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Honey Bees at the Woodlands Farm

Honey Bees at the Woodlands Farm. this is the APIARY. an APIARY is a collection of HIVES. two types of HIVE are in the Apiary. this is the other type of HIVE in the Apiary. it’s made up of simple boxes that contain HONEYCOMB FRAMES. this is a HONEYCOMB FRAME. each HIVE contains a

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Honey Bees at the Woodlands Farm

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  1. Honey Bees at the Woodlands Farm

  2. this is the APIARY

  3. an APIARY is a collection of HIVES

  4. two types of HIVE are in the Apiary

  5. this is the other type of HIVE in the Apiary

  6. it’s made up of simple boxes that contain HONEYCOMB FRAMES

  7. this is a HONEYCOMB FRAME

  8. each HIVE contains a COLONY of HONEY BEES

  9. on certain frames the Bees store HONEY

  10. the honey is drawn from the frames by spinning in an EXTRACTOR using CENTRIFUGAL FORCE

  11. on other FRAMES the Queen Bee lays eggs to raise young bees and store POLLEN

  12. these eggs are laid by a single QUEEN BEE in each COLONY

  13. can you spot the QUEEN bee

  14. here she is

  15. the QUEEN bee is much larger than the WORKER bees

  16. this is a female WORKER BEE

  17. this is a male DRONE BEE

  18. Let’s look at some parts of the Honey Bee

  19. are there 2, 5 or thousands of eyes? how many eyes can you see ?

  20. this is what WE see This is what the BEE sees

  21. this common BUTTERCUP signposts the bee to its store of nectar

  22. why is the Bee’s tongue so long?

  23. It acts like a simple pump to extract the NECTAR from the flower?

  24. SLURPPP! SLAPPP!

  25. how is the flower POLLEN collected?

  26. pollen press antenna cleaner pollen basket

  27. Missed a bit on your nose Stupid – I haven’t got a nose – I have these antenna instead

  28. 1 3 2 4 how many wings?

  29. the bee has two sets of WINGS and what’s this extra bit of exoskeleton for?

  30. for flying the pairs of wings are clipped together with these hooks

  31. like this

  32. and unclipped and folded away when in the crowded hive – like this

  33. Finally, where is the Honey Bee STING ?

  34. Ouch !

  35. Honey Bee Facts How much honey does a bee hive produce in a year Up to 50 kg (110 lbs)

  36. How many bees in a bee hive and in a swarm 60,000 to 100,000 bees 20,000 to 30,000 bees

  37. How many eggs can the Queen bee lay in a day Up to 1,500 eggs per day

  38. How many flowers must a bee visit to make 1 lb (0.4kg) of honey About 2 million

  39. No time to hang around – I’m off to collect some more honey ! Wow – that’s the same as flying twice around the world How far do the bees fly to bring home 1 lb of honey I’m Buzzzzzing off - Bye Over 55,000 miles

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