The Hives

many times. Nosema often grows during late winter (also in fall and winter) when bees cannot defecate outside of the hive. Symptoms: Many nosema-infected bees crawl on the ground, and developed unhooked (disjointed wings). Another symptom is fecal staining on the colony. This occurs when bees are coming out of the colony after winter to defecate, and instantly do so when exiting the hive. These symptoms are very similar to other diseases and parasites. Bacteria (brood) European Foulbrood and…

I went camping with my friends I saw a bee hive and started studying bees. Honey bees are much to busy to bother people or animals. All insects have six legs, three main body parts, a pair of antennae, compound eyes, jointed legs, and a hard exokeleton. The three main body parts are the head, thorax (middle part of the body) and abdomen (back part of the body). Honey bees are only about 3/4 of an inch long. Honey bees are reddish-brown and black with orange-yellow rings on there back.…

Once you have a hive, you may be tempted simply to set where it's the most convenient for you and your property, but there are many other aspects to consider before installing a beehive. The location of the hive I meant to provide the honeybees with the best environment possible. This means you must take into consideration every detail before making a final decision about a location for the hive. All the conditions need to be just right to ensure a healthy and successful colony of honeybees.…

Imagine it is a beautiful summer day and you are sprawled out across a towel in the soft green grass, just soaking in the warm rays of the sun as you are reading your favorite book and enjoying a delicious snack of watermelon. The air is hot and humid, but there is relief from the heat comes in the form of a cool breeze that gently ruffles your hair as it passes by. You feel completely relaxed and content in your current position, and you feel yourself slowly drifting off to sleep when you hear…

Pollinators on the Decline In recent years North America has been faced with a sharp decline in bee populations. Beekeepers are used to a certain amount of bees and hives dying off but the winter and spring of 2006-2007 brought about the most precipitous decline in decades. The historical rate for overwintering losses is 10-15% but from 2007-2011 this rate has been 28-33% (The Situation, n.d.). This event from 2007 has been coined as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and affecting as many as 35…

Gilliam et al. (1985) suggested that yeasts might play a role in metabolic conversion or preservation of food. Apparently, some genera of yeasts have been isolated from the stingless bee hive. There are two yeasts genera that frequently isolated from pollen and honey of stingless bee hive, which includes Candida and Starmerella (Rosa et al., 2003; Teixeira et al., 2003; Daniel et al., 2013). Rosa et al. (2003) also reported that other genera of yeasts have been found in propolis, adult bees, the…

queen and the honey. Although many people can’t stand bees, they are very helpful to us, but there are threats that harm their population. Things that are threats to them are, mites that get into the hive, and the other bees in the area, known as “robber” bees, that have diseases come into the hive and try to take the honey. Us humans can fine…

name Apis Mellifera which means "bee" and "honey bearing". Honey bee body has 3 parts, two pairs of wings, six legs and two compound eyes. Moreover, there are three kinds of honey bees in a hive, one Queen bee, many worker bees and a few drones. They have different chore in the hive. They live in colonies or hives and collect nectar and pollen as their food. Honey bees are also known as the best pollinators when they visit from one flower to another flower. Finally, the honey that they produce…

December and early march, this is essential to the study as it maximises the productive of the bees(Waikato Domestic Beekeepers Association2016). The bees will be caught over 5-6 days by training bees to collect 0.5M of sucrose solution from an artificial hive.(Farina et al.,…

became extinct, our food source would rapidly disappear. The hive is in my backyard, which never had a purpose besides populating the weed community, but now there is. In the summer of 2010, I went with my church youth group to Heifer Farm. That is where I was first introduced to beekeeping. The hives were not what I expected at all. They look like file cabinets made of wood. Although the hives weren't like the stereotyped hives in movies, I stuck with it and learned something new.…