Nature

Dr. KIP REDICK
RSTD 337
LE, KIM-CHI
Date: March 18, 2007
Nature

I read the book The Ecology of Eden, written by Evan Eisenburg, and I am very interested in “the nature” which the author described. Nature is very necessary for our life. “If no life form exists that is capable of using that energy, nature is likely to invent one” P. 4
Nature contains all kinds of pretty things and dangerous things also. “If often happen in nature that a predator over hunts its prey to the point of near extinction.” P. 37
Nature can describe many ways “The ancestor of our word “nature” is the Latin natura (from nascor, to be born), which the Greek physis (from phyo, to bring forth or to grow). For the ancients, nature was the nature of something: of a tree, of the god, of man. Nature could be opposed to convention, or to technology, but not to the human as such. It was not a realm unto itself; all life was shot through with it. If nature came also to mean physical law that did not exclude man, either, as anyone could prove by jumping out a window.” P. 59
Nature is internal and transcendent.
“Man, the tallest, cannot stretch to heaven
Man, the widest, cannot cover the Earth.” P.116








































M. Blum: Makes me hungry! /Aug.23, 1995
Dr. KIP REDICK
RSTD 337
LE, KIM-CHI
Date: January 17, 2007


Bees and bees nest



On second day of my class Religion and Ecology, we learn about bees, our professor brought into the classroom one bees nest. That nest was very pretty I have never seen before. The smell was very sweet like honey.
We learned about the bees working in their life. This is very good to know about them. Bees have their life very organize. I would like to know more, so I search in Internet. I saw ‘’2003 first place essay: Colonial Beekeeping from Shannon Grant ‘’. I copy some of her essay to share to my friends.
There are “3.2 million honey bee colonies, maintained by 211,000 beekeepers, are currently thriving in the United States. Aside from the production of honey and beeswax, these bees pollinate the crops that make up one-third of American food production[7]. Despite the cultural and economic importance of the honey bee, little is known about this creature’s humble beginnings in the American colonies”.
The true honey bee we can use “for food, preparing beverages, making cement, preserving fruit, medicinal purposes, and concocting furniture polish and varnish[6]. Because of unreliable roads and storage difficulties, these items were traded only locally[“10…
The European honey bees to touch mainland North America were sent by the Virginia Company in 1621. As of 1985….
There were a limited number of ways in which the bees could have traveled. Honey bees of this era were kept in a hollow logs, wooden boxes, pottery vessels, or skeps[3]. As long as the openings of the hives were covered, the bees could survive inside for a least tow to three months….
There is no doubt that honey bees were precious to the early Americans. In 1868, a single imported Italian queen bee was valued at $20[7]. Compare this to prices in 2003, where a queen can be had for $14[11]. Since $1 in 1868 is equivalent to $11.77 in 2003, that queen bee would have a value of $235 today[4]. Additionally, six states elected to make the honey bee their official insect[2]….
Our nation has benefited from nearly 400 years of the honey bee’s labor. Regardless of the time period, this fascinating creature has contributed to the welfare of the human race, and will continue do so while the apiarian art survives….
This is very interesting and would like to know more. Then I will share it with my friends. Shannon Grant is very deserving to win first place essay ‘’Colonial Beekeeping’’ in 2003. She lives in Rathdrum, Idaho.







































nDr. KIP REDICK
RSTD 337
LE, KIM-CHI
Date: January 17, 2007


Bees and bees nest



On second day of my class Religion and Ecology, we learn about bees, our professor brought into the classroom one bees nest. That nest was very pretty I have never seen before. The smell was very sweet like honey.
We learned about the bees working in their life. This is very good to know about them. Bees have their life very organize. I would like to know more, so I search in Internet. I saw ‘’2003 first place essay: Colonial Beekeeping from Shannon Grant ‘’. I copy some of her essay to share to my friends.
There are “3.2 million honey bee colonies, maintained by 211,000 beekeepers, are currently thriving in the United States. Aside from the production of honey and beeswax, these bees pollinate the crops that make up one-third of American food production[7]. Despite the cultural and economic importance of the honey bee, little is known about this creature’s humble beginnings in the American colonies”.
The true honey bee we can use “for food, preparing beverages, making cement, preserving fruit, medicinal purposes, and concocting furniture polish and varnish[6]. Because of unreliable roads and storage difficulties, these items were traded only locally[“10…
The European honey bees to touch mainland North America were sent by the Virginia Company in 1621. As of 1985….
There were a limited number of ways in which the bees could have traveled. Honey bees of this era were kept in a hollow logs, wooden boxes, pottery vessels, or skeps[3]. As long as the openings of the hives were covered, the bees could survive inside for a least tow to three months….
There is no doubt that honey bees were precious to the early Americans. In 1868, a single imported Italian queen bee was valued at $20[7]. Compare this to prices in 2003, where a queen can be had for $14[11]. Since $1 in 1868 is equivalent to $11.77 in 2003, that queen bee would have a value of $235 today[4]. Additionally, six states elected to make the honey bee their official insect[2]….
Our nation has benefited from nearly 400 years of the honey bee’s labor. Regardless of the time period, this fascinating creature has contributed to the welfare of the human race, and will continue do so while the apiarian art survives….
This is very interesting and would like to know more. Then I will share it with my friends. Shannon Grant is very deserving to win first place essay ‘’Colonial Beekeeping’’ in 2003. She lives in Rathdrum, Idaho.






































M. Blum: Makes me hungry! /Aug.23, 1995