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Bees and Beekeeping
Beekeeping is the science of managing honey bees and promoting healthy hive conditions. Honey production involves extracting honey from honey comb and packaging the honey for human use.
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Honeybee how is the honey made?
sweet wax is produced from the abdomen of worker bees and it passes through its mouth where the bee chews it to make it soft for making the honeycomb
Beeswax is a natural wax produced in the bee hive of honey bees of the genus Apis. It is mainly esters of fatty acids and various long chain alcohols.
It is secreted by the bees from glands on their abdomens.
A honey bee collects nectar from plants which is turned into honey to feed the colony during the winter when it is too cold to forage,
First they draw out the shape in hexagons with wax secreted from special glands in their body then build the sides up. They strengthen the cells with propolis made from plants. Honey is then stored in some and brood ( eggs, larvae and young bees) in other groups of cells. In a manmade beehive structure, the brood is in the lower part and the honeycomb in the upper part.
Will bees attack if disturbed in winter?
It depends on the weather. Bees will leave the hive even in the middle of winter if it is dry, not too windy, and warm enough.
What do bees eat in the winter?
During the winter, bees eat honey. The honey is calorie-rich and carbohydrate-loaded honey, and is the perfect fuel. Worker bees eat this honey and use the energy it provides to fuel rapid contractions of their wing muscles. Pumping these muscles without flying creates heat.
No you can't outrun a tornado because they go as fast as 30 to 70 mph. That's almost like a car driving down a highway. You should take shelter instead of outrunning it.
Do Bees Hibernate in the Winter?
Honey bees don't hibernate as such. They spend the winter in whichever place they have spent the summer and cluster together to keep warm. If there are any warm sunny days during the winter they will come out of their hive and fly around on an 'evacuation' flight.
Can bees produce their own food?
yes, bees collect pollen, eats the pollen, and produces honey which either they eat or the beekeepers take
How do you help a bee if it's sick?
Like a human, it depends on what is causing the sickness. There are various viral infections that can affect bees and each has its own treatment, but the treatment will be applied to the whole colony and not just to individual bees.
What are the features and traits of a worker bee?
A worker bee is an infertile female. She usually lives for about 6 weeks in the summer and 6 months in the winter (in Northern climates).
How do bees benefit from living in a colony?
Through communication - they are able to locate enough food to satisfy the needs of the hive. They also benefit from joining forces with each other to defend the hive from predators.
How many eggs does a bumblebee lay at once?
It lays one egg at a time. As with other bees it lays many eggs over its lifetime placing each one in a brood cell individually where, once it has hatched the workers can feed the lava until it matures into a new bee.
You will need the help of a competent beekeeper as this isn't something you will be able to do on your own. Firstly, they may not be honey bees, Secondly, bees are notoriously difficult to get out of a compost heap and usually don't survive the ordeal.
Apart from producing honey, we need bees for pollination.
When the queen bee dies who becomes the new queen?
When the queen bee dies, her daughter becomes the new queen.
