E-Commerce Article #3

Article: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/09/health/toilet-paper-shortages-novel-coronavirus-trnd/index.html

In this article, there is talk about the toilet paper shortage because of  COVID-19. The stores are all almost completely cleared out of toilet paper and other paper products (i.e paper towels). This article says it is based on mass hysteria, which I agree with to an extent. There are actions in Australia to prevent this, but none in the United States. In Australia, they are printing emergency toilet paper in the back of newspapers, just in case people happen to run out and there is none left in the stores. This is also helpful in case the country goes into quarantine. For the United States, economists suggested trying to refrain from mass-buying toilet paper. They argue that by doing so, the companies will feel more inclined to raise the prices on their next load delivery. This relates to E-Commerce because even the online store websites are entirely out of toilet paper.

20% Time #1

This past week I have worked at the pace of my calendar, even while being away from school. My calendar has me researching types of bees, so that I can decide which I'm most interested in researching further. I have decided to research the Western Honey Bee. This honey bee is a eusocial flying insect within the genus Apis of the bee clade, all native to Eurasia but spread to four other continents by human beings. It may be a tiny creature, but it does very big things for our ecosystem. A question I have come across is about how these bees communicate and understand the queen bee's directions. When time allows, that will be something I will be looking into. I have bumped into a few challenges so far, all unrelated to the project, but they have impacted my available research time greatly. My goal for next week is to completely focus on the Honey Bee, and officially confirm it as my subject in this project.
This is a picture I found that helped ai