PPT-HONEY BEES

BY STEPHANELEIGH CHARLES THE LIFE CYCLE OF A HONEY BEE The queen lays each egg in a different cell of the honey comb As soon as the egg is laid the larva is growing inside it After three days the egg hatches and a larva crawls out. Crisis = Danger and Opportunity. The bad news is dire. Increasing threats to honey bees abound. Winter losses, summer losses, weakened bees. Invasive predators, i.e. mites, small hive beetle, etc.. Loss of habitat, contaminated habitat. 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. 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.. Small, helpful, peaceful friends!!!!. By: AG. Introduction. The scientific name is Arthropod. It is also called Hymenoptera. Honey bees make honey. Honey bees are peaceful , helpful workers. There are three different types of honey bees: queens workers, and drones. Credit: Ian McGuire. Figure 1. European honey bees only send out 10-20 guard bees when disturbed.. Credit: Ian McGuire. Figure 5. A large hollow tree cavity suitable for a European honey bee nest.. 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?. 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 Mud DauberMud dauber (sometimes called “dirt dauber,” “dirt digger,” “dirt dobber,” “dirt diver”, or “mud wasp”) is a name commonly applied to a numbe Dr.M.Mohamed Meeran. HOD . of. . Zoology. What is . Bonphool. ?. It is the wild honey collected from . Sunderbans. forest of West Bengal in the month of June every year. The honey collectors are called .