Honey Bee Background 1500 BC 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 ID: 641540
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Honey Bee Project!
Take Two…Slide2
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
1609- drones showed as male bees
1717- showed that nectar did not fall from the sky
1793- importance bees have in pollination showed
1637- discovered that all workers are female Slide3
Important Terms
Drone:
Brood: a number of young produced or hatched at one time
Drone: A lazy male honey bee
Worker: Female honey bees who take care of the hive
Queen: mother of the hive
Propolis: A reddish resinous cement collected by bees from the buds of tree
Swarm: honeybees that emigrate from a hive and fly off together, accompanied by a queen, to start a new colony.
Overwinter: The bees ability of survive the winterSlide4
Not all Bees are the Same
Bumble Bee: Social insects that have black and yellow body hairs, often in bands.
Do not store honey, but feed on nectar and pollen. Live in small nests (50).
Different Breeds of Honey Bees:
Different Types of Bee Hives:
Apis
Mellifera
Hornet: They make hive and comb out of chewed tree bark. Feed on other insects.
Honey Bee: Any bee that stores and collects honey.(
Apis
Mellifera
)Slide5
Honey Bee Breeds and Hives
Carniolan Honey Bee
+ Originates in Slovenia
+ Over winters well
+ Less susceptible to brood disease
+ Rapid build up in early spring
Italian Honey Bees
+ General purpose bee
+ Easy to locate queen
+ Wonderful Forager
+ Resistant to European Foul Brood
Langstroth Hive
+ Invented in 1850 by
Rev. L.L. Langstroth
+ Start of industrial beekeeping
+ Rectangular hive, movable frames, spaced specifically for honey bees
Top Bar Hive
+ Developed in Greece thousands of years ago
+ Inexpensive
+ Natural size cells Slide6
Building the Hive
Keeping Bees in a Top Bar Hive that I built.
I plan to discover the structure of a hive, and the
Building the HiveSlide7
Bringing the Bees Home
Keeping Bees in a Top Bar Hive that I built.
I plan to discover the structure of a hive, and theSlide8
Next Step
Once Every Two Weeks
Take picture of front and back of each frame
Use Photo Shop to analyze the data
Take a picture of the front and back of each frame
Every Day
Use Kestrel to get weather conditions
Rate the bees activity on a scale of 1-5
Rate the bees activity on a scale of 1-5
My Senior Year
Analyze data
Write up report Slide9
Thesis Statement
More brood then honey
Brood kept in middle of hive
More active on sunny daysSlide10
Why Should We Care About Bees?
What Dieses Effect Honey Bees?
What is the Difference Between Natural and Controlled Hives?
Bees in general are the largest source of pollinators
Honey Bees are responsible for pollinating about 92 crops in the US
The value of honey bees to American agriculture is 15 billion dollars a year
Dangers to Honey Bees
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Outro
This is an ongoing project
Threats to My Project
Swarming
Varroa Mites
Other Animals
Bee Stings
Not getting enough data
Threats to Honey Bees
Wax Moths
Bears
Argentine Ants Varroa Mites
Varroa Mite
Wax Moths
Argentine Ants
SwarmSlide12
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