Year: 2022

BEE PHEROMONES. "The needs of a honey bee colony are communicated between bees by pheromones, chemical signals which trigger behavioral responses. Honey bees have a variant of the same foraging gene that controls the onset of foraging behavior. Elevated expression of this gene correlates with increased foraging activity." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics_of_social_behavior View in LinkedIn

ROYAL JELLY. "An early study also determined the cellular basis of the discrete caste morphology of A. mellifera. Queens arise when workers in a colony selectively feed chosen larvae royal jelly. The caste differentiation occurs through an epigenetic process; non-heritable factors contributing to gene expression. Queen and worker morphological forms both come occur from the same genome, royal jelly nourishment is the non-genetic determiner." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics_of_social_behavior View in LinkedIn

SUMMATION OF CAPACITY. "An ant is part of a colony, much as a neuron is part of a brain. An ant cannot do much in isolation, but a colony is a highly resilient adaptive system. Similarly, a neuron is individually able to only make limited interactions with other neurons, but the brain is capable of highly complex cognitive processes. In other words, both ants and neurons behave/act in perfect harmony with other conspecifics/cells to accomplish tasks that go beyond the capability of a single individual." https://lnkd.in/dAsj2i3 View in LinkedIn

ATRIA GROUP "Altria spent around $101 million on lobbying the United States government between 1998 and 2004, making it the second most active organization in the nation. Altria also funded The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition which lobbied against the scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change. Daniel Smith, representing Altria, sits on the Private Enterprise Board of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altria View in LinkedIn

PHILIP MORRIS/ALTRIA GROUP, PACKAGED FOOD LEADER. "The success of Kraft and Miller, coupled with Morris's still highly profitable tobacco market, has made Morris the world's largest producer and marketer--as well as the largest U.S. exporter--of packaged consumer goods. In fact, by the early 1990s, substantially more than half of the company's revenue was generated by non-tobacco products." View in LinkedIn

FROM TOBACCO TO JUNK FOOD. "While Morris spent much of its effort cleaning up its tainted tobacco image, the company was making giant strides in the food industry. From 1992 to 1997, Kraft's profit margin had increased to 16 percent--one of the highest in the food industry. The unit also controlled 35 percent of the frozen food market, after the successful 1995 launch of DiGiorno Rising Crust pizza, and continued to be the market leader in many of its product segments." http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/72/Philip-Morris-Companies-Inc.html View in LinkedIn

NUMBER TWO IN GLOBAL JUNK FOOD: TOBACCO. "Morris secured its number two position in the global food industry in 2000 with the purchase of Nabisco Holdings Corp. The $19.2 billion acquisition created a $34.9 billion food concern and gave Kraft an entrance into the fast-growing snack foods segment with products like Oreo cookies and Ritz crackers." http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/72/Philip-Morris-Companies-Inc.html View in LinkedIn

UBIQUITOUS US SNACK FOODS. "In June 2001, Kraft began operating as a publicly traded company when Morris spun off 16 percent of the firm, retaining 84 percent ownership and 98 percent of its voting rights. The public offering generated $8.7 billion and was the second-largest IPO to date. Kraft became the largest publicly traded food company in North America whose brands could be found in over 99 percent of U.S. homes." http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/72/Philip-Morris-Companies-Inc.html View in LinkedIn

TOBACCO AS THE No.1 US "FOOD" MANUFACTURER. "Philip Morris, the largest tobacco company, became the largest food manufacturer in North America, by buying first General Foods and then Kraft." https://lnkd.in/dEsX2JF View in LinkedIn

TOBACCO, THE LARGEST JUNK FOOD COMPANY. Philip Morris, the world's largest tobacco company, is now also the largest junk food company with holdings including SevenUp, Kraft, Nabisco, General Foods, Taco Bell, and Miller Brewing. View in LinkedIn