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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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How do bees make the queen bee?
When a queen bee dies or leaves with a swarm, several young larvae will be selected as new contenders for the throne and will be fed exclusively on royal jelly, a substance secreted from glands on worker bees' heads. Their cell will be built up into a structure roughly the size and shape of a peanut, and the first new queen to emerge will seek out and kill any other queens in the hive. Then she will go on a mating flight and mate with multiple drones before returning to the hive and beginning a life of egg laying.
Do Australian native bees make honey combs?
Short answer, no.
Long answer, there are many types of Australian Native Bees. Some are eusocial (meaning they have hives, colonies, etc) but most are solitary (meaning that they generally hang out on their own).
If your question is actually "Do Australian Native Bees store honey?" then the answer is yes. The eusocial species of bees will make "honey pots" from wax and propolis (plant saps). The honey pots are generally no bigger than a thumb nail and (depending on the available flora) are dark redish brown in colour. These pods are often put together around the outside of the hive, as the inside of the hive contains brood cells. The bees store pollen in a similar manner.
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What is pasturage and it is related to honey production?
Pasturage refers to the vegetative cover from where bees collect nectar. Hence it is related to Honey Production.
Yes, bees have an elongated appendage from their heads, called proboscis, by which they draw nectar from the flowers.
Actually, ... yes. When bees collect nectar they put it in a special storage stomach. When they return to the hive, they transfer the nectar stomach mixture to other bees for further processing. (Yup; honey bees eat each other’s puke.) Enzymes in the bee’s storage stomach help turn the nectar into honey. This all may sound gross, but honey is yummy and a very healthy human food.
Where are the honey bees babies born?
Answer is the cell in a wax honeycomb:
The one queen bee of a colony lays thousands of eggs - each into one cell in a wax honeycomb produced by worker bees. Larvae hetch from those eggs and are being fed. This is the "baby" form of a bee. The bee hetches after several moltings. The feeding decides if it becomes a succeeding queen (with royal jelly) or one of the many workers (first royal jelly, later honey and pollen).
Bees are very territorial creatures. Their main job is to protect the nest and the queen. If they feel either are in danger, they will attack.
Excess use of herbicides, primarily, as well as what climate change has had on the growth cycles of flowers in relation to when the bees come out of hibernation.
Are there two types of honey bees?
No, there are not two types of honey bees.
Specifically, there are three main types of honey bees. Apis functions as the genus for all honey bees. It is divided into three subgenuses: Apis, Megapis and Micrapis. The Apis subgenus is thought to originate as cave-dwellers from eastern tropical Africa. The Megapis and Micrapis subgenuses originate in south and southeast Asia where they respectively nest among woody plant branches and atop heights (buildings, cliffs, trees).
Are bees attracted to human sweat?
one is its called the sweat bee i dont know why but if YOU want to know why just look it up on yahoo answers :)
the tools that beekeepers use are honey and nectar additionally pollen
Bees are the most noble creatures on Earth. They pollinate plants, and without them we shall all die in two measly years. Please support bee charities. Please support bees. For bees are dying out...sorry, I have got into one of them trances again. Well, in answer to your question, NO, unless you are allergic to their stings. After all, the sting is just like a pinprick - wasps, however HURT. A lot. Well, please support bees anyways, and encourage others to do the same! Please. Bees are so cute - flying balls of fluff! Awww. Anyways, au reviour and I hope I helped you :)
A bee's stinger is not particularly sharp in the traditional sense; rather, it is designed for delivering venom. The stinger is barbed, which means that once it penetrates the skin, it can become lodged and remains in the victim, allowing the bee to continue injecting venom even after it flies away. This design is effective for defense, but it ultimately leads to the bee's death shortly after stinging.
Honey bees are kept in beehives by beekeepers but their natural habitat is in forests, usually within the hollow of an old tree.
Only predators have prey.
Bees are not predators.
Whether bees gather together to seek guidance from above? Never seen it myself, but who knows....
Can bees harm your house roof?
No, but the comb can cause extensive damage if sizable & the bees die in other areas. A wall for example.
Bees are fuzzy. How do you think this trait can help bees carry pollen?
Bees respire by a netwprk of tubes called tracheae. They let oxygen in and carbon dioxide out through their tubes-like structures.
