WHAT BEES DO
Bees are amazing. Bees can do many things. They can dance and can gather pollen and make honey out of it. They defend and take care of the queen and the brood (babies), eat, and work till they die. When the Queen dies the worker bees make a new queen. With out bees there would be fewer flowers
and trees that would produce fruit.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KEEP BEES
- The money for the equipment
- A place for your hives. Put in place that will not bother neighbors.
- Time to check and take care of your bees.
- You need knowledge about them and how to take care of them.
WHAT KINDS OF BEES ARE THERE AND WHICH ARE DESIRED MOST
Types Gentleness Productivity Disease tolerance winter in USA
Italian
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
Carniolan
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
Caucasian
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
Buckfast
(hybrid)
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
Starline
(hybrid)
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
Midnight
(hybrid)
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
Africanized
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
KEY:1-3, 1
is most wanted and 3 is least desirable
Italian is my favorite but I mite consider buckfast.
KINDS OF BEES IN THE HIVE
There is the worker bee, the drone, and the queen.
DRONE
As a Egg about 3 days
As a Larva about 14 days
As a Pupa about 7 days
WORKER
As a Egg about 3 days
As a Larva about 10 days
As a Pupa about 8 days
QUEEN
As a Egg about 3 days
As a larva about 9 days
As a Pupa about 4 days
OTHER KINDS OF BEES THAT ARE NOT HONEY BEES
As a Egg about 3 days
As a Larva about 10 days
As a Pupa about 8 days
QUEEN
As a Egg about 3 days
As a larva about 9 days
As a Pupa about 4 days
OTHER KINDS OF BEES THAT ARE NOT HONEY BEES
- Bumble bee
- Carpenter bee (looks like the bumble bee just dark brown)
- Wasp
- Yellow jacket (wasp and yellow jacket look alike)
- Bald-faced hornet
Great information on bees. I've always known that there were different kinds of bees and what they were called, but I could never tell which kind I was looking at. Thanks.
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