Fire Ants

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This paper examines two types of organisms that are readily observable for the purposes of this experiment, fire ants and plants. The paper researches if the fire ant will resist infesting any plant. It offers the pine, chamomile and rose bush as examples. The paper will try to use the findings to prove that chamomile can prevent fire ant infestation in farming.

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"Two types of organisms that are readily observable for the purposes of this experiment are fire ants and plants. The research question that is addressed is, "If exposed to three different types of plants, (pine tree, rose bush, chamomile) is there any plant that the fire ant will not infest?". Hypothesis Steve Diver (1999) contends that in the practice of biodynamic farming chamomile can serve as a natural plant that aids in preventing crop insect infestations (para. 6). While Diver (1999) does not discuss the use of chamomile to prevent fire an infestation in farming, it is evident that determining this use would be vitally important to farmers. With this background information in mind, it is therefore contended that when active fire ants are exposed to the chamomile plant they will avoid the plant altogether, but will not hesitate to ..."

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