Honey Bee

By: Tristan and Ally

Queen Bee

QUEEN. The bees make a queen by selecting one larva and feeding it “Royal Jelly”.

Royal Jelly is a powerful milky substance.

The Queen is the only bee with fully developed ovaries.

She lays up to 2000 eggs a day and lives from 3 to 5 years.

Worker Bees

oWorker honey bees are all female.oTheir jobs consist of gathering pollen, protecting the Queen, and making honey.oThe bees have a stinger, but the can only sting once. oThe first 21 days of the new bees life they stay in the hive doing “house work”.oWorker bees live for around 6 months in the winter time. But only around 6 weeks in the summer time.

Male bees.

Male Bees have only one job. To mate with the Queen.

After they mate with the Queen they die.

POLLEN COLLECTING

Bees collect about 66lbs of pollen per year.

The honey bees use the pollen as food. It is one of the richest foods.

Bees Beeswax

Beeswax is used by the Honey Bee to make the honey comb

. It is used by humans in drugs, cosmetics, artists materials, furniture polish and candles.

Bee threats

The largest bee threat is mites. There are two different types of mites. Varroa and tracheal.

Disease: Foul Brood and Nosema CCD: Colony Collapse Disorder

Honey Bees Honey

The Bee’s use their honey for food all year round.

Honey has antibacterial qualities.

If you eat local honey it can fend off allergies.

Bee facts…..

A hive may contain up to 80,000 bees and more.

The bees can tell if a queen dies by smell, phermones

Changing queens will change the personalities of the bees and the bees behavior .

Sources

http://www.backyardbeekeepers.com/facts.html

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/12/10-amazzzzing-bee-facts-infographic/