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"Hive" is the term usually used for the container in which a colony of bees live.
A swarm of bees (Apis Mellifera) will search for a suitable cavity in which to live.
If a suitable cavity cannot be found the swarm may typically build comb from a tree branch.
Whether in a tree branch, cavity, or man made hive, the younger bees will uses their honey reserves, which they consumed before swarming, to manufacture comb. The workers cluster in festoons, an oily substance is exuded from their abdomens and dries into wax flakes. This is manipulated by means of spines on the hind legs, to the mouth where it's chewed and softened and passed on to other bees who build the comb. The comb is built from the ceiling downwards, in parallel sheets which, from centre to centre, are about 35mm. These sheets consist of 6 sided cells with 5.5mm diameters and depth from centre about 13 mm. (A man made frame is thus 12mm to allow for slicing off capping during honey extraction.) Each sheet of comb is double sided, that is the cells are on both sides, and each cell is angled up slightly to retain the honey. These cells are used to store honey and pollen, and to raise brood in.
Between each sheet a comb, the bees require a space (bee space), of about 10-12mm to allow for movement of bees.
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How fast can bees make a hive and how do I identify if they are killler bees in my tree?
they can make a hive in at lest 4 days
Why are bees hive hexaonal?
A bee hive isn't hexagonal. The cells that bees make from wax inside a bee hive are hexagonal and the bees use these cells to raise young bees and to store honey and pollen.
What is a worker bee called that attend to the queen the babies or larvae of the hive?
the bees that take care of the hive and make honey called?" the guardian bees of the hive they take car of the bee hive. the bees that take care of the hive and make honey called?" the guardian bees of the hive they take car of the bee hive.
What do female bees do in the hive?
female bees make honey and do other things in the hive Answer: With the exception of a few male (drones) in the hive all bees in a hive are female. They do all the work. The only task the males have is to mate with the new queens if the hive swarms or if the present queen dies
Can killer bees make a hive in one day?
no
What do mortician bees do?
They make sure the hive is clean. They also sweep out the dead bees.
Can or cannot bees within one hive comunicate with bees from another?
Bees in one hive typically do not communicate with bees from another since they usually will not allow bees from another hive to enter their own hive.
What shape do bees make use to make a beehive?
The cells made by bees in a hive are all hexagons.
Can you remove a hive located outside once most of the bees are dead?
No. If there are still some bees alive, you can get seriously stung. And Trying to move the hive will make the bees madder.
How much honey do beekeepers put in a hive?
They don't usually. The bees make honey in the hive.
Do all bees make the same hives?
Bees don't make hives. A hive is an artificial home provided by a beekeeper to keep his/her bees in.
How do make honey?
Honey is not made by humans. Bees secrete it in their hive. Humans harvest it by smoking the bees to subdue them and then removing some of the honey comb from the hive.
