PDF-How to Dissect Honey Bees

ENY164 Apis mellifera L to Detect Tracheal Mites Acarapis woodi Rennie 1 John Bonkowski Ashley N Mortensen and James D Ellis 2 1 This document is ENY164 one of a series of the Entomolo. Power of Your Yard to Protect the Food Supply. WHAT’S THE BUZZ ABOUT BEES?. Food Production. Seeds for Food. Plus Flowers! . And 1/3 of crops to feed our meat sources . THE HONEY BEE BUZZ. . . Bee Informed Partnership. Beekeeper Surveys. DECLINE IN US HONEY BEE COLONIES SINCE WORLD WAR ii. 1945. 4.5 MILLION. COLONIES. 2015. 2.7 MILLION. COLONIES. “15% loss is the highest sustainable level for those whose living depends on beekeeping”. Lock in of bee decline. To meet increasing demand, beekeepers continually replace lost and diseased colonies. Incentive to do this is high rental fees . Bees (and beekeepers) have to work harder. This promotes conditions for more bee decline. . Gary S. Reuter, University . of . Minnesota . www.beelab.umn.edu. Your breakfast without bees. Scientific American April 2009. V. alue . of crops in US. that depend . on . pollination: . >$18.9 billion . Henderson County Beekeepers Assoc.. January 16, 2017. Prehistoric Bees. 100 million years ago, first known bee, . Melittosphex. . Burmensis. : Northern Burma, 2006.. 14 million years ago, honey bees in North America, . Speaker’s Name here. Bees | Common Assumptions. All bees are aggressive. All bees give honey!. All bees cause anaphylactic shock!. Honey Bees are great pollinators!. Assumption | All Bees Sting. 20,000+ bee species in the world. Based on an article by the same name published in . American Bee Journal, . July 1999, Carl J. Wenning. Critical Understanding #1. A single large colony will produce much more honey than two colonies half its size.. Ms. . Madlon. Bees… in general. There are over 20,000 species of bees in the world. . They are found on every continent except Antarctica.. Most bees are communal – they live with many other bees in a colony.. Honey Bee Background. 1500 B.C. – early signs of Beekeeping. Important Terms:. Beekeeping Tools:. 1568 – discovered bees could raise a queen from young larva . 1586 – queen described as mother of the hive. ACTIVISTS. “This sounds interesting and I want to explore new things”. . They have joined the network. Some may still be thinking about participating, some may have completed a task or two. Many explorers join in here, get their feet wet and never leave the group. They know about the program and may become evangelists. You will also find honey bees, careerists and activists in the explorer group waiting to be found.. Speaker’s Name here. Bees | Common Assumptions. All bees are aggressive. All bees give honey!. All bees cause anaphylactic shock!. Honey Bees are great pollinators!. Assumption | All Bees Sting. 20,000 bee species in the world. May 13, 2018. Know Your Bees. Wasp Family. . Paper Wasps. Hornets . . Yellow Jackets. . Mud Daubers . . Mason Bees. . Carpenter Bees. . Bumble Bees. . Honey Bees. Which One is the Honey Bee?. OALA AWARD Imagine a Toronto with flourishing natural habitats and an that will be critical to the preservation of our flora and fauna. contribution to the number of bees in the following generation. Chris Sansone and Michael Merchant* H*Extension Entomologists, The Texersity System. A honey bee (left) is distinguished from a yellowjacket wasp by its hairy body and wide rear legs designed for carr