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about Olive

2010-02-19T00:59:00.000-08:00

olive

The type of olive tree leaf followed Oleaceae a oil plants evergreens. The olive tree of old trees and a fortune because of their economic and environmental benefits. Fruit with many benefits and it is a whole food extracts of olive oil with health benefits and food, it does not contain harmful cholesterol for the heart

Of Olive

Believed, according to Daniel Sohari, that the origin of the olive back to the eastern Mediterranean Sea and especially the area between Adana in Turkey at present and a brigade Iskenderun in the far north west of Syria and up to the mountain region south of Nablus in Palestine, including all the mountainous area between these two points. Olive moved from the Levant to the Maghreb and from there to Spain, Portugal and southern France. Olive spread today in the Levant and Tunisia, Greece, Spain and Italy

Discovered in the Kingdom of Ebla a lot of the number of manuscripts from the olive, and olive oil, presenting a gift to the kings and heroes of the sport. The olive tree is also of high standing in the ancient Greeks, where they mentioned in their poems and writings

Plant Description

Evergreen, perennial, and have the ability to withstand harsh environmental conditions (such as drought, land quarry and shallow and fertility [1], shallow root depth, especially in non-irrigated crops (40-70 cm). Trunk in young trees with smooth round progress Age loses understeer due to the growth of some parts at the expense of other parts. the tree height is usually between 3-6 m, although it is up to 10-12 meters in some specific forms (classes) and situations.

Top of the tree consists of a strong network of branches and twigs, and leaves a thick skin 2-3 years old usually falls in the spring, carrying flowers in a cluster Nurat vehicle constructed in the securities of the Abat branches formed in the previous growing season, and the flowers may be a hermaphrodite (full) or note (reductive bleach), pollen light transmitted by wind or insects (honey bees) and self-pollination, but it was notable that most of the items by the degree of self-sterility, and here shows the importance of cross-pollination - so it is planted more than hit in the orchard

The olive tree usually short, and a height not exceeding 15 meters, with a thick trunk (and thickened up life of a tree) and twisted and full of veins and turns

Tree prefers rocky slopes near the coast and the Mediterranean climate, but can be grown away from the beach and the tree that can withstand drought because of root system depth of rain-fed crops. But whenever the conditions are more appropriate the quality of the olive higher.

Age of the olive tree
Olive tree live for very long periods and the rate of growth is slow. There are a lot of olive trees in Syria and in the Eastern Mediterranean, and there are trees in Jerusalem estimated age of 2000 years (ie, from the days of Christ, peace be upon him). There are other olive in Croatia is estimated to 1600 years old. While the estimated age of the other olive Santu Baltolu di Carana in Italy by 3000 years

Olive varieties

There are many varieties of olives differ in form and color of the fruit at maturity, some are green, black, and dark purple (close to black) and olive turkey and other species hybrids. There is also from the so-called secret Olive and Olive K18 the types of which one of the many types of olive

The items are divided according to the purpose of the use to the table items, items to extract the oil, dual-purpose items

Must have a valuable varieties round the following characteristics: --
Fruit medium to large size - thick pulp - beautiful scenery - smooth skin - its ability to withstand high trading - easy to manufacture a small nucleus of smooth non-adherent meat - tastes good after processing and bear conservation and species that prefer a high proportion of 12-15%, as oil win oil fruits taste good and increase the duration of conservation and the most important of these items: Ajizy Shami - Almenzanello - acid - Alkalamata - Allbeckwal. There should be a valuable species for the extraction of oil content higher than (greater than 15%) in addition to natural and chemical specifications good. Among the most important items (Alkronaky - Alchorattina - Almracy - Alarbekoin). With regard to the dual-purpose items should be collected valuable characteristics between both purposes, including: Allbeckwal - Almenzanello - Aloutiguen. In all uses of trees must be carried and a prolific Alamaaomp moderate and have the ability to withstand pest infestations and diseases. Egypt and spread valuable are many varieties of local and imported most important

Altvahy:

Of the widespread cultivation of local varieties in Fayoum. Large round fruit weighing from 8-16 grams, the kernel a little meat attached to the rough and accounted for 13% of the weight of the fruit, oil content 5-7% using valuable pickling green fruits only. Mature early and late August to a valuable end of September. Sensitive to infection Bhvar leg and worm olive leaf green, do not bear fruit for a period of significant conservation.

Ajizy Shami:

Of local varieties deployed valuable Fayoum and Giza. Large fruit size tends to weigh elongation of 7-10 gm, a fruit used for pickling green only bear conservation for large fruits ripen from September to OctoberAjizy Alaksy:

Local variety is widespread in Fayoum mixed with Ajizy Shami and comparing him to a large extent only that the fruit smaller weighing from 6-8 gm broad-based paint brushes the head with a slight curvature. Use valuable pickling green fruit and mature from October to December.

Acid:

Local variety is widespread desert oasis of Siwa and El Arish - Fruit medium-sized to large tend to elongation and swollen from the bottom, weighing 5-8 g, the kernel pretty tough and a little meat attached and constitute 11% of fruit weight, oil content of 16-19% used a valuable fruit marinades green, black and mature from September to November.

Aloutiguen:

Of items, Siwa Oasis fruit medium-sized elongation tend to weigh from 4-6 grams. Used for pickling and oil extraction rate, which ranges from 18-20% and the ripe fruit from September to November. Not recommended for planting outside the oasis of Siwa.

Almracy:

Of the local varieties are valuable Mrakie area between the oasis of Siwa and the Libyan border. Beats valuable content of the oil for most of the valuable items dispersed Egypt. Medium-sized fruit tend elongation weigh from 3-6 grams. Underway, the final assessment of the start of a valuable expansion of cultivation of a valuable oil major as Class valuable new reclamation areas, where the proportion of oil to more than 25%. The season begins gathering to extract the oil, starting from the month of November and December.

Menzanello:

One of the most widespread cultivated varieties Spanish most valuable country in the world, the fruit medium-sized enterprises tend to rotate, and weigh from 4-6 grams, the kernel smooth bulk, the meat is 11% of fruit weight and oil content of 16-20%, using pickling fruits valuable green and black and fruits susceptible to infection olive fly.

Machine:

American varieties - medium-sized fruit tend to elongation of the swollen middle weigh from 3-6 grams. Nucleus smooth bulk of meat, the proportion of oil from 15-20% and used for pickling fruit quality and mature from September to November is not responsible for transport and trading.

Bekoal:

Spanish varieties - medium-sized fruit tend to weigh elongation From 3-7 gm core attached to the meat and form 12% of fruit weight, oil content of 15-22% used both types of fruits valuable pickling In the extraction of oil and begin maturing from October until January. Sensitive and fruits to infection olive fly.

Kalamata:
Varieties of the Greek and is one of the finest varieties for pickling black, medium-sized fruit of a long range of base paint the head with a light curve similar to the college, weighs From 3-7 g, the kernel smooth bulk, meat accounted for 10% of fruit weight, oil content of 15-20 % and mature fruits from September to October. It is among the items difficult Balaklp breeding and propagation is vaccination. Proved to be successful cultivation of the newly reclaimed areas.

Dulce:

French varieties - Fruit medium sized, long weighing 3-6 grams kernel smooth bulk of meat is 18% of fruit weight, oil content of 15-18% is used for pickling black and mature from October to November

Koratina:

Italian varieties that have proven successful Egypt evaluated in terms of production and quality of the oil quantity and quality. Small-sized fruit elongation tend to weigh 3-4 g ratio of oil from 18-22% season starts bringing the fruits to extract the oil from November to January.

Frantoyo:

Italian varieties. Fruit a small rectangular weighing 2-3 g, the kernel smooth bulk, the meat is 20% of the weight of the fruit, the proportion of oil from 18-23% mature fruits from September to November and used to extract the oil. Delayed a valuable start-up phase Ithmaar from the rest of the items.

Orbekoin:

Spanish varieties - small round fruit weighs from 1-2 g, the kernel smooth bulk, the meat is 16% of the weight of the fruit. Oil content of 17-20% and mature fruits from November to December and is used to extract valuable oil.

Kronaky:

Greek items - fruit a small long-swollen from the center of the weighing 1-1.5 grams. Nucleus smooth bulk, the meat is 18% of the weight of the fruit, oil content of 16-24% of the best international brands to extract the oil, fruits ripen from November to December.

Cmlaly:

Class Tunisia - a small rectangular fruit weighs about 1 g, the kernel smooth bulk, the meat is 18% of the weight of the fruit, and the percentage of oil from 15-20% and mature fruits from October to November and used to extract the oil.

Uses olive

Blessing of the tree where we actually take advantage of Ziunha and the oil and wood and Orgaha. - Valziton excellent to eat after washed and Tkhalilh. - And olive oil from the finest oils, and that this oil but it is not harmful, and vice versa is to benefit the heart as we shall see later. - The wood is hard and it veins, which makes it a nice luxury wood for use in the manufacture of artifacts and other - and paper can be useful and soaked and drink the resulting liquid.

Olive oil

95% of the olive oil and love of olives in the world comes from a region of the Mediterranean basin, and though many of the countries with climate similar to grow olives but they are not superior to the Mediterranean olive. And uses olive oil in cooking, particularly in the authorities, but it is eaten alone as well. And olive oil is relatively expensive, waged in the countries that import

The fruits of high nutritional value of olive, it is rich in carbohydrates, 19%, protein 1.6%, minerals 1.5%, cellulose 5.8%, as well as various vitamins, a higher content of 15-20% oil and olive oil obtained by means of natural health benefits and great food to fit unique chemical for other vegetable oils: - 1. High content of fatty acid mono non-saturation (oleic acid), which has great benefits valuable preventive medicine. 2. Balanced combination of fatty acids many non-saturation (such as mother's milk). 3. Content of antioxidants to protect the unsaturated fatty acids from oxidation own. 4. Content of the various Afattyaminat especially Vitamin E & A. 5. Content of Albenirol that prevents absorption of nutrients for cholesterol. 6. Content of which is active Alsekllwar Tnol fecal excretion of cholesterol by increasing the secretion of bile. Numerous studies showed that olive oil has a positive relationship with all of: diseases of the digestive system - intestinal disorders - constipation - Ulcers - acidity - revitalization of the liver and increased secretion of bile - gallstones - the growth of brain and nerve system of the fetus and children after birth - Osteoporosis - Aging -- tumors - cholesterol - hardening of the arteries and heart disease - diabetes - skin diseases. § "The Messenger of God peace be upon him:" Eat Adhnoa by the oil and the healing of the disease of leprosy seventy "In another story," Eat the oil and Adhnoa it good, "Mubarak

The benefits of olive oil

- Helps to reduce the risk of heart disease such as coronary heart disease because there is a high percentage of oleic acid. - Regulates cholesterol in the body - is struggling stroke and heart attack, especially if the oil was a virgin and high quality (which contains a high proportion of the polyphenols) - softens the skin when it fat and strengthens the hair. - And other benefits Note: Whenever the oil is fresh, more was better, better than the old oil in taste and even in interest rates. Nutritional value and health

World production of olive

Olive is regarded as the fastest growing in terms of area planted in the world, doubling the area planted with olive trees three times in the past forty-four years. From 2.6 to 5.5 million hectares.

And olive production is concentrated in the area of the Mediterranean basin where the ten largest olive-producing countries on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and is a combined production of 95% of world production of olives

about Coconuts

2010-02-18T01:17:00.000-08:00

Coconuts

Coconut or coconuts is a popular tropical fruit that grows on beaches and engage in the manufacture of several food and cosmetic procedures.

Assets

Species of palm and the Arab world famous for cultivation Dhofar in the Sultanate of Oman, without other areas of the Sultanate other, given the nature of the atmosphere and location overlooking the Indian Ocean.

Agriculture

Featuring ancient tree as a source of food for human beings, including largesse of the coconut and a source of income for farmers who are interested in cultivation and preservation of the mismatch can get oil and logs to build houses and boats and fiber for various textile industries are very similar with the different products offered by palm trees, which are characterized by other regions of the Sultanate. Other features of the tree that produced continuously throughout the year and not seasonal like other trees.

Production

Indonesia is now the first country in the production of coconut in the world followed by the Philippines and India.

Fruit

Coconuts, the user is named in the Sultanate of Oman to the coconut trees, where they grow these trees in the southern part of the Sultanate of Oman and Dhofar in a significant way and to suit the climate of the region with a suitable climate for the growth of this type of palm.

Uses
Coconut has several advantages, including that it was a great cure for kidney disease because a person drinks the water of the coconut is money the college and urinary tract, which is also a cure for asthma. The Nutshell procedure which is called "Bnargel" serving after fragmentation, and recipes in cooking and in making sweets or placed in the holder and the types of chocolate and others.

Coconut oil

One of the most coconuts, fruit products unique is the oil that is extracted and gain from it, which is usually by peeling the fruit and then open it to get the liquid inside, there is the milk and then placed in a deep pot for 24 hours with the coverage and after passing through or over 36 hours, the oil is separated natural or automatic to be net piano beautiful and interesting smells and tastes Alziv, and this is obtained oil is useful for therapeutic purposes and all the cooking. The properties is:

* This oil contains 50% - 53% of lauric acid, and this acid found in breast milk.

* Does not contain coconut oil to any fatty acids.

* Can be stored in coconut oil for a long time as it contains the properties of natural antioxidants।

The benefits are:

* Oil moisturizing the skin.

* Oil for hair conditioner.

* Anti-dandruff.

* Useful for cooking purposes, as the chemical composition does not turn into a series of fatty acids even when exposure to high temperatures than the rest of the other oils (vegetable oils).

* Assistant effective in weight loss naturally without resorting to special diet.

* Useful for digestive disorders such as Crohn's disease and colitis.
* Anti-intestinal parasites.

* Tonic for the metabolism in patients with thyroid and increase the rate of hypothermia.

* Of the famous massage oils.

* One of the ingredients in the manufacture of soap and natural skin care products and hair.

* Folic acid, lauric acid and the anti-virus and bacteria.

* Assistant in the treatment of kidney disease and urinary tract

* Assists in the treatment of asthma

* Extracted from materials within the treatment of AIDS and cancer.

* A renewed energy in the human body to contain a series of triglycerides

About gardenia

2010-02-12T08:05:00.000-08:00

gardenia

Algardinia flower is one of the most beautiful Ahla kinds of flowers and enjoy the smell of a very beautiful and they deserve to be queen of flowers and flower of love I love I call it

One of the family (rubiaceecs)

Type

Securities firm with a bright green color, the length of the paper (5-10 cm) and width (3 cm)

Origin

China and Japan

Description

Alosis at a height of about (45 cm) and growing at a rate (15 cm) annually, and most species bloom Azharhave summer, and usually flowers bloom from May until September, which are creamy and has a smell too Zakia ....

Cleaned and sprayed with enough water in the absence of flowers, and must be expelled from the ongoing air currents, and the gases and smoke ..

Lighting

Need for good lighting away from direct sunlight ..
The presence of high air humidity, and high-temperature lead to combustion plants and death ..

Watering

Irrigated water is calcareous, a period of growth in winter compared with the slow growth in the summer, and the rate of irrigation (2-3) irrigations per week in summer, and Raya in one week winter

about chamomile

2010-02-10T10:30:00.000-08:00

chamomile

Chamomile -earth apple

Herbaceous plant species of the vehicles. Of this plant from the Baltic region and the English used it four hundred years ago to ease the pain of the head and before that the Greeks used it for the same purpose. Taste over some thing and therefore unfrequently used in cooking, but add a small amount of food as it reduces the fat content in it. Papers with him to eat for two months alleviate chronic headaches, and alleviate the effects of menstruation. There are two types of chamomile are known, the first Muammar and grow to a height (10 - 30 cm). The second type is land and an annual and grows to a height of 75 cm. The first type holds sheets of blank paper and the heart of the yellow color, and is used in the preparation of chamomile syrup (which does not differ prepared for preparing tea). And other uses of chamomile as an industry perfumes, and medicines, hair dyes yellow, and is also entered in the manufacture of some fungicides. Chamomile produces a lot of seeds make it breeds strength

Cultivation of chamomile

Chamomile need for abundant sunshine to grow well। Is sowing on the surface of the soil in temperate months, and can be planted also in the form of seedlings (seedlings). Due to the rapid spread of chamomile (as was the case when the mint is recommended) grown in large areas of some thing happened (a minimum of 1 * 1 m) and not in small vessels

The benefits of chamomile

Is drinking chamomile - after boiling in water - soothing syrups. It is also an effective treatment for insomnia, and anxiety, and problems with bone

Preventive measures

Chamomile is considered safe herbs, but it may show some symptoms in some people as a result of Alivrad in drink, such as nausea, for example

about Chestnut

2010-02-10T08:36:00.000-08:00

Chestnut Tree

Chestnut: Castanea sativa

Platoon adulteress - Fagaccae

Can reach a height of 30 meters. Durable where they can live for thousands of years. Related branches flat, smooth crust, a simple exchange of securities with short neck, elongated oval (20-25 cm) with teeth large ocean color. The underside of the leaves dark green, buds large, Mrosp smooth, floral note in Nurat Hrih linear and long bright yellow color, floral feminine without neck and is located at the base of floral note, the fruits are large, cover a real tough brown and surrounded by a Balguenab Pluses and spinal which opens by Msrain or four, the number of fruit within each Guenab of 1-3

About the tree

Chestnut tree to bear fruit on a regular basis in each year from the age of 25 years if the trees individually and from 40 years if the trees in a dense

Fruit used in nutrition and is no less important in terms of nutritional value of wheat and corn.In the winter, grilled nuts on hot coals or in the oven until the plain, and then the cover is peeling and eaten hot.Taste delicious

The original home of the chestnut tree is in Southern Europe, North Africa and is the encounter of Portugal to the Caucasus, however, difficult to identify the areas where this tree in the normal case as well that a man had helped to spread in many regions because of its usefulness and has adapted to this areas

Chestnut is a component of the upper floor of the Mediterranean vegetans.Chestnuts live naturally in the medium-altitude mountainous areas and bears the sun, and is one of the lime trees of the effective hydrophobic as not compatible with calcium carbonate-rich dust, which is approaching the ratio of lime effective than 2-3%

Chestnut tree is considered - in addition to being a fruitful tree - the tree of wooden productivity. Wood like oak, however, differs from the fact that when the chestnut wood rays are very high instead of being thick. Suitable for the manufacture of chestnut wood pillars and panels and shingles, lumber-ROM

Chestnuts are also planting a tree for the afforestation of land tapes, or cultivated the fields to meet the wind, or grown in bunches in the pine forests due to their resistance to forest fires

Izraha

Alkestna grown in two ways: from seed and the seedling.Better, of course, be cultivated Balstlp to save yourself years of waiting.Make sure when you buy seedlings, corresponds to the Pacific where you live, You may find varieties of chestnuts fit with your surroundings and your environment more than other varieties. Ask a question! After the completion of the procurement process infuse a realization of seedlings in the soil so far is between one and the other between 8 and 12 meters

about Sweet Peas

2010-02-09T11:48:00.000-08:00

Sweet Peas

Scientific name: Lathyrus Odoratus

Platoon: Leguminosea

The original home of: Sicily

Of a seasonal winter often grainy and roadside planting seeds in the middle of the tenth month to the end of the month is 12, one of the plants of special education. The first mention of the cultivation is Connie Francis in 1695 and since then baptized propagate and create new varieties of them. Whitney lovers flowers plant breeders to obtain the largest possible size of the flowers, are also working to introduce new varieties developed with colors and qualities Almmtazpoitbaron in the presentation of what they get from the flowers in the exhibitions

Description of the plant

Plant climber-high 2 p.m. approx. Ribbed leg with a paper tag Slamip length of each of the two sides and feathery compound leaves and leaflets individual terminals mutated to Mhaliq to help the plant to climb and each paper Avenin. The flowers come out in Nora cluster Abat securities with a long neck and is valid for picking. But the quality is not suitable for shipment and export

Appropriate soil and weather conditions

Grants to plant in the fertile soil and light and sunny places in the air either in the humid hot weather and dry suit is not the flowering of less or no

How to get large flowers

Is clearing of land by dividing it into 80 cm aquarium display is introduced by digging a trench to a depth of 70 cm in the pelvis and keeps the soil surface and hoeing the bottom of the trench well and leaves exposed to the sun and the air we filled two weeks and then a layer of paper trees and the remains of decayed plant thickness of 20 cm followed by a similar layer of animal manure dissolved and dust, covered with a layer of surface soil resulting from drilling.then recalled tells trench decreases the level of the earth's surface and complements the soil and settled.Start this work from the late sixth month

Agriculture

Sow seeds in small boxes one seed in each pot and irrigated several times a day up to three times and when it reaches 10 cm plant to move to the place prepared or to land directly in the garden digging away from one another by 20 cm

Consolidation and carcinogenicity

Plant uses sugar cane as cornerstones and have a thickness of 2 cm and height of 2 p.m. in two rows in the basin between the classroom and prepared Allakr 40 cm and buttons to land a half meters, connecting with each other from the middle and top set up, preferably before you start farming, and planted seeds or plants next to a plant when it reaches a length of 5 cm remains top (Ttoc ) to produce side branches (as the side branches of the aromatic Bzalia afford the best-Zahar, unlike the original section). When the length of branches to 10 cm elect the strongest branches and still remaining connected to the pillar beside him and repeats linked to the more elongate. The process of carcinogenesis, it is up remove the buds that emerge from Abat Mahaliq first papers and first and early flowering plants, and when you reach the end of the pillar to loosen ligaments and received on the ground and then re-connected pillars Let's start with the first outflow then the next, and so on as follows

Passes the first plant horizontally or inclined to mindful of the public up N.6 and connects to i. Passes horizontally and Plant II tends to reach the top of the pillar N.7 and connecting passes Allehauhecma third pillar and connects Plant No. 8 and the fourth pillar 9 and the fifth to ten, then reflects and connects Plant No. 6 pillar No. 1 and Plant No. 7 2 and No. 8 to No. 3 and No. 9 to 4 and the number 10 to 5. After the completion of ten plants shall be re-listed 10 other plants in the same way. And so on until all are re-connected and the purpose of this procedure to give the plants an adequate opportunity for growth to take Akthertoul possible, be strong and give the large flowers

Irrigation and fertilization

Be light and irrigation at frequent intervals and should not be left to dry land and take into account the period between the nuts and the other for Zalah grass and soil aeration। The fertilization after plant growth begins with a length of one meter and start flowering and remnants of the bathroom Bzalia aromatic fertilizer to be added to the soil and is Azgaha is then irrigated. Towards the end of flowering added ammonium sulfate to help to regenerate growth and prolong the flowering season. Start flowering from mid-month, 12 to the late fourth month

Picking flowers and treatment after harvest

Reap the flowers in the morning and before sunset, flowers excellent McCann vibrant color and large size to ensure that every three or four of them mounted on raceme long and straight and thick। And treated after the cut flowers by placing them in a bowl of water immediately after the third of the pieces

Aromatic plant species split peas

There are varieties of split peas aromatic Maigarb 1500 class different colors including these items

Mount everest - white ****Oriental - yellow Lime****Nobility - yellow****Rarity - orange****Marine - Blue****Blue bell - blue****Bright light - red****Apollo - Pink****Harmony - Violetfire**** flame - a red

Lesions

catch Balmain, and white Zoghbi, and rust

catch Balhalok - gathered his plants as soon as it appears above the ground

the problem of birds, which pick up seeds or seedling lend and resist making a vote which has been troubled

about Autumn Crocus

2010-02-09T10:48:00.000-08:00

Autumn Crocus

Scientific Name: Colchicum autumnale

Belongs to the genus Alzenbakip Liliaceae

The original home of the plant basin and the Mediterranean Sea contains Alllah sex on more than one type can be distinguished morphologically and chemically

Environmental conditions: The Alllah plant species that bear the cold weather conditions, because the vegetative growth and syphilis be strong at winter temperatures ranging between 10 - 20 degrees Celsius, and that plants have the ability to withstand the cold for long periods without any significant damage to some extent What

Alllah enjoys farming in all agricultural land, especially sand and get them Ccormit large size and heavy weight, and acidity in terrestrial vegetation, bears, which have significant potential to reduce bacterial and fungal infections that attack Alchormat buried in the soil

Date cultivation Ccormit Alllah during October and December in the temperate regions, while in cold regions can be grown after the melting of ice and improved weather conditions, particularly in areas of central and southern Europe during the months of February and March

Is multiplied vegetatively by Alllah Alchormat large-scale resulting from the previous maternal and sexual seeds after soaking in hot water (45 degrees C) for two minutes and then soaked in running water for 24 hours to facilitate the exit of the fetus from solid crust of the seeds, then planted in fallow beds warm in the nursery during October and the second

Alkulchesin compound extracted from the plant Alllah: It is a natural compound that consists in the plant, especially Alllah Class Union and the chemical composition of a group alkaloids। Its use is summarized in the work of an aqueous solution which Alkulchesin rate to 1%

Benefits and uses

1Pure alkaloids resulting from Alllah working to reduce and eliminate infections resulting from the disease gout

2Useful in cases of cancer, especially leukemia

3Alkulchesin material is used in agricultural production to double Akarmozumat in plant cells for the production of industrial mutation distinct heavy production and improve the qualities, whether flowers or fruit of some medicinal plants and economic development

about Clove

2010-02-08T11:12:00.000-08:00

Clove

The clove tree evergreen tree-shaped hierarchy above 15 meters, and has a strong aromatic smell

Pink is the dried flower buds of clove, a spice known and highly valued herbal medicine, one of the oldest spices, cloves contain Kpoc the best essential oil, and can also market the distillation of the leaves of the tree and for its oil

Pink is pink before it matures, and becomes the color yet to ripen to brown when dried in the sun

Official Home of the original pink Moluccan Islands, Indonesia and southern Philippines Today pink is grown widely in several countries such as Tanzania, Madagascar, the Andes and Brazil

Tree grown from seed in spring or semi-ripe cuttings in summer, and reap the buds non-blooming flowers twice a year when the sun grows and baked

Pink major components

Unmanned oil: Contains eugenol Eugenol by 79-85%, steel Aleorginol, Methyl salicylate, Benin, Vanlen Gum, acids, tannins

Pink major acts

Antiseptic, carminative, an alarm, house, prevents vomiting, anti-spasm, eliminate the parasites

Clove oil, pilot a powerful anti-bacteria

Eugenol largest and most important pilot fuel vehicles, which is a strong anesthetic and antiseptic, so it is useful in soothing the pain of the teeth and Mhtr in many cases

The steel Ougenol located in the oil the other pilot, it proved to be a powerful anti-convulsion

Pink has been used for thousands of years, especially in the south-east Asia, and was considered a panacea for all diseases almost

Characteristic pink disinfectant to make it useful in some viral infections, often given in some parts of Asia for the treatment of tropical infections such as malaria and cholera and tuberculosis

Pink anti-spasm, which can be used to relieve discomfort resulting from digestion, such as wind and colic and swelling, and the characteristic pink anti-spasm ease cough and release muscle spasms when their spot

Pink alarm of the mind and body, where memory and activates the body in general, is also used for nourishing and restorative Bah in some countries such as India and the West, used the herb to prepare for the birth of as caution and strengthen uterine contractions during childbirth

Cloves can be used to treat skin sores and sand eye (hops), and mosquito repellent Oos clothes

Cloves used in a wide Lye of the mouth and anesthesia localized impact, such as calming dental pain

Isaf pink to some food, and when the work of sweets and some drinks and the preparation of some aromatic solvents, is added to toothpaste to smell the beautiful and impact of the drug, and to many of laxatives to prevent cramps and nausea

Pink is described as refrigerant, antiseptic to the body, sterile, stomach and intestines, and healing of mouth sores and pain, epilepsy, brain and strengthens the immune and the benefit of the toxins and reduces inflammation and allergy alerts heart and strengthens the body and generates menstruation, also used Mroka with olive oil in the conditions of muscle weakness and paralysis

about Tulips

2010-02-07T05:18:00.000-08:00

Tulips

Plant known as the "flower of spring," and especially during the Feast of Passover and is characterized by Allileom Bozharh Fine repressive form, Almtamodap floral raceme on long the sheets are smooth। Of many different plant species by Qatar flower slot for the length of the flower itself and may be Naqosjh large pendant flowers and petals may be a heart shape

Allileom: Lilium sp

Platoon: Liliaceae

The nature of the growth

Bulbous bulbous plant real and not surrounded by scaly leaves, succulent leaves lush non-integrated, and consists of a terminal bud in the bulb with the starting composition and remain inactive until they reach flowering size bulb and this increase is due to food storage rules in the papers and then amplified up floral buds and grow Terminal bud after it ends the process of dormancy breaking the soil surface, then grow in Abat securities of juicy onion sprouts several side composed of new follicles can be separated and used in breeding might grow in some types of Allileom small bulbs on the leg can be separated and used for breeding as well

Reproduction

Breeding and seed Balbeselat (bulbs) that are grown in Abat documents, and grow produce large Obesala the following year। And can work hard and mind of the securities juicy grown in the sand in place, consists of rules small onion roots and grew to be large onion flowering

You can start planting bulbs as of August, either in pots or in the basin on Obavad 30-50 cm soil mixed with sand and compost dissolved and the development of the pillars next to the plants to protect them from wind and irrigated frequentl.These plants usually bloom in March - April

Picking flowers

Break a leg up on a height of 30 cm from the soil surface, provided that blooming flower or two Hadetyn Kamilti openness with the survival of non-upper flowers open, and as the flowers grow in different directions is not permissible in this case the accumulation of flowers on top of each, but must be linked to packaged in a relatively small and corruption in securities for their protection

Storing bulbs

Advised to leave the bulbs in place for another year and if it was necessary to uproot it must be after the end of the process of sleep.As for breaking the resting phase, it was found that storage of bulbs on the score of 7 degrees Celsius sufficien. In any case, should not be exposed to sunlight bulbs but must be transferred to a place shadowed good ventilation and dry, after the process of breaking dormancy

about Narcissus

2010-02-06T11:04:00.000-08:00

Narcissus

Daffodils grow from bulbs, which is a seed, but they are large and similar to plant onions. Return label daffodils (Narcissus) to the floor Greco "narke" which means numbness, and this may be due to the smell, which some claim they are drugs, hence the word narcotic drug in English. To call another story list them in the context of our conversation

Biography of Narcissus

Family: Amaryllidaceae

Scientific Name: Narcissus tazetta

Original English name: Narcissus

Description and country

Either white or yellow flower is the narcissus.There are varieties of colors Kalokhaddr bold। Flower growing in the leg long and skinny, and has lived in the Mediterranean region (places around the Mediterranean) and has some brands in China and Central Asia। And although it is present in abundance in America, it was moved there from Europe. Growing daffodils in abundance in Britain and the Netherlands also. Live flower in the period between November and April

about Anemone

2010-02-06T04:44:00.000-08:00

Anemone

The scientific name L.Papaver rhoeas. This type differs from the kind that draws him to opium, which is known as L.Papaver somniferum

Common names: Zglel - Poppy - Anemone

Plant Family: Papaveraceae Kchkaship

Plant Description

Yearbook of the herb, at an altitude of between 30 to 40 cm, pungent aroma and strong taste over most parts of the plant-covered Bsairat forklift, but there are some plants which no fluff, leg Omaboubi hollow inside and it grooves milky liquid containing fluffy, feathery leaves are lobed to vehicle parts Rmahip rectangular bare of hair except when at the Central race, the papers pedunculated lower and upper cases, which is smaller than the non-pedunculated blade sheared arrows, floral buds dangling down a crimson red flowers and the middle tends to black, the cup component of Spltan Mguetatan Bzgb fall after the flower opens, many Alosudaip , bodkin a bluish violet color, similar to an egg tray Alnurat inverted does not have fluff, at the peak of the convex black cylinders from 8 to 10 cloves overlapping spherical seed color is dark brown length of 5 mm

Active substances

Milk plant contains the alkaloids (Allosribtobin - Perrin - Kubtezini - Krebtobin - Gelukamyin Jloddin - Aizorudin - Aizoroujenin - Aksysangionarin - Wolverine Baba a, b, c, d - Brocobin - Rudayn - Rugenin - Sangionarin - Senastin - Stylobin - Ziyad yen - glycosides -- flowers contain Anciossianinat Almikothaninin such as the effects of the Alruain

Benefits

I would like to note that the grass of the poisonous herbs, and I do not tend to use the grass in any way for medical purposes, especially in the case of domestic use and for its negative impact on the nervous system it causes a lack of respiratory rate and lack of oxygen reaching the tissues, reduce symptoms pupil to be in the small size of a pinhead and Thomson Reuters Here is some well-known uses for plants

- Uses hypnotic (feigning influence of morphine) for children has many of Sinai Bedouins use it for this purpose until recently, but that usually fell to a great extent, and in this regard, I note that this negatively affects the nervous system of children and neurological problems, causing them

to appear in stages other of their lives

Use red extracted from the flowers as an industrial color

Boil the flowers capsules for the treatment of insomnia

Milk plant which is the focus of active substances used so birthplaces or anesthetic

- Hammamet Bmgli herb on foot and the hands of ~ used to treat respiratory tract infections and the people, whooping cough, stomach pain and inflammation of the overall

Compresses on the face to treat acne

Rinsing Bmenkua petals for the treatment of dental pain

Drenched petals added to boiled capsules with olive oil and uses Khaknp enema for the treatment of diarrhea

about Iris

2010-02-06T03:24:00.000-08:00

Iris

Bulbous iris flower plants flowered, its members savings may be real or Rizum onion, and iris widespread in Syria is the kind Rizumi Iris germanica, a type Muammar winter, flowers in rainbow purple or white with a light smell remain open for an average of the mother plant, and can be a good cut flower trade, where last long after the harvest when used in the coordination of floral bouquets

Shape of a Ubuntu

Rizumi iris flowers in the spring, early summer, green leaves are broad flat list, planting tulips in gardens in places half a shady or sunny and rarely grown in pots

Iris is used Alrizumat ground leg extended underground used medically to treat cough and asthma, where mixed with licorice or anise are boiled and used as Alrizum to deodorants and cosmetics, as it falls in the manufacture of toothpaste

Reap the fireworks plant after the full development of pregnant syphilis and after colouration units cover syphilis and by openness, after eating Achammarej picked up the rules of pregnant women in deep water for several hours, then pack up and move to a place where marketing remain within the vases for a period of ten days if the care for her

Off iris bulbs from the ground during the process of dormancy and after drying the shoots of the plant bulbs cleaned and dried and stored in wooden boxes containing dry sand until the date of Agriculture

How to transplant

If you want a flower can grow in difficult circumstances, Valsosn your medication is preferred.Like iris grow in sunny entirely, but could not bear light shade. Therefore we must be careful that we grow in an open space of the garden, things do not impede the arrival of the sun. When planting bulbs or clips, digging a hole in the soil depth of 15 cm and then put the hole in the bottom of a teaspoon of artificial fertilizer and cultivate onion or clip. Therefore, we are after the ball in the hole again. Drilling must be away from each other a distance ranging from 15 to 35 cm

The soil must be good drainag.Therefore, we will need to add compost before planting iris two weeks to believe the soil is ideal for planting। Once planted seedlings or seeds will not need to irrigate much, except in the first period of transplantation. But when you grow up and mature as expressed only in the drier seasons of the year. Through the stages of growth, seedlings must be supported by organic or chemical fertilizer. But is not recommended the addition of fertilizers that contain a high percentage of nitrogen (manure birds for example

The fact that the iris of plants "hard up", they are rarely exposed to diseas.The most commonly known problem can affect the iris root rot, and it usually produces a defect in the structure of the soil. We must therefore not fail to add compost is essential before planting and then add it through the stages of growth of seedlings

Uses lris

Legs radically Ubuntu Almmelthap source orris root and used in perfume and medicine, however, more common in the ancient times of the day।Today Iris essential oil (absolute) from flowers are sometimes used in the treatment of sedative medicines perfume. The dried root legs also give to babies to help in teething. Jin used Magellan root and flower lilies, for flavor and color Aires root stalks contain terpenes, organic acids (miristic acid, undecilene acid, tridecilic acid), glycosides, and iridin, and papers containing ascorbic acid

about Feverfew

2010-02-05T11:10:00.000-08:00

Feverfew

Vegetarian is a genus followed platoon asterisk

The plant produces flowers with medicinal properties used in skin diseases, wounds, varicose ulcers, burns and eye tear gas, Molina, analgesic for pain। When boiled, the solution is used in dealing with colic, colds, coughs and colds, stomach and digestive system, liver, kidneys, bladder

Scientific name: Chrysanthemum morifolium Chrysanthemum is also known Kalozrarip, vegetable dampening of fever and quinine wild chamomile and wild chrysanthemum flower, also known as Russian penicillin

Grows on rocky slopes and walls and places neglected and now cultivated in most parts of the earth, the user part of the vertices of flowering after you open it fully

Plant Description

Muammar herbal plant native to Europe and South-West Asia। Plant height up to about a meter and a half meters, which is similar to some extent chamomile plant, but it differs in the chemical content as well as impact

Medical uses

Chrysanthemum contains the alkaloids is the most important Asattakidron and unmanned oil and terpene turbine unilateral mid-term and flavonoids and B vitamins

Flower Alaqahoanldy securities refreshing aromatic fragrance, Daisy, edible chrysanthemums and treatment was known to the Egyptians and the ancient Greeks who considered him as a valuable treatment to relieve headaches, joint pain, stomach aches, dizziness menstrual pain and fever

Was used as a drug-bearing menstruation also to upgrade the menstrual flow Modern researchers confirm that the treatment of chrysanthemums precious herbs and influential especially in the treatment of migraine Assistant and rheumatism

Researchers have discovered who conduct controlled studies, the drug taking daily supplements chrysanthemums caused the reduction by 24% in the total number of migraine

Daisy is also useful to relax the smooth muscles in the uterus, chrysanthemums useful for painful menstruation

Upgrade menstrual flow and impeding platelet aggregation and blood clot the excess

Daisy also helps in digestion and improve liver function, as experience has shown that Chrysanthemum gardens benefit in the treatment of angina, and has the opposite effect to revive the minute

Major benefits of the chrysanthemum anti-bacterial, resistant to infections an antispasmodic, carminative, diaphoretic, diuretic, drug Madrellatmt, soothing the fever, tonic, an enlarged blood vessels Chrysanthemum can be staffed by a half-bath

Fresh tulips can be rubbed on the skin

Daisy can be used Kdmadp to the head of a headache and dizziness

Chrysanthemum Alohmraloqahoan should not be used during pregnancy because of his stimulant to the uterus

Can cause ulceration of the mouth fresh leaves or gastrointestinal discomfort, therefore, recommends people take a new paper for the prevention of migraine headaches should take him to some of the bread has been used Chrysanthemum gardens for thousands of years as a treatment and a refreshing drink, and is one of the best herbal medicine for the treatment of stress and the way be taken to fill a spoon eating of flowers in a cup and then poured with boiling water and the volatility of good, and then shown a spoon sugar and honey and preferably it can be dropped on desalination in the case of diabetics and drink this mixture once in the morning and another in the evening and continued by the person for a period of four weeks

Scientists at the University of King's College London, said the plant known by his Latin "Vernonia Onthelmnteka" It seems to be useful in the treatment of psoriasis, and it contains the seeds release a chemical to help in dealing with skin infections

Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum Abannvsjipotstkhaddm also for the treatment of fungus, acne, clean the eyes. In India and China used the citizens of that country's tea made from chrysanthemum flowers plant to treat headaches Altotri, taken as a medium spoon of dry flowers and placed in a cup filled with boiling water and boil for 10 minutes and then filtered and drink two to three times a day, no tea bags sold Chrysanthemum Flowers in most health food stores

about Orchis

2010-02-04T13:01:00.000-08:00

Orchis

Orchid Orchid plant or plant produces a flower is one of the oldest and most beautiful flowers in terms of the living presence of 7 days to 14 days

It is the first written history of the Orchid flower at the hands of Chinese and is due for the year 700 BC, was the special status they have, where he was by the Chinese philosopher Confucius, the title of "flower fragrance of Kings", and believed that the vision in a dream Orchid reflect the need to preserve the romance and love, as Orchid flowers used by the precursors for the manufacture of vanilla ice cream

The British sailors were the first brought from the Bahamas in 1732 but it is likely that it has entered the European continent via the Netherlands for the first time in the 17 century, where there was around a lot of superstitious beliefs, most notably those associated with the so-called (Syrup love) which is said to that if the manufacture of small buds of flowers mustache gives male children, but if making drinks from the flowers more often children will be female

In the eighteenth century were brought different types of orchids from China and the Netherlands Antilles specially grown in English gardens, property, and the Spaniards introduced "vanilla orchis" Badihoudarha to Europe from Mexico native, and by the late 18 th century and the beginning of the 19 was Balourkid mania may able to spread across the Western world, having hobby complete sets of them, like stamps or old coins

Within the scope of this madness Balshalb, began sending expeditions special sole mission is to bring large amounts of so called Orchid on these missions, "orchid hunters" did not stop them every time you get to 300 or even 500, but it is stripped forest full of millions of miles flowers without leaving any trace of them, though many of them had crash before completing the return trip, where it was not saved correctly

Prices remained Orchid flowers are on the rise, as seen at the time of the signs of luxury and wealth to start at one of 500 pounds to reach thousands of pounds

But after it became a lot of species are threatened with extinction decided not to harvest, and protection, especially that over time has been to find ways cultivated and nurtured as well as crossbred to produce new types of them, in the last century, England was the most important producing countries of the Orchid, followed by Netherlands and Belgium

Orchids, the flowers do not know the meaning of traditional and enjoy beauty and strange at the same time, which gives it special appeal, and the enormous diversity is an attribute that does not give them up, it can be found on the banks of rivers or the mountains at an altitude of 14 thousand feet and a few live amid tropical rain forest and the other in the Alps and the other, in semi-arid regions, and those species are different in all shapes and sizes, the mismatch of the flower and one of the multiple flowers on one branch, while a smaller orchids are found in South America and not more than half a millimeter in diameter, and the biggest in the island Madagascar, with a diameter of more than 18 inches!! There is also the largest plant of the orchid in the forests of Malaysia and the Philippines

Orchid flower known as the three petals, but the heart of the flower changes its shape from one type to another, and bright colors, ranging from the strong, quiet ride, the mismatch bright white, red, yellow, golden, green, orange, pink, and the degrees of brown and dark violet. Venus may be all one color or with patterns specific to certain parts if the dotted, striped, or Mbrakecp, is made even more beautiful and surprisingly, despite the smell of vanilla characteristics of some types of which there are all kinds has no smell at all, and some so-called smell at certain times of the day or night

When you format orchids is recommended following the golden rule is to leave flowers on the nature without making any attempts to install them by force in particular situations where the branches laden with flowers and bows tend to the bowl or vase, giving it a beauty that was not deliberate, nor do they meet with other types of flowers, but All you need is some green leaves that fit the design of a vase and placed therein, modern design is often accompanied by Orchid Alvazet of porcelain or solid colored vases made of metal, can also be placed in a transparent container filled with water where the leaves floating on the surface because it is a flower strong water bears for long periods

Thailand is famous for a flower, orchids, is a symbol of Thailand, and has been the practice in Thai Airways to distribute this flower at the passengers and customers

about Tulips

2010-02-04T11:23:00.000-08:00

Tulips

Biography
Family: Liliaceae

Scientific Name: Tulipa

Original English name: Tulip

Definition

Tulip bulbs of the most prevalent in our patient this, and there are about 150 species of it.Grown mainly in Southern Europe, North Africa and in Asia.Sowing date comes in late summer and the first autumn, in October (October) or in November (November), and blooms in spring. Tulips grow in temperate zones oblique to the cold, and easily grown and is characterized by its ability to withstand the winter cold

Description
Tulip flowers perennial (perennial), that is, live for more than two. Planting tulips - like many of the flowers - from bulbs, and are similar to plant onions pills in terms of shape, and can be considered as seeds when the rest of the plants.Grow tulips of various kinds in the leg length ranging between 10 and 70 cm. Carrying flowers between two sheets of paper and 6 green leaves look as if covered with wax, and of carrying 12 types of paper. Example: flower shows here

than 3papers

Tulip many colors available, Like the white and red, yellow, and violet, black and orange. And sometimes a single flower with a mixture of two or more colors. So your board that Stsmha Baltoulib will not be limited to one color

Agriculture

Tulip bulbs buried in the soil at drilling depths between 8 and 20 cm (twice the size of the bulb) after you have removed the gravel and weeds from the spot you have selected for planting.Leave a distance of 10 cm between the bulb and the other.Year after transplantation, resulting from bulbs planted to grow new bulbs are also special in the next step that would suggest to you that goodness still exists in this world, described earlier as "patient" and believe me

Ensure during the purchase of the bulbs to be large, since large bulbs produce large flowers. Do not forget that this cub will remain of that Assad

Label

Although the tulip is attributed to the Netherlands, the origin of the Ottoman Empire.His name is taken from the label Turkish: Tobannd. Tulip moved to Europe in the sixth century the tenth

Tulip in pot

Learn about Agriculture in the blood. Very easy to grow tulips in pots (POT) within the home or on the balcony. Does not require the cultivation of soil in particular, but you will need only to a depth of 10 cm pot plant is 3 or four onions in the soil of normal. The larger the size of the container that you can, from planting more bulbs in it. Watered the pot on a regular basis - say twice a week - not to sink the vessel with water

Speed flowers blooming depends on where you placed the bowls। If you put the items in the winter inside the house where the temperature moderate, flowers will blossom quickly। And if you put it on the balcony where the temperature less than 20 C, the flowers will remain closed until the advent of spring

Leaves wilt and tulips in the first summer, when temperatures reach above 30 degrees Celsius. Then you have to remove the bulbs from the soil and leave it to dry and then save in place in order to cultivate a moderate heat again in the autumn

Problems
Is not without problems than anything in the world (Do not be fooled again, but for a glimmer of hope as I read this article!). Most problems that occur during the cultivation of tulips is the growth of leaves and flowers did not grow, and this is caused by worms that have crept into the damaged bulbs. The solution is to inform the small bulbs stones or anything that prevents access to the worms

about sunflower

2010-02-03T10:30:00.000-08:00

sunflower

Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) are annual plants native to the
Americas, that possess a large inflorescence flowering head

What is usually called the flower is actually a head (formally composite flower) of numerous florets (small flowers) crowded together. The outer florets are the sterile ray florets and can be yellow, maroon, orange, or other colors. The florets inside the circular head are called disc florets, which mature into what are traditionally called "sunflower seeds," but are actually the fruit (an achene) of the plant। The inedible husk is the wall of the fruit and the true seed lies within the kernel

The florets within the sunflower's cluster are arranged in a spiral pattern. Typically each floret is oriented toward the next by approximately the golden angle, 137.5°, producing a pattern of interconnecting spirals where the number of left spirals and the number of right spirals are successive Fibonacci numbers. Typically, there are 34 spirals in one direction and 55 in the other; on a very large sunflower there could be 89 in one direction and 144 in the other.This pattern produces the most efficient packing of seeds within the flower head

Heliotropism

Sunflowers in the bud stage exhibit heliotropism. At sunrise, the faces of most sunflowers are turned towards the east. Over the course of the day, they follow the sun from east to west, while at night they return to an eastward orientation. This motion is performed by motor cells in the pulvinus, a flexible segment of the stem just below the bud। As the bud stage ends, the stem stiffens and the blooming stage is reached

Sunflowers in their blooming stage lose their heliotropic capacity. The stem becomes "frozen", typically in an eastward orientation.[citation needed] The stem and leaves lose their green color

The wild sunflower typically does not turn toward the sun; its flowering heads may face many directions when mature। However, the leaves typically exhibit some heliotropism

History

The sunflower is native to the Central Americas. The evidence thus far is that it was first domesticated in Mexico, by at least 2600 BC It may have been domesticated a second time in the middle Mississippi Valley, or been introduced there from Mexico at an early date, as maize was. The earliest known examples of a fully domesticated sunflower north of Mexico have been found in Tennessee and date to around 2300 BC. Many indigenous American peoples used the sunflower as the symbol of their solar deity, including the Aztecs and the Otomi of Mexico and the Incas in South America. Francisco Pizarro was the first European to encounter the sunflower in Tahuantinsuyo, Peru. Gold images of the flower, as well as seeds, were taken back to Spain early in the 16th century. Some researchers argue that the Spaniards tried to suppress cultivation of the sunflower because of its association with solar religion and warfare

During the 18th century, the use of sunflower oil became very popular in Europe, particularly with members of the Russian Orthodox Church because sunflower oil was one of the few oils that was not prohibited during Lent

Cultivation and uses

To grow well, sunflowers need full sun. They grow best in fertile, moist, well-drained soil with a lot of mulch. In commercial planting, seeds are planted 45 cm (1.5 ft) apart and 2.5 cm (1 in) deep. Sunflower "whole seed" (fruit) are sold as a snack food, after roasting in ovens, with or without salt added. Sunflowers can be processed into a peanut butter alternative, Sunbutter. In Germany, it is mixed together with rye flour to make Sonnenblumenkernbrot (literally: sunflower whole seed bread), which is quite popular in German-speaking Europe. It is also sold as food for birds and can be used directly in cooking and salads

Sunflower oil, extracted from the seeds, is used for cooking, as a carrier oil and to produce margarine and biodiesel, as it is cheaper than olive oil. A range of sunflower varieties exist with differing fatty acid compositions; some 'high oleic' types contain a higher level of healthy monounsaturated fats in their oil than even olive oil

The cake remaining after the seeds have been processed for oil is used as a livestock feed. Some recently developed cultivars have drooping heads. These cultivars are less attractive to gardeners growing the flowers as ornamental plants, but appeal to farmers, because they reduce bird damage and losses from some plant diseases. Sunflowers also produce latex and are the subject of experiments to improve their suitability as an alternative crop for producing hypoallergenic rubber

Traditionally, several Native American groups planted sunflowers on the north edges of their gardens as a "fourth sister" to the better known three sisters combination of corn, beans, and squashAnnua l species are often planted for their allelopathic properties .citation needed

However, for commercial farmers growing commodity crops, the sunflower, like any other unwanted plant, is often considered a weed. Especially in the midwestern USA, wild (perennial) species are often found in corn and soybean fields and can have a negative impact on yields

Sunflowers may also be used to extract toxic ingredients from soil, such as lead, arsenic and uranium. They were used to remove uranium, cesium-137, and strontium-90 from soil after the Chernobyl disaster (see phytoremediation

about Basil

2010-02-03T05:24:00.000-08:00

Basil

Basil is aromatic plants follows the platoon interpretation

Description of plant

Aromatic leaves. Europeans in the 17 century using herbs to treat a bad cold, warts and pimples and intestinal worms. In India, basil is used over the body against bacteria and oil deals acne and ease the pain of rheumatism Lübbe materials against cancers because they stimulated the immune system, increase antibodies 20%. Lübbe anti-oxidants and vitamin C and vitamin A protects the cell damage. Basil leaves and boiled addresses pneumonia and colds and is useful in malarial fever। It should be noted that the basil flavor and has a reputation used by women in the Arabian Gulf and the perfume called (Mashmoom) and was to sing the lines in folk poetry। Reehan heavily cultivated and the Costume-Qonfoza of the region of Mecca and also along the west coast of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Peninsula. Learned from the work of the seeds of basil sorbet Alblinko local restaurant with sugar and rose water and cardamom. But Reehan here and known as the basil plant is from the named Balhbak in Najd in Saudi Arabia

about Jasmine

2010-01-31T06:00:00.000-08:00

Jasmine

Jasmine name given to about 200 species of flowering shrubs that follow Oleaceae. Grow, mainly in the temperate zones of the ancient world, especially the Mediterranean region, tropical and semi-tropical in India and South East Asia.

Plant Description

Leaves, jasmine different depending on the type where some jasmine plants in evergreen while others lose their leaves in winter. It is also a gradual way.

The flowers are white or yellow or pink, and Iczn smell pet for many people. Eliassmn is the national flower of Indonesia. The jasmine flower famous in the Philippines, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Middle East. Yasmeen:

(Persa voicing): aromatic plants, plant climber vehicle feathery leaves him facing.

And aromatic white flowers borne Nurat limited two-pronged take Altdoih more than take on the rise, a gardener and Berri, Vabustani of three types: white, yellow and black. And most white balconies of a four or five, and frequently in the Maghreb, and in Fez in particular perfume smell, and Oattr what is in the summer time, take in the orchards and the role is known at the famous historians, when Assembly. Know jasmine flowers "Jasmine grandiflorum" also won the "Queen of Flowers" and the reason is very reasonable. Valyasameen of the oldest flowers used widely in the perfume industry. Defined by the Pharaohs as the "fatter" and the name came from the Coptic "two names" and then twisted to "Jasmine" has found garlands of jasmine flowers on the heads and around the necks of kings and queens of the Pharaohs in some synagogues, which is grown in abundance in the south of France and other countries around the Mediterranean and is characterized by Jasmine White Bozharh large used in the perfume industry, and is the Grass GRASS in France, the largest European center for the production of the spirit of jasmine, which is one of the finest types of perfume plant.

The active ingredients of the oil jasmine:: jasmine yellow, native is the United States is a tree Evergreen Flowering of leg-like high-wire easy to education as it's fast growth and with a nice aromatic smell. The height of the plant 3 to 6 meters, which favors direct light or semi-shaded, preferably irrigation plant on a regular basis, one of the plants resistant to drought.

As for the papers are shiny green leaves grow opposite to flock to branches either thick yellow flowers are aromatic repressive form.

Plant breeding by seed and mind Sakia, a lot of people use the plant for the purpose of coverage as they climb the columns and trees.

The information is critical that all parts of the plant is toxic and symptoms of infection are sweating - nausea - muscle relaxant - low temperature - shortness of breath - a violent disturbance and convulsions

Part of plant guide is Aromatically flowers. Where there is oil drawn from the pilot of flowers and different rate in the flowers according to the degree you open and depending on the daylight hours, reduced in the

higher temperature of the air, the flowers gathered before sunrise.

The properties of jasmine oil

Yellow liquid tends to red .. Dissolved in alcohol 90% and gives the smell of flowers completely .. And if unredeemed turns its color to dark color ..

Methods of extracting essential oil to Ozharaliasameen

Is obtained from oil jasmine jasmine flowers fresh cut of the type "", which is growing in France, Italy, Egypt and China .. By a process of Leakage and absorption .. In summary, Jasmine is a solution of oil extracted from flowers by fat cow ..

Use jasmine oil

Used in the manufacture of exquisite perfumes, perfumes, lotions and Alcolnyat .. Included in most of the cosmetics such as face powder, soap and other facial ... Is used to cover the smell of pesticides used to spray household insects especially flies and mosquitoes.

Good selection of jasmine oil

Jasmine flowers have a peculiar smell and strong, not like the smell of roses. Although other types of jasmine are also used in perfumery but that the type of "grandiflorum" only used in perfumes Jasmine "real". Jasmine flowers have a dark amber color and peculiar smell heavy attract both men and women. The smell of jasmine fills the nose with a sense of warmth, and feel full. Jasmine oil is most suitable for blending with other essential oils, and its ability to install any combination makes it almost essential oil can not be replaced in aromatherapy. Jasmine oil blends well with sweet orange peel and sandalwood and Afattver.

Uses of jasmine flowers

Useful in folk medicine to alleviate pain resulting from liver inflammation ... In pyodermas, burns and pain of the stomach and intestines and headaches as a result of heat stroke the Holocaust .. Articular pain and broken bones as a result .. Used to expel phlegm, stop the bloodshed of the womb .. Remove freckles and skin .. Working to alleviate the pain of arthritis result of an infection arthritis, chronic headaches .. Paste flowers, jasmine absolute and the oil is used in the manufacture of aromatic fragrances, cosmetics, liquid and dry expensive .. Because the permeability of the beautiful smell and the strength of aromatic flavor ... Also used in the food industry profitable feedstock for taste and odor for the manufacture of candy and jelly products, "" uses leaf jasmine "".

Benefit in the treatment of gout and rheumatism different types when dealing with Mshogaha Menkuaha water or modern medical studies Jasmine: Jasmine is known as the best fragrances that give rise to gravity. Was considered jasmine flowers for a long time, "women's oil." Although the weak scientific evidence supports this speech, but this did not prevent the spray from the Thai jasmine flowers on a bed of newly married couples or even a description of the treatment in the United States. Also used in traditional Chinese medicine and Indian system of Ayurveda jasmine oil on a large scale. Dr. Christophe Stretcher, that Jasmine "hormone imbalance", and recommends that massages the abdomen to relieve the pain of childbirth.

Jasmine also used to alleviate depression. Therapists believed that aromatherapy effectively especially for people who suffer from symptoms of apathy and fatigue. They believe that jasmine works in part, to reduce fears and open corridors emotional 5 as German researchers find new drug to the newly extracted from the flowers Eliassminlalaj cases of chronic tinnitus. The doctors found during experiments on animals with ringing ears, ‬ to give them a solution that herbal flowers of jasmine, which eased cases Frenzy ‬ Badly saw some relief from the noise that occurs in the ears ‬ Experts point out that the ear ringing is not genetically but ‬ ‬ often result from fatigue anxiety, fatigue and sleep or the presence of social and family problems. Which is a dysfunctional ‬ ‬ to deafness could be cured of relaxation and comfort Some studies have shown that people who sleep in ‬ ‬ rooms smell of jasmine scented soothing, ‬ can sleep well, better and seem more comfortable and active ‬ others [6]. Researchers at the University of "Willing Jesawit" in the western state of Virginia that the smell of Alliamsin soothes the nerves, and encourages the bedroom quiet and comfortable, which helps to maintain the vigor and vitality upon waking, especially in the periods in the afternoon and evening. Scientists noticed that people who inhaled the smell of jasmine sleep faster than the others who slept in rooms scented lavender flower "Lavender" or non-scented rooms, where they were turning in bed for longer periods, confirming that the smell of jasmine was more effective than other perfumes in achieving better sleep.

What is symbolized by emotionally jasmine jasmine flowers like the rest of its diverse meanings of flowers and roses, symbolizing the variety and different things in the emotional sphere, presenting between two people, the spectrum depends on the color of white jasmine and lime-yellow, Valyasameen in general, symbolizes kindness, either Ahada Yasmina white to a woman Its language " Why do not you like never ", which addresses women often rebel and this is more common among young people. The yellow Yasmina It appeals to women kind and soft language, "I want to be you everything".

about Cactus

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Cactus

Cactus, desert plant a good example to bear the thirst and dry deserts, which may extend for many years. And produces some of fruits such as figs. And grow flowers of some kind.Some types of birds live in the desert cactus and considers it a safe haven from enemies. And grow some types of cactus to reach great heights.

Adaptation to the desert environment

Of the cactus remarkable ability to afford living in the desert, he can stay alive for years in the hot desert sun without water and is characterized by the following:

* Cactus either do not have papers or papers lean to reduce the proportion of evaporation of water and replace by conducting photosynthesis in the logs.

* Cactus is covered with thorns, which reduces exposure to the sun and protected from animals that feed on it, except the camel is a desert animal adapted to eat thorny plants and can eat with scattered spines and then later from his mouth.

* Cactus trunks working as a store of water Vtaatdkhm in the case of the abundance of water to store and the folds of the contract in the case of consumption of water in a period of prolonged drought.

* His whole body is covered with a waxy layer reduces the evaporation of water from rainfall in the case of water on the slide wax to the ground do not evaporate, but are absorbed by the roots.

* Most forms of cactus cylindrical or circular, and this reduces the size of the surface in relation to the total volume, which reduces evaporation while maintaining a high capacity to store water.

* Some of them have deep roots to reach groundwater and others with roots grow quickly and spread horizontally for long distances when it rains to collect water. There is a kind of giant cactus can absorb 3000 liters of water in ten days.

* A high proportion of salts in the roots to help absorb the water pressure changes Alozmosze.

* Cactus can absorb moisture from dew or moisture from within the market.

* The holes in the roof that allows the exchange of air has very little to reduce the evaporation of water. These are open only to absorb the evening of carbon dioxide when the humidity high and low temperature and the rate of evaporation is low. Vabbar has the ability to store carbon dioxide in the form of chemical compounds for use in the process of photosynthesis when the brightness of the sun in the following day.

Figs

Figs type of cactus, and native to South American countries such as Argentina, which blooms in summer and slow growth that is threatened with extinction. And small plants which do not bear direct sunlight for a long time, but after it becomes from more than a year or two years required for breeding to the sun and bloom. The soil needs to be well ventilated.

Spiny cactus plant leaves, which we see very forklift. Called all the paper "about patience," because of its weight it is thick and dense. Patience fruits are eaten in summer, the delicious taste and was peeling the fruit requires a lot of caution given the fact that the fruits of forklift forks and also patience is very small and hardly be seen with the naked eye and skin Ilqt quickly. Is called the fruit of fig spindle (patience) is called the cone patience, as we see here looks before harvest. The core of sweet fruit, but the seeds inside of fairly large size. Sold fruit on the intersections and public markets in the province of Jninvi the summer months in some areas, such as the village of Gilboa in Palestine.

Uses of cactus

Cactus juice is used in some types of hair care products because of its usefulness in strengthening the hair follicles and maintain the freshness of the skin in general, and uses a treatment for certain skin diseases, some mothers are also used in some areas, the bitterness of cactus juice to wean their young on breastfeeding.

about Hamsters

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Hamsters

Hamsters are small, nocturnal rodents, meaning they are more inclined to be active by night rather than in the daytime

Because of their nocturnal habits, Hamsters are less likely to be handled during the daytime and if they are, they are more prone to give you a nip

as they may be grumpy

Hamsters are popular pets, the most common and largest one being the Syrian Hamster, also known as the 'Golden Hamster'. The Syrian Hamster is naturally solitary and must be kept singular and not in pairs

or groups as they will fight

Unlike Guinea Pigs, the Hamster is an unsociable animal and different species have to be kept single as pets, putting one hamster with another

hamster would cause fights in which one or both could be harmed

However, the Russian Hamster and the Dwarf Hamster (who grow to be about 8 centimetres), like the company of their own kind, however, it is

. still a good idea to keep males and females seperate

The only time hamsters can be put together is for mating and still you

. have to be at hand to interact if any combat develops

The best way to avoid confrontations at mating time is to make sure you put the female into the male territory. Breeding hamsters can produce a

. litter every few weeks

:Here are the general statistics of a Golden Hamster

Adult weight: Male 85 - 140 grams, Female 95 - 120 grams

Life span: Average 2 years, maximum expected 3 years (some (reach 5 years

Water consumption: Variable, they can tolerate long periods without water, however, you should always have fresh water available by sipper bottle or supply of fresh fruit/vegetables

Food consumption: 10 - 15 grams per day (adult), depends upon level of

activity

(Body temperature: 36.2 - 37.5C (rectal

Behaviour: Docile unless surprised or awakened

Nocturnal

Hibernate when temperature drops below 5ºC, however, animal may be

roused by gentle stimulation and application of warmth

Curious by nature

Because hamsters are desert animals, they like to conserve water and so it is quite normal for them to eat their own

. droppings so they can save as much water as possible

about Cows

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Cows

Cows are members of the sub-family 'Bovinae' of the family 'Bovidae'. This family also includes Gazelles, Buffalo, Bison, Antelopes, Sheep and

. Goats

Cows are raised for many reasons including: milk, cheese, other dairy products, also for meat such as beef and veal and materials such as leather hide. In older times they were used as work animals to pull carts

. and to plow fields

In some countries such as India, cows were classed as sacred animals and were used in religious ceremonies and treated with much respect

Today, cows are domesticated ungulates (hoofed animals with two toes on each hoof) that we see very often chewing the grass in farmers fields as we walk or drive through the countryside

There is an estimated 1.3 billion head of cattle and 920 breeds of cow in the world today. Cows are referred to as the 'fosters mothers to

the human race' because they produce most of the milk that people

. drink

.'The mature female of the species is called a 'cow

.'The mature male of the species is called a 'bull

.'A group of cows is called a 'herd

.'A young female cow is called a 'heifer

.'A baby cow is called a 'calf

A cow spends up to 6 hours a day eating. Cows spend over 8 hours a day chewing thier cud which is regurigated, partially digested food. Cows

. each drink equivalent to a bath tub full of water a day

Cows occupy a unique role in human history. Cows have been considered one of the oldest forms of wealth. Cows have always been of interest to man because of their amazing ability to be able to provide meat and dairy products, have been strong animals to work with and also reproduce

!the mselves while eating nothing but grass. Amazing

Cow Reproduction

.The average cow is 2 years old when she has her first calf

Calves are fed from the cow until they are between 8 and 9 weeks old. It is essential for a calf to be fed their mothers milk from the start as it contains antibodies that protect the new calf from

. diseases

Two months before giving birth, a dairy cow takes

. a rest from giving milk in order to grow her calf

During this period the cow is known as a Dry Cow. When a dairy cow gives birth, this process is called a freshening. All calves are born with

. horn nubs. It is common for a vet to remove these nowadays

Did you know that cows never forget their calves. It is quite common to

see them licking their grown calves just as they did when they were

. young

How to determine the age of a cow

The age of a cow is determined by examination of the teeth and less perfectly by the horns. The temporary teeth are in part erupted at birth

. and all the incisors are erupted within twenty days

The first, second and third pairs of temporary molars are erupted in thirty days. The teeth have grown large enough to touch each other by the sixth month. They gradually wear and fall in eighteen months. The fourth permanent molars are through at around the fourth month. The fifth at the fifteenth month and the sixth at two years. The temporary teeth begin to fall at twenty-one months and are entirely replaced by the thirty-ninth

. to the forty-fifth month

Interesting Cow Facts

The oldest cow ever recorded was a Dremon Cow named 'Big Bertha' who died 3 months just before her 49th birthday on New Years Eve, .1993

Big Bertha' also holds the record for lifetime breeding as she'

. produced 39 calves

The heaviest live birth of a calf is 225 lbs for a British Friesian cow in

. 1961

.Dairy cows can produce 125 pounds of saliva a day

Dairy cows can produce up to 200 pounds of flatus (trumps and burps) a day

.Cows often have their ears pierced-with I.D. tags

.People first domesticated cows about 5000 years ago

.The Holstein cow produces the most milk of all breeds

Cows can live to the age of 25 years old if people would let

.them

.A cow stands up and sits down about 14 times a day

.In an average herd, there is 1 bull to every 30 cows

.Cows can detect odours up to five miles away

.The age of a cow can be determined by counting the rings on its horns

.Cows can see colour

.There are approximately 350 'squirts' in a gallon of milk

.Cows can pick and lick their noses with their tongues

Cows drink 25 - 50 gallons of water each day. That is nearly a bathtub

. full

.When the Pilgrims went to America, they took cows with them

about Ducks

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Ducks

Ducks are birds. Ducks are also called 'Waterfowl' because they are normally found in places where there is water like ponds, streams and

. rivers. Ducks are related to Geese and Swans

Ducks are sometimes confused with several types of unrelated water birds with similar forms, such as loons (an aquatic bird found in many parts of North America and northern Europe) or grebes (freshwater diving birds) and coots (medium-sized water birds which are members

. (of the Rail Bird family

Duck Description

Ducks are smaller than than their relatives (swans and geese). Duck

.also have shorter necks and wings and a stout body

A female duck is called a 'hen', they are identified by their

. very-dull, .brown feathers

The females have dull-brown feathers so that they can hide from enemies and predators. They can also camouflage themselves in their nests and

. also protect their young

A male duck is called a 'drake', you can identify the male duck by its brightly coloured feathers. They use these

. coloured feathers to attract the female ducks for mating

Here is a beautifully coloured Drake with a purple plumage, shiny green

. head colouring, silvery white body and grey wings with blue markings

The males use their colourful plumage to attract females. However, they will lose or molt their colourful feathers when the females are busy hatching the eggs. The males will now look like the female in colour and will be unable to fly temporarily. They will molt again in early Autumn and get back their colourful feathers and be able to fly again. The females also molt. They replace all their feathers and get new ones after their

. ducklings are hatched

Ducks have webbed feet, which are designed forswimming. Their webbed feet act like paddles for the ducks. Because their feet are webbed, they

tend to 'waddle' instead of walking straight. Ducks cannot

. feel the cold in their feet even when swimming in icy cold water

The reason for this is because their feet have no nerves or blood vessels in them. The webbed feet are powerful and allows the duck to swim rather

. fast

A duck has water-proof feathers. There is a special gland

. called the 'Preen Gland' near the ducks tail

.This tiny gland produces oil which the duck uses to coat its feathers

The duck picks up the oil with its head and beak, and then smears it all over its body to make the outer feathers waterproof. Without this protective barrier, a ducks feathers would become water-logged and because they spend their whole lives around and in water, this water-proof barrier is extremely important. Beneath the water-proof coat are

. fluffy and soft feathers which keep the duck warm

The ducks mouth is called a beak or bill. It is usually broad and flat and has rows of fine notches along the edge called 'lamellae'. The lamellae helps the duck to grip its food so that it will not slip off. However, ducks beak comes in different shapesand sizes. The shape of the beak and body

.determines how the duck will hunt for its food

Duck Behaviour

Ducks keep clean by preening themselves. Ducks do this by putting their heads in funny positions and putting their beaks into their body. Ducks preen themselves very often. Preening also removes parasites, removes scales which cover newly sprouting feathers and also involves the

. removal of spreading oil over clean feathers

Duck Habitats

Many species of duck are temporarily flightless while moulting. Ducks seek out protected habitats with a good food supply during this period. .They usually moult before migrating

Ducks are found in wetlands, marshes, ponds, rivers, lakes and oceans. This is because ducks love the water. Some species of ducks migrate or travel longs distances every year to breed. Ducks usually travel to warmer areas or where the water does not freeze so that they can rest and raise their young. The distance may be thousands of miles away. Ducks are found everywhere in the world except the Antartica which is too cold for

. them

Duck Life Span

Ducks can live from 2 - 20 years, depending on species and whether they are wild ducks or ducks in captivity. Its a fact that a wild duck can live 20 years or more. Domestic ducks typically live 10 - 15 years in captivity. The world record is a Mallard Drake that lived to a ripe old age of 27

. years

Ducks and their feeding habits

Shovelers - these ducks have broad beaks and sift their food for insects, .nails and seed from the mud

Diving ducks and Sea ducks forage deep underwater. To be able to submerge more easily, the diving ducks are heavier than dabbling ducks and therefore have more difficulty taking off to fly. These ducks have long and narrow beaks. Their narrow beaks are also covered will saw-like

. edges which help them to grab fish

Dabbling ducks feed on the surface of water or on land, or as deep as they can reach by up-ending without completely submerging. Their beaks are broad and short. Dabbling ducks have tiny rows of plates along the inside of the beak called 'lamellae' like a whales baleen. These let them filter water out of the side of their beaks and keep food inside. Dabbling ducks eat plants, seeds, grasses and other small insects and animals that they find on or under the water. Usually they stick their tails in the air and

. stretch their heads into the water to reach their food

Dabblers usually have shiny coloured patches on their wings. The domestic ducks are dabblers too. They are descendents of the Mallards. Dabbling ducks take off from the water in quick jumps. Ducks with

longer necks dive with their head down into the shallow water and pick

. up their food

Duck Reproduction

Ducks usually look for a mate or partner in winter. Male ducks will attract the female ducks with their colourful plumage or feathers. The female ducks will then lead the male ducks to their breeding ground in spring. The breeding ground will usually be the place where the female

duck was hatched. The female duck builds her nest with grass or reeds or

. even in a hole in a tree

The male duck will guard their territory by chasing away other couples. Once the female lays 5 - 12 eggs, she will sit on her eggs to keep them warm so that they can hatch into ducklings. The male ducks on the other

. hand, will be with the other male ducks

The eggs will hatch within 28 days normally, except for the Muscovy duck which takes about 35 days to hatch.The mother duck will keep her brood of ducklings together to protect them from predators. Animals like the racoon, turtles, hawks, large fish and snakes are a ducks main predators and they will eat the ducklings. Ducklings are able to fly within 5 - 8

.weeks. Their feathers develop very fast

When the young are ready to fly, all the ducks will gather in flocks on large lakes, marshes or the ocean to migrate to their wintering home.

.When the ducks fly, they usually do so in a 'V-shaped' or a long line

Interesting Duck Facts

A hen makes a loud QUACK sound while the drake has a raspy, muffled

. call

Touching a duckling does not prevent the mother duck from taking care of it. It is however best to leave ducklings alone so as not to scare the

. mother duck away or accidentally injure them

Ducks sleep with half their brains awake. Ducks are more likely to sleep with one eye open when they are located on the edge of sleeping groups. .Ducks can detect predators in less than a second
Duck eggshells have tiny holes (pores) that allow it to breathe. A hen's

. eggs can have 7500 pores, most found at the blunt end of the egg

Respiratory gasses as well as water vapour travel through these pores

. allowing the egg to breathe

Baby ducks are precocial meaning they are born with their eyes wide open, with a warm layer of down and are not fully dependant on their parents for food. Ducklings are ready to leave the nest within hours of

. hatching

A 'clutch' is the total number of eggs laid by one bird during one nesting session. Clutch size affected by hereditary and environmental factors. .When food is abundant, birds lay more eggs

.A brood is the total number of hatchlings, or ducklings in a clutch

.Ducks have very good vision and they see in colour

about Ants

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Ants

For more than 100 million years, ants have been living on the Earth. They can be found almost anywhere on the planet. As of 2006, there are 11,880

.known ant species, most of which reside in hot climates

Ants are members of the family of social insects which means they live in organised colonies. The family of ants is known as the Formicidae of the order: Hymenoptera (An order of highly specialized insects with complete metamorphosis that include the bees, wasps and ants that often associate

.(in large colonies with complex social organization

Ant Behaviour

Ants are one of the most successful groups of insects in the animal kingdom. They are of particular interest because they are a social insect and form highly organized colonies or nests which sometimes consist of millions of individuals. Colonies of invasive ant species will sometimes work together and form super-colonies, spanning a very wide area of land. Ant colonies are sometimes described as superorganisms because

. they appear to operate as a single entity

Ants have colonized almost every landmass on Earth. They can constitute up to 15% of the total animal biomass of a tropical rainforest; in the Amazon the combined weight of the ants is said to be four times larger than that of the tetrapods in the same area. It has also been estimated

. that the combined weight of all ants exceeds the weight of mankind

Ants and Aphids

Many ants eat the sweet fluid called 'honeydew' excreted by aphids. Some species keep and protect aphids - sometimes even in their own nests. Ants will transport aphids from plant to plant and take the eggs into their colony for the winter. Ants will also defend aphids from insect predators, such as lady beetles and lacewings, by attacking them in large numbers.

!are an ants favourite food

Ant Nests

Ants are clean and tidy insects. Some worker ants are given the job of taking the rubbish from the nest and putting it outside in a special rubbish dump. Each colony of ants has its own smell. In this way, intruders can be recognized immediately. Many ants such as the common

.Red species have a sting which they use to defend their nest

Some species of ant are known for attacking and taking over the colonies of others ant species. Others are less expansionist but nonetheless just as aggressive; they attack colonies to steal eggs or larvae, which they either eat or raise as workers. Some ants, such as the Amazon Ants, are incapable of feeding themselves, but must rely on captured worker ants to

.care for them

Ant Characteristics

There is a great diversity among ants and their behaviours. Ants range in size from 2 to about 25 millimetres (about 0.08 to 1 inch). Their colour may vary, most are red or black, but other colours can also be seen, .including some tropical groups with a metallic lustre

Ant Communication

Ant communication is accomplished primarily through chemicals called pheromones. Because most ants spend their time in direct contact with the ground, these chemical messages are more developed than in other Hymenopterans. So for instance, when a forager finds food, she will leave a pheromone trail along the ground on her way home. Home is typically located through the use of remembered landmarks and the position of the sun as detected with compound eyes and also by means of special sky

. polarization-detecting fibres within the eyes

Ants and Humans

Ants are useful for clearing out insect pests and aerating the soil. On the other hand, they can become pests when they invade homes, yards, gardens and fields. Carpenter ants damage wood by hollowing it out for nesting. Nests may be destroyed by tracing the ant trails back to the nest, .then pouring boiling water into it to kill the queen

Ordinary chalk can be used to keep ants at bay; drawing a line or circle

. around the protected area may prevent them from entering

In some parts of the world large ants have been used as sutures (stitches) by pressing the wound together and applying ants along it. The ant in defensive attitude seizes the edges in its mandibles and locks in place. The body is then cut off and the mandibles can remain in place for up to three

.ays closing the wound

Some species, called killer ants, have a tendency to attack much larger animals during foraging or in defending their nests. Human attacks are rare, but the stings and bites can be quite painful and in large enough

. numbers can be disabling

The Ant Hill

An ant hill, in its simplest form, is a pile of earth, sand, pine needles, or clay or a composite of these and other materials that build up at the entrances of the subterranean dwellings of ant colonies as they are

. develpoed

A colony is built and maintained by legions of worker ants, who carry tiny bits of dirt and vegetation in their mandibles and deposit them near the exit of the colony. Ants normally deposit the dirt or vegetation at the top of the hill to prevent it

. from sliding back into the colony

However, in some species they actively sculpt the materials into specific

. shapes and may create nest chambers within the mound

An ant colony is an underground lair where ants live. Colonies consist of a series of underground chambers, connected to each other and the surface

.of the earth by small tunnels

.There are rooms for nurseries, food storage, and mating

about Rabbits

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Rabbits

Rabbits are one of Britains most familiar animals and favourite pets. Rabbits are seen about in broad daylight, near roadsides, hedgerows and scampering in fields often in large numbers. It seems hard to believe that

.(rabbits are not native of Great Britain. (See Rabbit History

Rabbits are mammals which belong to the 'Lagomorph' order (Lagomorph means 'hare-shaped') that also includes hares and pikas. Rabbits are similar to rodents in that they have incisor teeth that

. continually grow

Rabbits form the Family 'Leporidae' in which there are over 50 species. The rabbit species which is commonly kept as a pet is called a 'Oryctolagus cuniculus' and within this species various breeds have been developed by enhancing different characteristics through selectiv

. ingselective breed

An adult rabbit can grow up to 40 centimetres in length and weigh between 1.2 - 2 kilograms. Both male and female rabbits are similar in

. size, however, young rabbits are smaller

Rabbits vary in colour from black, grey to white. Rabbits have to groom their fur frequently otherwise it will become matted and lose its insulating properties. This means that rabbits avoid getting wet. Rabbits have very long hind feet and a distinctive fluffy tail that is usually black on top and

. white below

Rabbits large brown eyes are set on the side of their head to allow almost a 180 degree vision. A rabbit has large sensitive ears that can be turned in any direction. Rabbits have acute hearing that provides maximum

. information about their surroundings and alerts them of any danger

In the wild, rabbits like dry, well-drained slopes on field edges, grassland, woodland and dunes. Rabbits live in open country where predators like foxes and birds of prey are easily spotted. One rabbit is always on guard when they are feeding. When danger approaches the guard stamps its

feet and the whole colony will very quickly hurry down into their

.burrows

Rabbits that are kept as pets tend to have a life expectancy of about 8 - 12 years if cared for properly, however, rabbits in the wild do not live as long. Because of natural predators such as foxes, weasels and even crows, .wild rabbits have a

. shorter life expectancy of about 2 - 4 years

:General Rabbit Statistics

.Gestation (pregnancy) 30 - 33 days. Litter Size 4 - 12. Average*

.Weaning Age 7 - 8 weeks. From 50 days*

.Average domesticated rabbit life span 8 - 12 years*

.Heart Rate is around 220/per minute*

Normal Temperature 37 - 39.5 degrees Celsius, 101 - 103 degrees*
.fahrenheit

.Average Daily Water Intake 100 millilitres./Kg bodyweight*

.Sexual Maturity of a rabbit 16 - 24 weeks*

In the wild, the Doe (female rabbit) can produce a litter of around 3 - 7 young at one time. These litters of young rabbits (called 'kittens') are usually produced at 5 week intervals from January through to late summer. Kittens are born in underground burrows and are suckled by

. the female

Useful information about Rabbits

Rabbits are not rodents. Rabbits are lagomorphs. Other lagomorphs*

.include hares and pikas

A well cared for house rabbit that has been spayed or neutered early in*

. life has a life expectancy of 8 to 12 years of age

.The gestation period of a rabbit is about 30 - 33 days*

.A group of rabbits is called a herd*

.A group of rabbits lives in a warren*

.The male rabbit is called a buck. The female is called a doe and has 6 teats*

The doe is larger. The young are called kittens and as with baby cats, their*

.eyes open at about 10 days of age, their ears at about 12 days

The smallest breed of rabbit is the Netherland Dwarf Rabbit which*

. weighs just about 1 kilogram

The largest breed of rabbit is the Flemish Giant Rabbit which weighs in at*

.about 8 kilograms. - twice the size of the average cat

The rabbit is by nature a night browsing herbivore, resting in its burrow*

. by day

.Rabbits are naturally communal animals*

.Male rabbits should not be kept together as they are likely to fight*

Does and Bucks should be housed separately for obvious reasons. (You*

. (could be over-run with baby rabbits

.Rabbits front teeth (incisors) grow continuously, like toenails*

Rabbits are vegetarians and have a great ability to digest fibre that the

. rest of us cannot

!Rabbits feet are supposed to be lucky*

about Bees

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Bees

All About Busy Bees

There are over 20,000 species of bees in the world in nine recognised families. There are still many unclassified species therefore the total population could be even higher. Bees can be found in every habitat on the planet that contains flowering dicotyledons - a name for a group of flowering plants whose seed typically contains two embryonic leaves or

.(cotyledons (part of the embryo within the seed of a plant

Bees belong to the largest insect order which also includes wasps and ants. They can survive almost everywhere, except in polar regions (Arctic

.and Antarctic) or at high altitudes

-Based on their behaviours, bees can be roughly divided into three groups

.Solitary, Social and Parasitic

There are around 400 species of Social Bees and these are grouped as

. the Bumblebees and Honeybees

Bees are very hard working and always seem to have endless energy. Bees buzz around visiting flower after flower collecting pollen and nectar. Bees are adapted for feeding on nectar and pollen, nectar is used as an energy source and pollen used primarily for protein and other nutrients. Most

. pollen is used as food for larvae

Bee Characteristics

Bees have a long proboscis (an elongated tube from the head of an insect) that enables them to obtain the nectar from flowers. Bees have antennae almost universally made up of thirteen segments in males and twelve in females. They all have two pairs of wings, the back pair being the smaller of the two. In very few species, one sex or caste has relatively short wings

. that make it difficult or impossible to fly

Many species of bees are poorly known. The smallest bee is a dwarf bee (Trigona minima) and it is about 2.1 millimetres long. The largest bee in the world is Megachile pluto (an Indonesian leafcutter bee that uses resin to make compartments in its nest), which can grow to be as large as 39 millimetres. The most common type of bee in North America is the 'Halictidae', or 'sweat bee', though this may come as a surprise to natives, .as they are so small and often mistaken for wasps

The most common species of bee is the Western honey bee, which produces honey, as do a few other types of bee. Human management of this species is known as beekeeping or apiculture (the practice of

. (intentional maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives

Bee Pollination

Bees play an important role in pollinating flowering plants, they may focus on gathering nectar or on gathering pollen, depending on their

. greater need at the time

Bees gathering nectar may accomplish pollination, but bees that are

. deliberately gathering pollen are more efficient pollinators

Bees periodically stop foraging and groom themselves to pack the pollen in to the scopa (pollen carrying apparatus), which is located on the legs in most bees and on the ventral abdomen on others

Pollen and nectar are usually combined together to form a 'provision mass', which is often soupy, but can be firm and formed into various shapes. It is stored in a small chamber (a cell), with the egg deposited on the mass. The cell is typically sealed after the egg is laid and the

('adult and larva never interact directly (a system called 'mass provisioning

The earliest animal-pollinated flowers were pollinated by insects such as beetles, so the syndrome of insect pollination was well established before bees first appeared. The advantage is that bees are specialized as pollinating insects, with behavioural and physical modifications that specifically enhance pollination and they are much more efficient at the task than beetles, flies, butterflies, pollen wasps, or any other pollinating . .insect Bee History

Bees, like ants, are essentially a highly specialized form of wasp. While the first definite fossil bees date from only forty million years ago, there is genetic and partial fossil evidence that they evolved alongside flowers, at . .least 140 million years ago

Bee Predators

Bees are the favourite meal of 'Merops apiaster', a bird actually called a 'Bee-Eater'. Bee-Eaters are mainly found in Africa and can be recognised by their bright coloured plumage, slender bodies and usually elongated .(.central tail feathers. (see photo

Before eating its meal, a bee-eater removes the sting by repeatedly hitting the insect on a hard surface

Other common predators of bees are kingbirds, mockingbirds and dragonflies

Visiting flowers can be a dangerous occupation. Many assassin bugs and crab spiders hide in flowers to capture unwary bees. Other bees are lost to birds in flight (see above). Insecticides used on blooming plants can kill large numbers of bees, both by direct poisoning and by contamination of their food supply

A honey bee queen may lay 2000 eggs per day during spring buildup, but she also must lay 1000 to 1500 eggs per day during the foraging season, mostly to replace daily casualties. Most casualties are workers simply dying of old age rather than being caught by predators

Among solitary and primitively social bees, however, lifetime reproduction is among the lowest of all insects, as it is not uncommon for females of such species to produce fewer than 25 offspring

General Information

Despite their painful sting and the typical attitude of insects as annoying or disgusting pests, humans hold bees in high regard. This is most likely due to their usefulness towards man, their social nature, as well as their diligence. Although a bee sting can be deadly to some, bees are generally regarded as non-agressive insects if left alone. The phrase 'busy as a bee' . reflects their gentle, hard-working nature