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BEES
Bee life cycle
Egg (1mm long) The queen bee lays 2000 eggs each day
Larva: Royal jelly fed to larva when queen bee dies to take its place
Pupa: A small white larva starts to develop into a honey bee
Adult bee - The bee is fully developed
For the eggs to develop : Queen bees(15-16 days), worker bees (21days) and drones (24 days)
Worker bees live for 15-38 days in the summer and 150-200days in winter.
Queen Bee lives for 1-2 years- when a queen bee dies the bees chose their larva with right age and feeds it royal jelly( a mil-like creation used to fee the egg, which is made by worker honeybees (secretion)
Queen Bee's role is to make eggs, control population of the hive- expel male drones from the hive and are left to die when mating season is over
Body Parts
Head Contains:
Eyes: 3 eyes to find the way with the help of the sun
Brain: the size of a poppy seed
Proboscis (tongue): used to drink
Antennas: used to smell and feel when things are moving close by
Mandibles: a pair of jaws used to carry things, construct, clean the hive, hold enemies, and release pollen from the flower
Compound Eyes: found on the sides of the head and made up of hexagonal lenses - detect movement and colours
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Thorax:
The middle body part where legs and wings are attached.
Legs: fore leg, middle leg and hind leg (3 pairs). Worker bees have tools (hind legs) to carry pollen (pollen basket- located on the hind legs use to carry pollen to the hive.
Wings : a bee has two sets of wings (forewings- close to the head and hind wings( away from the head). When flying they form one large wing and when not they unlock into two wings once again
Buzzing sound comes from the wings flaps (vibrations)
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Abdomen:
The end body contains the heart, reproductive organs', digestive system wax glands and stringer.
Stringer - A sharp part of the bee which can inject venom to sting something. This is found only on females and used as a defense.
Food
Bees drink water and use it to keep their hive cool in the summer and eat nectar, pollen, or ripe fruit (plums, peaches, grapes, apples).
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Nectar and Pollen is stored in the hive where nectar (shared with other bees) is converted into honey - the bees' salivary glands release enzymes which mixes with nectar creating a syrup substance (honey)
Bees participate in a waggle dance to show the other bees when they find the best food source or pollen
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Bee Pollination
When bee collects nectar and pollen, some pollen from the stamen sticks to the hairs of her body. When she visits the next flower, the same pollen is rubbes onto the stigma.
Pollination - When pollen grain moves from male part to female part of a flower.
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Importance of Bees - Bees are essential for our ecosystem as they help plant and flowers reproduce due to pollination
Biodiversity - Ecosystem diversity due to pollination of a wide range of plants which support various animal species
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A portion of food supply depends on pollination crops - apples, almonds,berries etc are heavily reliant on bee polination
Live Stock feed to cows, sheep, horses... indirectly contribute t this through polination
Within plant diversity, cross -pollination is evident which is a need for adaption and resilience to plant species in face of environmental changes.
Bee Hives
Constructed by chewing wax until it becomes soft then bonding large quantities of wax into the cells of a honey comb (3weeks-4months)
Without a hive bees live only a week or a couple of weeks.
Abandon hives due to lack of food, water, infestation, disturbance by humans.
Beekeeper
Ensures that the honeybee colonies are safe, remain healthy, disease free, productive - continue to produce honey
Wears a beekeeper suit which includes gloves, boots and a protective hat
Bees build up the comb, which contains cells that hold developing babes, honey or pollen.
Comb: entire structure of beeswax
Cell: individual hexagon compartments in comb; housing for different bees
What bees provide for us
Honey - Bees collect nectar and convert to honey which are stored in cells crapped in beeswax - Harvesting is done when frames are full of honey
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