Bees and Beekeeping

Bees collect nectar from flowers and store it in a special stomach designed for that purpose. Various enzymes are added to the nectar to make a fructose and sucrose mixture. When the process is complete, the bee regurgitates the mixture and places it in a cell within the hive. When the mixture has been drained of excess moisture, other bees make a wax cap to place over the stored honey in the cell. It is then ready to be extracted by a beekeeper. Honey is the purest food that can be bought and NEVER goes 'off'. Even though jars of honey in a supermarket will have a 'sell by' date, this is only to abide by food regulations, but the honey will last for ever.

Bees share some similarities with humans in terms of social structures, communication, and division of labor within their colonies. However, they are vastly different in terms of biology, behavior, and evolutionary history. Bees exhibit complex behaviors and communication systems specific to their species, tailored for their survival in their environment.

Bumble bees range in size from 0.3 to 1 inch in length, with the queen bee being the largest in the colony. They are typically larger and hairier than honey bees and are known for their distinctive black and yellow striped bodies.

In some cultures, people consume bee larvae or pupae as a delicacy. However, eating bees is not a common practice worldwide.

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It depends on the variety and the aggressiveness of bee. The European honey bee usually will stop chase after you are a 100 yards or less, depending on the terrain. By comparison, the Giant Asian honey bee has been reported to chase much further, as far as a mile or more, and is reputed to wait for individuals who have jumped into water. Africanized honey bees are also reputed to chase individuals for extremely long distances.

Bees seldom chase people unless they feel that their colony is threatened, or they are disturbed by unusual or sudden noises. They can also be disturbed by electromagnetic energy being released by thunder or lightning. They are also upset by the smell of alcohol and some perfume.

If you find yourself being chased by bees, the best practice is to head for some place dark -- like a garage or a shed. The bees will follow you in, but will head for the light of the windows. It's not a good idea to spray yourself with water, as it's ineffective and merely irritates them.

If you are approaching a known colony, it's best to have a bee smoker, veil, and gloves. The smell of smoke triggers a reaction in the bees to return to the hive and fill their bellies with honey. Once they have eaten the honey, they become slightly more lethargic.

In S.E. Asia, Asia, India, and Africa natives gather dried grass in leaves and create a primitive smoker. They completely wrap the grasses in the green leaves tightly, and light the grass. Then, as the smoke begins to smolder, they spread the smoke around them, getting the smell on their clothing. This offers some protection.

While some dogs may try to catch and play with bees, they do not typically eat them because bees have stingers that can hurt the dog's mouth. In general, it's best to keep dogs away from bees to prevent any potential stings or reactions.

Bees pollinate flowers of plants that are very useful to us. They make honey, which is antibacterial, and was used to preserve Alexander the Great's body in Ancient Alexandria. They also pollinate flowers on trees before food comes along and without them we would not have any fruit grow on trees!

No. Bees only sting when they are in an agitated state.

The phrase "the birds and the bees" is used as a metaphor to introduce the topic of sexuality and reproduction to children in a more indirect and gentle way. It's a common euphemism that allows parents to approach the subject delicately, usually to explain the basics of how new life is created through the process of reproduction.

Bees aid pollination of plants which of some we consume as food, so you could say that bees help 'plant' our food. Bees further reproduction of plants and are the main agents of pollination. However, to learn more about the ways plants can reproduce, go to Youtube.com and type in David Attenborough The Private Life Of Plants into the box and you can learn cool stuff in those videos.

bees help plants to reproduce and human give out carbon dioxide. when plants reproduce, it can transfer carbon dioxide for oxygen therefore humans take in oxygen and humans can live.

Some dogs may be curious about bumble bees or mistake them for a toy, but they typically do not eat them. Bumble bees can sting, so it is best to prevent your dog from playing with them to avoid any potential harm.

Worker bees are female bees who are sterile. They are sterile because they have no need to breed and are not sexually mature. In order to become a queen bee, a female is selected by the worker bees and fed a special diet to make her sexually mature.

The purpose of the honey that a bee produces, is to feed itself and other occupants of the hive throughout the winter months when little or no nectar is available. The bees usually produce more than they can use which allows a beekeeper to harvest the excess.

It can happen if there are a number of hives in the same area. It is a process that beekeepers call drifting.

When a worker bee returns from foraging it will normally return to its own hive, but occasionally it may confuse another hive for its own, or for some reason it may not be able to get into its own hive in which case it will look for another hive nearby. As it lands at the hive entrance it will be checked by the guard bees and if the newcomer is carrying nectar or pollen and behaves submissively it will be allowed to enter. Drones (males) seem to have no particular hive loyalty and are allowed entrance to any hive.

Drifting is undesirable to a beekeeper because if one hive has contracted a disease it is a process by which the disease could be carried to other hives. Ways of reducing drifting include spacing the hives apart, pointing the entrances in different directions, painting the hives different colours and/or painting different geometric shapes on the front of the hive.

Usually rat has an enemy cat. Likewise bees have bears, bears have very strong skin even bees find very harder to make pinch on it. Always bees try to hurt it for a long time, then its up to the bear can jump into water or for the bees fighting with it for a long time.

There is only one queen in a hive of bees. She can lay over 1000 eggs per day. A worker bee literally works itself to death and only lives for six weeks in the summer. The male (drone) bees are ejected by the other bees at the end of the season and die because they are no longer needed.

A typical honey bee colony can consist of around 20,000 to 80,000 bees during the peak of the season. The number of bees in a colony fluctuates throughout the year based on factors like the availability of food and the health of the queen bee.

It could be said the bees in beekeepers' hives have been domesticated, but that's not really true. Bees are very much creatures of instinct and they react to stimuli, but they don't have the brain power to reason and they almost certainly don't recognize the beekeeper as 'their owner'.
Beekeepers learn to manipulate the bees' environment to make the bees do what is wanted. This usually works, but not always -- there are many books about beekeeping, but the bees can't read so don't always do what is expected.
Even in law, bees are classified as wild animals, not farm stock or domestic. And they don't make good pets!

Yes, queen bees leave the hive for mating flights where they mate with several drones before returning to the hive. They can also leave the hive temporarily during swarming, a natural reproduction process where a new queen and part of the colony leave to form a new hive.

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Yes, they can -- and do!
Bees entering the hive are checked by the guard bees to see whether they belong to that colony. If an unrecognized bee is carrying nectar or pollen and behaves in a submissive manner when challenged, more than likely it will be allowed in. If it is carrying nothing, or if it doesn't submit then it will be repelled. If it persists, the guard bees will sting it and kill it.

Bees must have a certain amount of memory because they have to remember their way back to their hive after they have been foraging. They also remember where good nectar sources of nectar are, so they can go straight back to them.

Honey bees create honeycombs by secreting beeswax from glands on their abdomen. They then mold the beeswax into the hexagonal cells of the comb using their mouths and legs. The comb serves as a storage unit for honey, pollen, and eggs within the hive.