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A DESCRIPTION OF HONEY BEES

THE WORKER

The honey bee is born in an egg from the queen in a wax brood cell. It hatches after three days and turns into larva. Nurse bees feed it royal jelly to keep it alive for the first day, then for six days they feed the larva honey and pollen. Then the larva becomes a pupa. The first pupa is can’t do anything. During the sixteen days as a pupa, it is trapped in a sealed cell, it grows into a worker bee, wich is always a female. Finally ther bee comes out on the 20th day. Workers do everything exept mate and lay eggs. They collect the pollen, make the honey, collect water, heat the hive and keep the hive cool.

The Drone

The drone is a male bee. They are a full adult in twenty-one days, and they are bigger than the workers. Thye have very large eyes and have no stinger. All they do is mate with the queen as they are being fed by the workers. They either die while mating or they are expelled from the hive by winter.

THE QUEEN

Before the death of the queen, she will lay her last egg. This will be the new queen . The nurse bees will then make the eggs food sorce royal jelly. After sixteen days, when the new queen emerges she will kill all of the that live in olther collonies around hers. In the first seven minutes, she will mate with up to 7 drones. After that, the queen will spend her time laying eggs, up to 2000 a day!

Pesticides

There are many pesticides that effect bees. Most are insecticides, people want to kill grubs, mole crickets, and other bugs, but they forget that the bee is an insect. Here are some pesticides that kill bees: Baygon, Furadan, Lannate, Lannate LS, Mesurol, Nudrin, and Sevin. For more information on pesticides, please visit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide_toxicity_to_bees.

This is also copied from the internet so believe it to!

The Bees' Needs
Honey bees are mysteriously vanishing across the country, putting $15 billion worth of fruits, nuts and vegetables at risk.

Like carrots? How about cucumbers, broccoli, onions, pumpkins, squash, apples, blueberries, avocados, almonds or cherries? These crops, among others, can't grow without honeybees, and a mysterious die-off of these hard-working pollinators could put $15 billion worth of U.S. crops at risk -- not to mention put a damper on your diet.

Beekeepers sounded the alarm in 2006. Seemingly healthy bees were simply abandoning their hives en masse, never to return. Researchers are calling the mass disappearance Colony Collapse Disorder, and estimate that nearly one-third of all honey bee colonies in the country have vanished.

Why are the bees leaving? Scientists studying the disorder believe a combination of factors could be making bees sick, including pesticide exposure, an inadequate food supply, and a new virus that targets bees' immune systems. But more research is needed to determine the exact cause of the bees' distress.

Bee Friendly, Bee Safe: Here's How

Bees play a central role in our food supply. Congress has held hearings on the issue of vanishing honeybees, but needs to take quick action to support further scientific research into Colony Collapse Disorder, and help beekeepers affected by the disorder to revive their hives so our crops can keep growing.

You can help keep bees healthy by making your yard and garden colorful, diverse and pesticide free. Here are some tips on how you can Bee Safe:

• Bee Native: Use local and native plants in your yard and garden. These plants thrive easily and are well suited for local bee populations, providing pollen and nectar for bees to eat.
• Bee Diverse: Plant lots of different kinds of plants in your yard. Plant diversity ensures that your garden attracts many different varieties of bees and gives them a range of flowering plants to choose from throughout the year. Make sure your yard plants vary in:
  • Color: Bees have good vision and are attracted to several different colors of flowers.
  • Shape: Different species of bees are better suited for different shapes of flowers. Give your bees some variety!
  • Flowering times: Having a sequence of plant species that flower throughout the year helps sustain the food supply and attract different species of bees.
• Bee Open to Pollen: Pollen is bee food. Genetically engineered pollen-free plants trick bees into thinking they'll find food, and then leave them hungry. (Don't worry, flower pollen isn't a big contributor to most people's allergies.)
• Bee Pesticide Wary: There are many natural methods to control pests in your garden. Researchers believe pesticides are a contributing factor to Colony Collapse Disorder. Moreover, some insecticides are harmful to bees and wipe out flowers that provide bees with food. If you must, use targeted pesticides and spray at night -- when bees aren't active -- on dry days.
• Bee a Hive Builder: Building your own bee hive is easy and fun. Creating a wood nest is a good place to start -- wood-nesting bees don?t sting! Simply take a non-pressure treated block of wood and drill holes that are 3/32 inch to 5/16 inch in diameter and about 5 inches deep and wait for the bees to arrive.

This is a link to www.wikipedia.com, it is very informative.

Colony Collapse Disorder, a poorly understood phenomenon involving the abrupt disappearance of the worker bees in a beehive or Western honey bee.

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Colony Collapse Disorder

The Honey Bee (Apis mellifera), the Mason Bee (Osmia lignaria), and the Bumble Bee (Bombus Hortorum) are being affected by a deadly virus known as Colony Collapse Disorder, or C.C.D. This virus is affecting and killing bees over 27 states in the United States, and many other places all over the world.

Pesticides

There are many pesticides that effect bees. Most are insecticides, people want to kill grubs, mole crickets, and other bugs, but they forget that the bee is an insect. Here are some pesticides that kill bees: Baygon, Furadan, Lannate, Lannate LS, Mesurol, Nudrin, and Sevin. For more information on pesticides, please visit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide_toxicity_to_bees.

A DESCRIPTION OF HONEY BEES

THE WORKER

The honey bees are born as an egg from the queen in a wax brood cell. Three days after the egg hatches into a larva. Nurse bees feed it royal jelly to keep it alive for the first day, then for six days they feed the larva honey and pollen. Then the larva becomes a pupa. The first pupa is inactive and can’t do anything. During the sixteen days as a pupa trapped in a sealed cell, it grows into a worker bee, wich is always a female. On the twentieth day, the worker comes out of the cell. Workers do everything exept mate and lay eggs. They callect the pollen, make the honey, collect water, heat the hive and keep the hive cool.

The Drone

The drone is the male bee. They became a full adult in twenty-one days, and are larger than the female. Thye have very large eyes and have no stinger. They have no work to do, all they do is mate with the queen as they are being fed by the workers. They either die while mating or they are expelled from the hive by winter.

THE QUEEN

Before the old queen dies, she lays an egg in a large queen cell. The nurse bee feeds the egg only royal jelly. In sixteen days the new queen emerges, killing all queens in other collonies around her. In the first seven minutes, she mates with seven or more drone bees to lay more eggs.

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