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Bee Types in a beehive
3 Types of Bees in a Hive
Queen Bee and Worker Bee
Queen Bees
The Queen Bee is a Fertile Female, Bees have a Short Lifespan Queens up to 5 Years
The Queen Bee Lays Between 1,000 and 2,000 Eggs a Day to hatch new bees and New Queens to Swarm
The Queen Bee can be Recognised by
her unusual Long and Large size
Worker Bees
Worker Bees are the Smallest in the Beehive
The Worker Bees are Sterile Females
The Worker Bees do most of the Labor in
the Beehive, Collecting Nectar, Building Honeycomb and Preserving Honey
The Worker Bees Maintain the Temperature of the Hive by Distributing Water then Fanning there Wings to Circulate Evaporated Moisture, They Remove Dead Bees and Protect the Hive from Intuders
A Single Worker Bee Produces .083 of a Teaspoon of Honey
The Worker Bee can visit up to 2,000 Flowers a Day
Drone Bees
The Worker Bee is a Large Chubby Bee
The Drone Bees are Male
Drones (Mate with the Queen)
The Drones live between 6 Weeks and 6 Months Drone Die immediately after mating
The Drones have no Stinger and cannot Collect Pollenand are looked after by the Worker Bees
Bee Facts
Bees don't Fly at Night but will Crawl and are Attracted to Light
Bees don't like Flying in Wet Weather, this is the Best time to Approach a Beehive
Bees are Generally Docile but will protect the Beehive, They become more Aggressive when moved
or when Honey is Extracted for up to a week
Bees Produce Honey for them to Eat and also helps them Survive Winter when their aren't many Flowers around
Bees Travel up to 6 Kilometers to Collect Nectar and Pollen
Bees Fly at Around 25KMH and beat their Wings 200 times a Second
Creating a Buzz Sound Bees have 4 Wings
A Bee Colony can Contain up to 60,000 Bees Each Colony has it's own Odor
Honey Bees Uses a Complex Symbolic Language
A Beehive is a Constant 40 Degrees Celsius all Year
Bees are Very Neat and Organized
Bees Have 5 Eyes and three simple Eyes and tow Large Compound Eyes
Bees Die after Stinging, Bees use the Sun for Navigation
Bees can Recognize Faces for two Days and Bees have a Complex Tongue
Bees are very Sensitive to Smell The Bee Brain works in Reverse
Bees Math Geniuses are able to Calculate Distances faster than a Modern Computer
Bees make Wax from their Abdomen
Apiaries
Devon Meadows,
Cannons Creek, Pearcedale, Korumburra, Cranbourne
Registered Beekeeper
Contact
Phone: 0403 092331
southgippslandhoney@outlook.com
Pr 24:13
Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste
John:3:16
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