Bees are VIPS

Beekeeping 101

Thank Goodness for Bees

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What does the article say are some of the positive things about honey bees?

Bees keep plants pollinated and healthy, as well as provide honey and help provide oxygen (also without plants, we would have little to eat).

Honey production, helping to fertilize flowers, the production of beeswax (which can be used in cosmetics and candles) and the fact that bees are diligent workers.

Honey production, helping to fertilize flowers, the production of beeswax (which can be used in cosmetics and candles) and the fact that bees are diligent workers.

Honey production, helping to fertilize flowers, the production of beeswax (which can be used in cosmetics and candles) and the fact that bees are diligent workers.

What does the article say are some of the negative things about honey bees?

That honey bees are not put too much to use, as most are only used for commercial crops.

The initial cost of starting out beekeeping, stings, honey bees not BEE-ing native (as native bees are better pollinators), a rough first year and keeping bees from disease (that rhymed).

That natives are out-numbered by non-natives and that solitary bees make up most of the 20,000 species of bees (and they don’t make no honey).

That they will fight with native bees for territory rights, are invasive and just LOVE damaging native beehives.      

What are some jobs of a  bee?

Jobs include: The constant pollination of different plants, production of honey, catching pollen grains as a food source.

Jobs include: Constant pollination of plants, making and fortifying beeswax, keeping a hive healthy

Jobs include: Constant pollination of plants, making and fortifying beeswax, keeping a hive healthy.

Jobs include: Constant pollination of plants, making and fortifying beeswax, keeping a hive healthy.

What are some jobs of a beekeeper?

Jobs include: Keeping bees alive, collecting honey, managing the hives themselves.

Jobs include: Keeping bees alive, collecting honey, managing the hives themselves, keeping parasites and diseases out of hives.

Jobs include: Keeping bees alive, collecting honey, managing the hives themselves, keeping parasites and diseases out of hives.

Jobs include: Keeping bees alive, collecting honey, managing the hives themselves, keeping parasites and diseases out of hives.

Anything interesting you have found or learnt

Bees and other animals have very specific tastes in plants due to differences in their anatomy. These differences include eye perception variation and sense of smell.

A single bee can produce 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in her whole life.

Hymenoptera is greek for “Membrane Wings”.

Bees must visit 4 million flowers for 1KG of honey.