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Summer weather conditions influence winter survival of honey bees
Research suggests that honey bees have a “goldilocks” range of summer weather conditions that raises their probability of winter survival.Image: Sweetaholic via Pixabay
Winter survival of honey bee colonies is strongly influenced by summer temperatures and precipitation in the prior year, according to Penn State researchers, who said their findings suggest that honey bees have a “goldilocks” preferred range of summer conditions outside of which their probability of surviving the winter falls.
The results of this study, which used several years of survey data provided by the Pennsylvania State Beekeeper’s Association and its members, enabled the development of a tool for forecasting honey bee winter survival to support beekeepers’ management decisions, the researchers said.
Jess Peck Miller II
HAMPTON Dr. Jess Peck Miller II, 88, died Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, among family at his home. He was born in North Carolina in 1932, and was raised with his three brothers in Staunton, Virginia, and Wilmington, Delaware.
He graduated from the College of William & Mary and earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia, where he lived on the Range. He finished his medical training at University Hospital in Cleveland, where he met and married a beautiful and warm-hearted nurse named Patricia Namy. After two years of Navy service as the medical officer on a submarine, he and Pat moved the family to Hampton in 1964 where they have lived ever since. Together they raised seven children.
The man wearing a Camp Auschwitz shirt during the Capitol riot was arrested on Wednesday in Virginia, according to officials.
The suspect was identified as Robert Keith Packer, 56, was held in custody in Western Tidewater Regional Jail by the U.S. Marshals Service at 8:53 a.m.
Packer was seen at the Capitol riot wearing the Camp Auschwitz shirt, according to an NBC News report.
The suspect was arrested at his residence, as per a Federal Bureau of Investigation affidavit.
He also appeared on Wednesday in a virtual hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas Miller in Norfolk, Vac., according to an NPR report.
Robert Packer was identified by law enforcement as the bearded, long-haired person who wore the black sweatshirt with a skull and crossbones graphic. He was taken into custody in Newport News, Va.
In the 1920s, people bundled up for flights.
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Planes during this time usually held fewer than 20 passengers, reached a cruising altitude of 3,000 feet or less, and were slower than traveling by train. During this time, planes were flying at speeds of around 100 mph, had to stop to refuel often, and could only travel by day.
Flying in the 1920s was also an uncomfortable experience for passengers because it was loud and cold, as planes were made of uninsulated sheets of metal that shook loudly in the wind.
Cabins were also completely unpressurized.
Nonetheless, air travel gained in popularity.