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• Further studies showed that the chemical odor that attracts a wasp to a damaged plant is the same odor that gives freshly cut grass its characteristic smell. Wasps are able to tell the difference between freshly cut Bermuda grass and freshly cut Kentucky bluegrass. By applying this knowledge into practical use, the researchers were able to save the cotton crop.

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• Whereas a bee can sting only once and quickly die, a wasp can sting an unlimited number of times with no problems at all.

• Bees are strictly herbivores, eating only nectar and pollen, but wasps eat other insects. Wasps • These bug scientists knew that every female may also eat nectar but they do not collect it wasp lays an egg on the back of a caterpillar. like bees do.

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• Next they tried placing a caterpillar on a plant and releasing the wasp, with no change. But when they put a wasp in a box that contained a partially eaten plant that had been munched by the caterpillar, the wasp showed particular interest in the plant, and eventually zeroed in on the caterpillar.

• They then concluded that the damaged plant was giving off an odor that attracted the wasp.

Given the choice, the wasp would always be more attracted to a partially-eaten plant by itself than to an undamaged plant with a caterpillar on it.

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• Then they began breeding wasps that were being hatched inside caterpillars that had been feeding on a variety of plants, including corn, beans, and soy. When these wasps were released into the cotton fields, they failed to be attracted to the caterpillars that were raiding the cotton crop. So it was back to the drawing board for the entomologists.

• The researchers discovered that wasp maggots, when feeding on a caterpillar, will become sensitized to whatever that caterpillar had been feeding on. The adult wasp will then become attracted to those specific plants.

• It was then determined that if they wanted the wasps to only zero in on caterpillars that were eating the cotton plants, they needed to raise wasp maggots attached only to caterpillars that had that diet. Thus, the adult wasp would then be highly sensitive to the specific odor of a

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• Sugar cane is a member of the grass family.

There are six different species, all of which look very similar to bamboo. Sugar cane is usually grown in large plantations and can yield up to 44 pounds of sugar for every 11 square feet of land. It requires one ton of water (about 240 gallons) to grow enough cane to yield one pound of sugar. None of the six species can tolerate freezing temperatures.

him on his second voyage to the New World in 1493 and planted it in Santo Domingo. By the year 1516 sugar was being shipped from there to Europe.

• The first sugar cane in the United States was planted in Louisiana in the mid-1700s.

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• It was originally thought that sugar could only be made from sugar cane. A German chemist named Franz Achard was viewed by the scientific community as a crackpot because he kept experimenting with ways to extract sugar from beets, which are easy to grow in cold climates. In 1806 Napoleon ordered all French portsJenny closed to English products after war had Sullivan broken out between the two countries, but the blockade also cut off their supply of sugar.

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Singer Sewing Machine was the First to Zig Zag Q:

Enclosed is a photo of a Singer treadle sewing machine with cabinet that belonged to my grandmother. It is their model 66 and was manufactured August 25, 1920.

She spent many hours sewing for herself and her family. It is in excellent working order and has the original manual and accessories. The cabinet was refinished years ago to reveal a beautiful tiger stripe grain. The machine folds down into a storage area and the extension leaf closes over the top. Can you tell me anything else about our sewing machine and its value?

Q: This mark is on a set of dishes that

I bought at an antiques and collectibles shop in the 1970s. I was newly married and didn’t have much money. I liked the set and it was the right price. It is a ser vice for eight and is in mint condition. Each dish is decorated with a scene of two women and a man playing a musical instrument. They are in a garden and all are wearing 18th Centur y style clothes. The rims of all the dishes are trimmed in gold. The shopkeeper told me the movie theatres often would give a dish away for each movie ticket a person bought during the Great Depression.

What can you tell me about my dishes?

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In the early 1900, there were some movies theatres that offered premiums to encourage attendance.

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