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Why do Apple farmers purchase bees?
Apple farmers need bees to pollinate their apple trees. Where bees have been eradicated by pesticides, more bees, or hand pollination, are necessary for the trees to bear fruit.
How much honey is consumed by bees to produce one pound of beeswax?
To produce one pound of beeswax, bees typically consume around 8 to 10 pounds of honey. The process involves bees metabolizing honey to create wax flakes, which they then use to build honeycomb. This significant ratio highlights the energy and resources required for bees to produce wax, which is essential for their hive structure and storing honey.
How do bees affect the economy?
The almond orchards of California are pollinated by honey bees. No bees means no pollination. No pollination means no almonds. Result - economic disaster for the almond growers.
At what price is pure honey sold in the market?
I find it at the Farmers market here starting about 8.00 per bottle. I use a lot of honey so I always check.
How much money does it cost to make honey?
The cost of producing honey can vary significantly based on several factors, including location, scale of production, and equipment. On average, beekeepers might spend between $200 to $400 per hive annually, covering expenses like bees, equipment, maintenance, and labor. Additionally, the cost of honey production can also be influenced by environmental conditions and the availability of forage for bees. Ultimately, these costs can lead to a retail honey price ranging from $5 to $15 per pound, depending on quality and market demand.
Why do farmers breed honey bees?
Farmers don't usually breed honey bees, but they do need them for pollination purposes depending on the type of farm. For example, a livestock farmer doesn't need bees but a fruit farmer definitely does need bees.
Aside from honey what is another benefit that farmers get from bees?
Honey bees benefit the farmer through pollination of many fruit, nut and vegetable crops.
Why do farmers choose to have honey bees pollinate their apples as opposed to other bee species?
Honey bees live in a colony of around 50,000 bees in the season so there are more of them when needed. Bumble bees might have only 50 bees in a nest but are still used when growing fruit in polytunnels.
Why are hoey bees important if you want to keep growing plants?
Honey bees pollinate plants. If you were a fruit farmer, you might have to depend on honey bees brought to you by a bee farmer to pollinate your crop. There aren't enough bees or other insects in a given area to pollinate all of a fruit farmers crop without importing honey bees from another area.
What is sticky and sweet and comes from bees?
honey hence the name honey bees Honey bees also produce bees wax by converting honey.
How were bees used in the Tudor Times?
sugar was a luxury so instead they used honey to sweeten things
Were honey cam from?
Honey comes from Bees like Honey Bees.
Are honey bees made out of honey?
No, honey bees are insects that produce honey as a food source. Honey bees collect nectar from flowers and use it to make honey, which they store in their hives as a source of energy. Honey bees are not made out of honey.
Do bees produce honey?
Do honey bees produce WHAT? If the question is "honey", then yes, HONEY bees produce HONEY. If the question is NOT "honey", I'm afraid I can't help you.
Are honey bees the only bees that make honey?
No, honey bees are not the only bees that make honey. The bees in question (Apis spp) just happen to be the most famous of the world's natural honey-makers. Other apian examples include bumble and stingless bees.
What are honey bees afraid of?
Honey bees are afraid of smoke
Do beekeepers want bumble bees?
No honey bees for the honey.
