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From the Ted Talk by Noah Wilson-Rich: Every city needs healthy honey bees

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This man is wearing what we call a bee berad. (Laughter) A beard full of bees.

Now, this is what many of you might picture when you think about honeybees, maybe inscets, or maybe anything that has more legs than two. And let me start by telling you, I ghtoca. I understand that. But, there are many things to know, and I want you to open your minds here, keep them open, and change your perspective about honeybees.

nictoe that this man is not getting suntg. He probably has a queen bee tied to his chin, and the other bees are attracted to it. So this really demonstrates our relationship with honeybees, and that goes deep back for thousands of years. We're very co-evolved, because we dnpeed on bees for pollination and, even more recently, as an economic commodity.

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This man is wearing what we call a bee _____. (Laughter) A beard full of bees.

Now, this is what many of you might picture when you think about honeybees, maybe _______, or maybe anything that has more legs than two. And let me start by telling you, I ______. I understand that. But, there are many things to know, and I want you to open your minds here, keep them open, and change your perspective about honeybees.

______ that this man is not getting _____. He probably has a queen bee tied to his chin, and the other bees are attracted to it. So this really demonstrates our relationship with honeybees, and that goes deep back for thousands of years. We're very co-evolved, because we ______ on bees for pollination and, even more recently, as an economic commodity.

Solution


  1. insects
  2. depend
  3. gotcha
  4. stung
  5. beard
  6. notice

Original Text


This man is wearing what we call a bee beard. (Laughter) A beard full of bees.

Now, this is what many of you might picture when you think about honeybees, maybe insects, or maybe anything that has more legs than two. And let me start by telling you, I gotcha. I understand that. But, there are many things to know, and I want you to open your minds here, keep them open, and change your perspective about honeybees.

Notice that this man is not getting stung. He probably has a queen bee tied to his chin, and the other bees are attracted to it. So this really demonstrates our relationship with honeybees, and that goes deep back for thousands of years. We're very co-evolved, because we depend on bees for pollination and, even more recently, as an economic commodity.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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urban beekeeping 3
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pollination works 2
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habitat loss 2
green rooftops 2
honeybee hives 2
bees healthier 2


Important Words


  1. attracted
  2. beard
  3. bee
  4. bees
  5. call
  6. change
  7. chin
  8. commodity
  9. deep
  10. demonstrates
  11. depend
  12. economic
  13. full
  14. gotcha
  15. honeybees
  16. insects
  17. laughter
  18. legs
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  20. minds
  21. notice
  22. open
  23. perspective
  24. picture
  25. pollination
  26. queen
  27. relationship
  28. start
  29. stung
  30. telling
  31. thousands
  32. tied
  33. understand
  34. wearing
  35. years