No matter how severely we ferment , or how many hour Mary and I might put into our job , we can never come close to equal the work tier of our beloved bee at the farm .
Our two hives , and the thousands upon thousands of dearest bees that populate them , are quite just an awesome mickle to lay eyes on .
More and more people are wanting and study to keep hives – and it could n’t fall at a good time . Bees are in declination – and anything that can be done to help them come back is a plus for the total world .
Without bee , a turgid percentage of our world ’s food supply would plainly disappear .
Here at our own little OWG farm , they play an incredibly important role as well – helping to pollenate all of our fruit trees , grape , blackberries , strawberry , flowers , and of course , our veggie garden .
And then there is the dear ! Honey is a chief component in ourstrawberry honey jamandblackberry honey jam , homemade granola crunch cereal , whole wheat staff of life – and many other formula we down on a unconstipated basis .
Throw in that a teaspoon of our own honey in our dawning coffee seems to eliminate any issue with seasonal allergic reaction – and the bee but rule !
We conceive for today ’s Sunday Farm update – we would share some awful facts about the hard workers at our farm – and maybe aid instigate a few more future apiculturist in the process .
5 Amazing Honey Bee Facts
Bees Never Sleep : Although they will stay stationary in the overnight hour to conserve energy for vaporize each day , bee never sleep . The beehive is a bustling center of activity – with the Queen laying eggs , and the prole bee performing all kinds of on-going cleaning and intellectual nourishment storing activities .
doer bees literally work themselves to end – living an norm of only about 35 to 40 24-hour interval in the middle of the natural spring , summer and fall “ busy ” seasons .
Bees Are Great Dancers : So , no – they do not play music in their hives and keep the neighbour up belatedly at dark . But bees do have their own dance – and it amazing to lay eyes on .
bee will travel up to 2 miles in any direction from their hive to regain intellectual nourishment – and upon returning to the beehive , it is by dance that they show the others where to head for the goods .
It is known as the “ waggle dance , ” and it is a combining of circle movements and abdomen twitch by the worker bee that then describe a map for the others to channelise out to retrieve the new treasure of food .
The 6 -5 -4 of bee : For being such small creatures , bees have a spate of build up in equipment to help them keep their colony and hive healthy . Bees have 6 leg , 5 eye , and 4 annexe .
The 6 ramification of the bee are divide up into 3 disjoined couplet . The front brace is used to aid keep the bee ’s antenna clean , the middle couple aid with overall stability and the rearward pair is used for put in pollen when out foraging for solid food .
A bee has 5 eyes to help it sail the man at optimal speed – two large colonial eyes that most can recognize easy , and three smaller eyes in the center of it ’s head as well .
Finally , the bee has a total of 4 wings ( a front set and back solidification ) for assist with flight mastery . The two exercise set actually descend together to imprint one big readiness of wings when the bee is in trajectory , and then do apart for them to move around better when back at the hive .
The Male Honey Bee
The woman rule when it comes to bees . Not only does the Queen receive all of the aid – but the females make up about the entire hive . The male bee ’s only use to the hive is for pairing , and the Queen only mate once in her sprightliness .
Other than that – they are fairly useless to the success of the beehive . In fact , each fall , the female worker bee will push the males out of the beehive to die – not wanting to appropriate them to utilize up their cute food for thought reserves for the coming winter . ( One of the reasons I make certain Mary know that this male person works very firmly at the farm 🙂 )
The Built In Furnace and Air Conditioner For Beehives
Honey bee are cold - full-blooded – so they like their heat . In the hive – they use the beating of their wings to keep the mood temperature command .
In the summertime – the inside temperature will average out in the mid-90 ’s – and – if it gets too hot alfresco , they can use those same wings to provide a piffling air conditioning to keep the temperature invariable .
Bees do not hibernate in the winter – but they will ball up and work a live clustering . They use the thrashing of their wings to keep the temperature the right way around the 80 degree Deutsche Mark – and only pilot out of the hive on years when the outside temperature climb above 50 degrees .
Honey bees are awing creatures for certain , and our two hives furnish a lot of use and productivity to our farm ’s little habitat !
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Happy Gardening ! Jim and Mary
