcausestheotherbeestoinstinctivelygorge
    themselvesonhoney.

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