Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Recently I have read an article from the magazine Wired. It was named No Sleep For Bees Just Use Magnets. I was written by Leah Shaffer about the work of Barrett Klein. The main idea was that humans don't function as well when they are tired. So Barrett Klein hooked magnets to the feet of bees and kept them awake to see if they have a similar reaction to humans. The most surprising thing I found out was that they do react the same way because I didn't know that insects need sleep like humans do. One question I have for this article is since when we ship bee farms and keep them awake does that make the honey a lower quality? I'd like to learn how other animals react to not getting enough sleep so see how many species get affected like humans do. The topic of not getting sleep effecting humans work is something worth doing more research about especially since video games and phones keep people up later than they use to. The same because this issue has been growing and will be a continue to grow.
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As a frequent tea drinker who likes honey in her tea, I can't help but wonder if my honey isn't the quality I want it to be. I know myself that when I'm tired I definitely do not do my best work so these poor over-worked bees are probably not putting out their best work either. This article really got me thinking and I'll probably think twice about honey and how tired I am when I take it off the shelf.
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