Although the virtuosity of the workers is remarkable, the queen of bee is really the main story. Workers choose a few larvae to be queen, feeding them royal jelly, a substance rich in proteins and vitamins. While the queen is changing from a larva to a pupa, a team of workers builds a special cell …
Queens, Workers, Drones
Each colony of honeybees consist of three classes: a) the queen who is prolific layer of eggs; b) the workers who is bulwark of the colony; and c) the sedentary drone whose only function is to mate with a young queen. The queen lays the eggs that hatch into thousands of female workers; some queens …
Meet the Bees
One of the most interesting inhabitants of our world is the bee, an insect which is indigenous to all parts of the globe except the polar region. The honeybee is a gregarious insect whose habitat is a colony which he shares with as many as 80,000 bees. Although the individual bees live for only a …
The Effects of the Escobedo Decision
After Danny Escobedo’s release from prison, hundreds of inmates began suits for their freedom on the grounds that their rights had been violated, too. Each case is being heard on its merits, and in numerous instances, people who had been convicted of serious offenses have been freed because of the new standards established in the …
An Historic Supreme Court Ruling
Lawyer Kroll persevered in his defense of Dany Escobedo. The case was argued before the Supreme Court, and in 1964, in a landmark decision, the Court reversed Danny’s conviction. Legal aid, said the judges, must be instantly available to a suspect. “A system of law enforcement which comes to depend on the confession,” one justice …
Escobedo’s Lawyer Appeals
Barry Kroll, a Chicago lawyer, took an interest in Dany Escobedo’s case. Kroll felt that his client’s right under the Construction had been abrogated. Since the alleged accomplice, Escobedo, had been denied access to an attorney, Kroll asked the courts to invalidate the conviction. He proposed that lawyers be entitled to sit when the police …
Dany Escobedo Goes to Jail
In 1960, a young Chicagoan, Danny Escobedo, was given a 20-year jail sentence for first-degree murder. Danny had confessed to complicity in the killing of his brother-in-law after the police had refused to allow him to see his lawyer. Actually, Danny was tricked into blaming a friend for the liquidation of his sister’s husband, thereby …
“For Distinguished Devotion to Duty”
Some month later Dorie Miller was serving on an aircraft carrier when Admiral Chester Nimitz, the Commander of the Pacific Fleet, came aboard to preside over a special award with the prestigious Navy Cross, commending his for a singular act a valor and “disregard for his own personal safety.” Miller’s heroism helped to shatter to …
The Heroism of Dorie Miller
Men all around Miller were succumbing to the lethal spray of Japanese bullets. He dragged his captain to safety and turned back to see that the machine-gunner had been killed. Dorie took that big gun and trained it on the incoming bombers. Within the space of ten minutes he was credited with destroying four bombers …
More Than Silence
The quarantine method for handling bigots implies more than giving them the silent treatment. Prof. Fineberg urges the community-relations organizations to scrutinize the nefarious activities of hate-mongers and to be prepared to furnish information about them to amicable inquirers. When a rabble-rouser is coming, those organizations should privately expose him to opinion-molders. In addition, constructive …