Archive for June, 2009
Saturday, June 27th, 2009
Abhishek Agarwal asked: 1. Cross pollination and the consistency of honeyBeekeepers rely on the several thousand varieties of bees to cross pollinate their flowers and create new species of flowers and also several different consistencies of honey. The beekeepers keep a track of the bees and their cross breeding so ...
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Friday, June 26th, 2009
Jack Stanley asked: The survival of a colony of bees living in a bee hive depends on the queen bee. Without a queen bee the hive will eventually die. The hives queen is the only female bee in the hive that has fully developed reproductive organs. The queen is not ...
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Jack Stanley asked: Many areas in the world are producers of honey and beeswax for medicinal and food purposes. You'll find a lot of beekeeping in the United States, Asia, Africa, and some parts of Europe. Since beekeeping had originated in Europe and had been modernized in the United States, ...
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Jack Stanley asked: One of the most important pieces of clothing a beekeeper wears is the veil. Bee stings on the face can be very painful and there is the possibility of damage to the eyes and ears. If by chance a bee gets inside the veil, walk away from ...
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Jack Stanley asked: News agencies started reporting on a disturbing phenomenon in the bee population, in the spring of 2007. It was reported beekeepers were visiting their hives to discover that their bees had disappeared. The queen and a few newly hatched bees were all that remained. The presence of ...
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