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From the Ted Talk by Kenny Coogan: Licking bees and pulping trees The reign of a wasp queen

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This feast continues until autumn, when the fsurdeons changes course. She begins grooming some eggs into a new generation of queens, while also laying unfertilized eggs that will mturae into reproductive mlaes called drones. This new crop of queens and males requires more food. But with summer over, the usual sources run dry, and the fnoargig wasps start taking more aggressive risks.

By September, the hive’s organization ditaeroteres. hunrgy workers no longer clean the nest and various sgavcnrees move in. Just when it seems the hive can no longer sustain itself, the fertile qeneus and their drones depart in a massive swarm.

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This feast continues until autumn, when the _________ changes course. She begins grooming some eggs into a new generation of queens, while also laying unfertilized eggs that will ______ into reproductive _____ called drones. This new crop of queens and males requires more food. But with summer over, the usual sources run dry, and the ________ wasps start taking more aggressive risks.

By September, the hive’s organization ____________. ______ workers no longer clean the nest and various __________ move in. Just when it seems the hive can no longer sustain itself, the fertile ______ and their drones depart in a massive swarm.

Solution


  1. queens
  2. mature
  3. hungry
  4. scavengers
  5. deteriorates
  6. males
  7. foraging
  8. foundress

Original Text


This feast continues until autumn, when the foundress changes course. She begins grooming some eggs into a new generation of queens, while also laying unfertilized eggs that will mature into reproductive males called drones. This new crop of queens and males requires more food. But with summer over, the usual sources run dry, and the foraging wasps start taking more aggressive risks.

By September, the hive’s organization deteriorates. Hungry workers no longer clean the nest and various scavengers move in. Just when it seems the hive can no longer sustain itself, the fertile queens and their drones depart in a massive swarm.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
unfertilized eggs 2


Important Words


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  12. eggs
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  16. foraging
  17. foundress
  18. generation
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  20. hive
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  24. males
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  26. mature
  27. move
  28. nest
  29. organization
  30. queens
  31. reproductive
  32. requires
  33. risks
  34. run
  35. scavengers
  36. september
  37. sources
  38. start
  39. summer
  40. sustain
  41. swarm
  42. unfertilized
  43. usual
  44. wasps
  45. workers