bc1 bee life cycle

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Introduction to bee keeping

Kildaltoncollege

2011


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Some interesting facts about

bees The honey bee has

been around for 30

million years. It is the only insect

that produces food

eaten by man.


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bees

The average honeybee will actually makeonly one twelfth of a

teaspoon of honey inits lifetime.

It takes about 55workers to gather !pound of honey from

about " millionflowers. # honey bee visits 50

to !00 flowers during acollection trip.


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bees It is estimated that

!!00 honey bee

stings are re$uiredto be fatal


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%hina is the

worlds biggest

honeyproducer

&ost

e'pensivehoney is c.(55

a )ar

Production per 1000 tonne


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*%!

+ife cycle of the honey bee


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BC 1 Describe the life of the honey bee and

its colony

!. +ife cycle of bees

". ,unctions of each member of the

colony

3. -rocess of wa' comb and honey

production/. ,lora from which bees collect pollen

and nectar


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Life cycle of bees


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BC 1Describe the life of the honey bee and its colony


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BC 1Describe the life of the honey bee and its colony


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Three members of the colony


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,unctions of each member of the

colony 1orker bee

-hysical

description

+ife span

2ays to hatch

,unction


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The 1orker *ee

,emale but not fertile ormally does not lay eggs If she does they will be drones

#bout "0000 to 0000 in a

colony 4as several functions

throughout her life +ives about / weeks in

the summer +ives about / 5 months in

the winter Sting has barbs and stays in

your skin used to defendthe hive and herself


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Workers lay many eggs in queenless colonies In the honey

bee less than 01! of the "orkers in a colony "ith a queenha#e acti#e o#aries #ersus u to %0! in ueenless colonies

Worker&Laid 'ggs


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colony The ueen

6ne $ueen 7normally8

,unction9 laying eggs

%an live " 5 years

%an lay !500 eggs a day atheight of season

-roduces air:bornepheromones 7;$ueen substance


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(he queen bee


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!c8 The 2rone

&ale 2evelops from

unfertili=ed egg

+arger than workers *ig eyes Se'ually mature at " weeks 6ne function in life mate with virgin $ueens

&ates once in drone congregation areas at about!00m above ground then dies

o sting Survivors are forced out of hive in the autumn and

die


colony The 2rone


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(he Life Cycle of )oney Bees


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Brood chamber

'ggs * Lar#a+e,


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#bout to

pupate

#bout to be

capped

*rood at different stages


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7cell cut:away showing side view8

-upa


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2rone > 1orker %ells

2rone larger > raised cap usually found at the outer edges of frames.

1orker cap flush with cells


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ueen %ells

Supersedure %ell

Swarm %ell

Worker cells are horizontal while

queen cells are vertical. As the

queen larva grows, the cell enlarges

and becomes peanut-shaped when

capped for the pupal stage of

development.


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#dults


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1orkers functions

1orkers do the work in

the bee society.

?mployment is based

on the age of the beeand the needs of the

colony. 2uring their life

they pass throughmany )ob promotions9
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1orkers functions

Nurse Bee

! !" days

%lean own cell andothers

,eeding brood

7larvae8


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1orkers functions

ouse Bee

!0 "0 days old

%omb building

4ouse keeping

@ndertaker

Aipening honey

%limate control

SecretingBmolding wa' into cells

#ccept and store pollen and nectar from

foragers


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ive !ecurit"

Cuard hive and its

entrance 7some say

only about 5D of beesperform this )ob8

6rientation flights to

learn surroundings

#

1orkers functions


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1orkers functions

!couts

#fter about three weeks

the workers are ready to

spend the rest of theirlives as scouts>

foragersgathering

pollen nectar tree resin

7that they turn into

propolis8 and water for

the hive.


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1orkers functions

2uring this time they

work themselves to

death literally

1orker bees in thesummer only live about

si' weeks. In the winter

they live a leisurely life

for several months
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- minutes after sting . minutes after sting

-/ minutes after sting

1 day after

sting
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!igns of Anaph"la$is

1hen someone has whole:body 7systemic oranaphyla'is8 allergicreactions to insect stings

they may e'perience any orall of the followingsymptoms usually within amatter of minutes to a fewhours9

itching all over

hives or swelling thatspreads from the site of thesting

flushing
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!igns of Anaph"la$is

runny nose snee=ing orpost:nasal drip

itchyBwatery eyes swelling of the lips tongue or

throat shortness of breath

whee=ing or coughing stomach cramping nausea

vomiting or diarrhoea light:headedness fast heart

rate low blood pressure orpassing out

sense of panic or metallictaste in the mouth.
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Age related activities of

workers 0- 2 days

cleaning

3-10 days Queen care

Nursing

Wax work

15-20 days Wax work

Nectar processing Guarding

ndertaking

21-35 days !oraging

"olony de#ence

P f b d h


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Process of "a$ comb$ and honey

production


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Wa$ formation

+ow melting point3o%

1aterproof

@sed to build the;foundation

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