...suggests death. The overall description of the bee-box is strange and disturbing. In the second stanza, the bee box both frightens and attracts Plath. She stares in at the bees through a little wire grid. The box is ‘locked’ because its contents are ‘dangerous’. Yet Plath ‘can’t keep away from it’. She examines the box and considers opening it. But she is faced with the threat that what is inside may injure her. Yet, she feels she has to 'to live with it overnight'. In the third stanza, she regards the bees as angry slaves that seek release and revenge: ‘Black on black, angrily clambering’. Through the wire grid she sees darkness. She imagines the bees are like army divisions of blackness that she associates with ‘the swarmy feeling of African hands’. She is in a state of alarm. In the fourth stanza, the buzzing noise puts her off releasing the bees. She fears their bee language and now regards them as an aggressive Roman mob. She describes their language as ‘unintelligible syllables’. Her exclamation, 'small, taken one by one, but my god together!' reveals a fear of being attacked by these 'minute' [tiny] creatures. The swarm terrifies her. In the fifth stanza she sidesteps the problem: ‘I am not a Caesar’. She means she is not all-powerful. She also means that she doesn’t have to understand the bees’...
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...In Swift’s excerpt from Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver's association with Glumdalclitch and the ruler build up a topic of conquering dread.Gulliver develops a fear of the extremely large bees that swarmed around him, and the Queen’s eating habits were so disturbing that they frightened him. However, Glumdalclitch helped him while he was in their world, she gave him a place to stay and she cared for him. Without her he wouldn’t have survived living in the world. The enormous bees scared Gulliver in several ways. In paragraph 4 Gulliver says, “I sat down at my table to eat a piece of sweet cake for my breakfast, above twenty wasps allured by the smell, they came flying into the room, humming louder than the drones of as many bagpipes.” “They flew...
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...Burt’s Bees Has Buzzed its Way to the Top of the Natural Care Product Market Kelsey Morales, Madeleine Tessier, Kelsey Rosentreter TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………………………………..…….…..2 Thesis Statement………………………………………………………………………..……………….…..….……3 Introduction to Burt’s Bees History…………………………………………………………………...….……..…4-5 (Kelsey Morales) Burt’s Bees is a Green Company…………………………………………………………...…….…...….………5-6 (Kelsey Morales) Charity and Giving back to the Community……………………………………..………………………….………6 (Kelsey Morales) Clorox Takes over Burt’s Bees Ownership…………………………………………………...……….…………6-7 (Kelsey Rosentreter) The Current Company Structure…………………...…………………………….…………………….……………8 (Kelsey Morales) Steps of Product Production…………………………………………………….…………………………….……..8 (Kelsey Rosentreter) Product Mix……………………………………………………………….........................................................8-10 (Madeleine Tessier) Packaging…………………………………………………………………………………………………………10-11 (Madeleine Tessier) SWOT Analysis …………………………………………….……………………………………………………11-12 (Kelsey Rosentreter) Conclusion………………………………….………………………………………………………………….…12-13 Bibliography…………………………………………….………………..………………………………….……14-15 Thesis statement: Burt’s Bees is an earth-friendly personal care product company that specializes in 100% natural products. They offer many different product lines and are sold in a variety of stores, both locally and internationally. . In this research report we will demonstrate...
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...experience that I had was doing the skit with my friends, which was about Mrs. Semanovich asking us about how camp was. In our skit, we joked around a lot and we had seriousness about what we learned, about garibaldi, the California State Fish, and we also had a dance to it. To add, our class also dissected a squid and I wasn’t afraid of touching it, just the bees that were all in our space. It felt squishy and we learned about the hard part of the squid’s eye called the eye lenses. We also learned about the guts - if the color is yellowish, it’s a girl, and if it’s clearish, and whitish, it’s a boy. One final experience was our encounter with the ignorant bees, that were feared and not liked on food. The bees were feared because everyone thought they would sting… but if you just swat them away, they would leave you alone or come back to vex you. There was almost no escape from the bees, they loved invading and crawling on our food and some even landed on our squids. These experiences I think will last me a lifetime, with learning about garibaldi, applying it with our skit, dissecting the squid … and then there were the bees that were vexing us. Catalina was filled with knowledge waiting to be learned by us… and we learned a lot too! First, we learned about pollution and plastic. Only half of the plastic is deposited in landfills, even less is recycled, and some plastic is in unknown places around the world like the oceans. Even worse, marine animals like turtles mistake the...
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...Bzzzzzz bzzzzzz bzzzzzz bzzzzzzz BEES! They are everywhere! Now one common misconception of bees is that they are violent, scary creatures that are out to sting you. I myself have a terrible fear of bees. They freak me out. But after doing a lot of research on bees I have learned that there is lot more behind the stinger. So I am going to borrow a few minutes of your time to inform you on all the amazing things that make bees so remarkable and why they are so fascinating. I am going to talk to you about how their jobs provide for other bees in the colony, second I am going to talk to you about how they communicate with other bees, and then lastly I am going to talk to you about their flight and how powerful it is. So first of all bees are never alone because they are part of a colony. According to the New York Times, the jobs for bees are divided into two categories; the age of the bees and the gender. In terms of age, if you are a younger bee you will be taking care of the queen, you will be catering to the queen and all of the services the queen needs. If you are an older bee your job is to protect and build the hive and collect nectar and pollen. In terms of gender, if you are a female bee, you’re actually a worker bee. The female bees will fly out of the hives and they are the only ones that are going to collect nectar for the hive. If you are a male bee on the other hand your job is quite different. You simply protect the bee hive and fertilize the eggs of the queen...
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...for us would not exist if it weren’t for bees. These amazing, sometimes feared insects are one of our most important keys to life. We should all consider becoming beekeepers. I know many of you are going to think this is a crazy idea. Perhaps it is. I know you may be worried too – perhaps even scared of these little flying sometimes-annoying pests. I can understand your fear. I too have allergies. All it takes for some is just one bite or sting and it’s a matter of life or death. But, with a little beekeeping know-how and some proper equipment close at hand, you too could be helping save our world from possible extinction! I am sure many of you have heard that we have lost millions of our bees from what experts call colony collapse. Monsanto, Bayer and DuPont have been developing special hybrid seeds that will grow “super corn”, but in the meantime have managed to kill off large numbers of our bees. It made national news at least once, but I don’t think too many people took notice. We tend to mistake bees for wasps or think of “killer bees”. You might not realize that without these amazing little creatures, we have no fruits or vegetables not to mention flowers. The easiest way to become a beekeeper is simply looking on the Internet. There are many starter kits available and for as little as $300, you can help with our sustainability. A kit contains the boxes and frames as well as a queen bee and usually around 1,000 worker bees. Once a box is set up, there really isn’t...
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...about bees. They are yellow and black and the often induce more fear into people than the situation warrants. Bees do sting, and people with allergies can be affected seriously. If a colony of bee’s sets up a hive around your property, children playing nearby, mowing the lawn or outdoor activities near that hive can be seen as aggression and stings can happen. Beehives should not be messed with without the right equipment and safety measures. Western Exterminator are bee control and bee removal experts and we safely remove hives, prevent their return, and use environmentally sound methods that will not interfere with commercial hives and pollinators....
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...Burt’s Bees: Leaving the Hive 1. A. Market: Natural - organic personal care; develop, manufacture and distribute; targeting LOHAS (NMI, 2007) consumers, around the world. B. The market is the industry where the organization competes, and it needs to be specifically defined. In general, the requirements for an appropriate market definition include: a) should be narrowly defined; b) should include at least 90% of the company’s sales and c) a “real” market as defined by customers and competitors (Kulzick, 2007). Market definitions to be complete should include four different factors: 1. Company’s product or service ( Natural – organic personal care products that include: (Lip balm, oral care, hair care, body care, face cleansing and care and outdoor – sun care). 2. Customer ( Someone who pays the money for the service and/or product. According to the Natural Marketing Institute (2007), the Natural-Organic Personal Care Products Market targets consumers classified as LOHAS consumers. LOHAS is the acronym for Lifestyles Of Health And Sustainability. This refers to an integrated consumer group, which has a meaningful sense of environmental and social responsibility and incorporates those values into purchasing decisions. LOHAS is a critical target for companies marketing natural and organic personal care products because these consumers opinions are very influential and help push healthy environmentally- friendly products into the mainstream...
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...Robert Frost, a great literary writer found a way to use nature as a tool to express human experiences. Throughout the course of his life he has inspired writers and created a new view on how we as humans view nature and the world around us. Robert Frost has been known to be a complicated poet because he did not focus so much on weather a line rhymed. Frost wrote deliberately to paint a picture or create a story for his readers. He wrote with care to express what he was truly feeling. Most of his poems are written with undertones that would require the reader to look deeper into what was written. When most poems are examined more in depth Frost becomes much more complex, showing that there is a deeper and sometimes darker undertone to the engaging words of the poems. Frost had experienced pain and tragedy, with many deaths of family members, during his life. He finds that his suffering makes the thought of death both fascinating and tempting. Frost considers death but has decided to pursue life and the choices that one faces along life’s paths. Frost uses his greatest inspiration, nature, to tell stories of happiness, tragedy and pain. Nature is the one thing that remains constant. It continues to flow and carry on through good and bad. I feel that Frost noticed this and found a way to connect and mimic nature’s process: the circle of life. In nature this includes life and death. After the cycle of death, nature creates anew and continues to blossom and bloom. ...
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...this quote applies to Beowulf: A New Telling by Robert Nye. Beowulf: A New Telling is about the young (and eventually old) hero Beowulf. Beowulf vanquishes evil beasts by finding the good within himself. Beowulf is truly strong in the way that he compensates for the “flaws” he possesses. Beowulf is a hero who persevered despite the presence of major obstacles. This quote applies to Beowulf because he overcame the weakness that his shortsightedness creates, Beowulf persevered in the face of Grendel’s awful Mother, even though he was scared, finally, Beowulf faced the Firedrake, despite his extremly old age. An obstacle Beowulf overcame was his short-sightedness, which Beowulf acquired in his youth, as a result of being stung by a swarm of bees. A time when he didn’t let his short-sightedness weaken him is when he faced...
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...Secret Life of Bees Study Guide Prewriting: Confederacy, rednecks, grits, fried chicken (and waffles), slavery, civil rights, strange accents Kudzu is a quick growing plant from asia that was used for erosion control and has become a pest in the south. Grits are boiled, ground corn kernels usually served at breakfast Sweet-grass baskets are baskets that are coiled tight enough to hold water 3. Malcolm X was a civil rights activist and a religious leader. Saigon is now known as Ho Chi Minh city and was a very important city during the Vietnam War. The Beatles were an english rock band, and they were thought of as one of the most influential groups of the rock era. The civil rights movement was a movement in the late 1900s that wanted...
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...Her second husband Jody even mentions, “A pretty doll-baby lak you is made to sit on de front porch...” (Hurston 26). This provides insight on Jody’s view of love compared to the bees and the blossom; Jody believes the woman should be treated like a queen not obligated to work. Incidents like these eventually lead to selfishness and Starks demonstrates this by treating her as a personal slave. Each man Janie is in a relationship with, such as Jody, guides her to a new checkpoint to finding herself. By Hurston writing, “Starks said impatiently,…”Whut you waitin on?” the reader is able to be aware that Janie is distancing herself emotionally from Jody. Her word choice in referring to Jody as “Starks” represents Janie emotionally distancing herself. This provides recognition of Janie’s grasp on becoming who she wants to be by ridding toxic people from her life. As time goes on Janie meets new people including Tea Cake, yet...
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...John Kase Prof. Morgan Religion in The World, section7 Sept 17th 2012 Paper #1 “How is honey understood in African and African diasporic religions?” Honey is a sweet food made by bees using nectar from flowers. In the African religion, food stuffs are present within the ritual stories associated with African spirituality and are instructive tools symbolizing complex ideas and concepts. In one such story, Ogun, the god of iron, technology, and patron of blacksmiths, isolates himself in a forest. Because the people depended on his abilities and gifts for most of their daily lives, the community soon fell into chaos. They beseeched the great Ogun to return, only to be ignored by the orisha. Only the orisha of sensuality and female empowerment, Oshun, was able to lure Ogun from his haven. She spread her honey on his lips, and the tempted Ogun followed her out of the forest. Honey, in this story, has been said to be a metaphor for Oshun’s sexuality, and the story instructs believers about using their own particular talents for the good of the community. Honey is also used as an important type food during the ceremony of a newborn. In many African communities, the elders, usually after having engaged in divination, offer a name to the baby’s father in the morning. Divination helps determine which ancestor may be coming back through the child. Later on, in the evening, others in the community join to officially welcome the newborn. Specific ritual food and drinks will...
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...They live in self-made holes. They take ten minutes to dig holes. The holes have one entrance and are from one to three meters long. They use their intelligence by using the tools around them. Honey Badgers are fearless and have strength against enemies. They attack their prey when their prey can not escape. The Honey Badger’s coat is used to fend off predators. The competitors Honey Badgers have are famers. Farmers that make honey rely on bees and Honey Badgers are taking honey from them. Farmers feel threatened, so they killed Honey Badgers by setting up traps. Honey Badgers are poisoned, or killed to be used as medicines in some African countries. The myths that are made for Honey Badgers say that if you are bitten by one, that person loses fertility. Honey Badgers are led by honeyguides which are birds, but they have not been proven true. Another Myth is that Honey Badgers are invincible. The Honey Badger is depicted as a fearless animal who can be never killed. In culture, Honey Badger are shown to fight other animals and are said to not care about nothing but...
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...The Secret Life Of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd. Book Report, Dorthea Søiland The secret life of bees centres on Lily’s search for clues and connections to her mother, who was killed when Lily was a little girl. We get to follow her journey as she runs away from her abusive father along with her nanny Rosaleen. Lily is longing to be loved, because the lack of it in her past life is destroying her. “People who think dying is the worst thing, don’t know a thing about life” Lily, p2. The novel is an excellent written drama. It explores race, love and the idea of family and home in troubled times. The author of the book, Sue Monk Kidd, is a well-known writer who has written other known books such as “The Mermaid Chair”(2005) and “A Mother-Daughter Story”(2010). She has been on the New York Times bestselling list twice, which one of them were with this very novel. The secret life of bees was published in 2002 by Penguin Books New York. The story takes place in South Carolina in the 1960’s, which we can say is a time were racism was on it’s worst. Time and place has a lot to do with the story, and we get to look into a time were being black wasn’t easy. The main character of the book is fourteen years old Lily. She is a brave and smart girl, whose only wish for a birthday present is to know a little about her mother. Her fear of living a life without being loved is getting her to write poems, which she’s good at. All-tough Lily doesn’t have a mother she has a father, T....
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