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...Another way to conserve electricity: burn candles. But toss the old ones-they could have lead wicks, which are toxic when burned and were banned in the U.S. only as recently as October 2003 (visit cpsc.gov for details). And choose soy, vegetable wax or beeswax-all renewable and biodegradable materials-over paraffin wax candles, which are petroleum based. Big Dipper Wax Works' 100% beeswax candles run $10 to $24 at 3Rliving.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Have a Green Christmas | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

...conventional wisdom—the fun I have on weekends and weekdays alike. I may not be able to run up the Duomo and submerge myself in a foreign way of life, but there’s a lot of good here, too. I’ll decline to wax poetic about friendship and the Charles River, but I will observe that we only get four years to experience it all before it’s gone...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Greetings from Cambridge, Mass. | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...PESTICIDES The wax in beehives is a natural sink for airborne toxins, and the relatively weak bee immune system is no match for such concentrations of man-made poisons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Buzz on Bees | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

Pollen As bees collect pollen for food, they also act as sex workers, scattering stray grains among male and female flower parts, allowing the plants to reproduce Compound eyes (2) Simple eyes (3) Antennae THORAX HEAD ABDOMEN Wax secretion Nerve center Poison sac Hindgut Pollen basket Honey stomach Midgut Heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Buzz on Bees | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

QUEEN Lives one to two years Lays up to 2,000 eggs a day or 400,000 a year. Each colony can have only one queen, so she seeks out and destroys any rivals Wax walls Nectar transformed into honey Hatchlings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Buzz on Bees | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

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