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Rad-Fone elementary school (2005 CyberFair Project ID 3847)
Taiwan,
Tainan County
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 4. Local Specialties
We estimate 16 student(s) from 10 to 12 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: The Guan-Shan Village, Nan-Hua Country on Tainan County is named after the aboriginal "Xi-A-li-Guan" and then it is officially called "Guan-Shan Village". It initially belonged to the domain of Fong-Shang County with the altitude from 250m to 900m, typically a hillside slope area with mountains and streams surrounded.
There are 3 precious treasures including beautiful mountains, streams and excellent ecology conservation. Within the ancient Taiwan County Documentary Articles, it said this is a place of clouds and mountainous areas. From the documentary context, we can readily recognize its originality and crudeness with rare human activity of the time. Thanks to this situation, it abounds in animals , plants and insects. People live by bamboo and mango as their daily colorful traits in culture.
Project Description: In this community of Xi-A-Li-Guan, there is a variety of insects and animal creatures. Among these insects, the diverse types of bees and their quantity are marvelous, and the profit from collecting bee honey is one of the important income sources for Guan-Shan people. In the mountains of Xi-A-Li-Guan, the most common and fierce kind of bee is "Vespa Basalis" This species of paper wasp is the biggest enemy to mountain-climbers. Therefore, with the assistance of bee-catching experts in our community, we were able to study Vespa Basalis and find out how it construct such a perfect hexagonal hive, its growth in various period, how to distinguish its sex from appearance, and the use of the collected hives and bees. Besides, the pH value of its venom is also one of the issues we're interested in.
Through our webpages, we look forward to presenting the lifestyle of Vespa Basalis and its relation to the related industries in the community. Now, join us to know more about this "stringer" in the mountains.