Bees Makes Honey

 When her nectar “sacs” are full, the honeybee returns to the hive

-Nectar is delivered to one of the indoor bees and is then passed mouth-to-mouth from bee to bee until its moisture content is reduced from about 70% to 20%. This changes the nectar into honey.

Sometimes the nectar is stored at once in cells in the honeycomb before the mouth-to-mouth working because some evaporation is caused by the 32.5°C temperature inside the hive.

 

Finally, the honey is placed in storage cells and capped with beeswax in readiness for the arrival of newborn baby bees

Pollen is mixed with nectar to make “bee bread” and is fed to the larvae.A baby bee needs food rich in protein if the bee community is to flourish.

Before returning to the flower again for more pollen, the bee combs, cleans and cares for herself ? not because she is vain but so she can work more efficiently.

Throughout her life cycle, the bee will work tirelessly collecting pollen, bringing it back to the hive, cleaning herself, then setting out for more pollen.

 

Forager bees start out from the hive for blossom patches when three weeks old

As they live to be only six or seven weeks old they have much work to do and little time in which to do it.
There will be many other bees working at the same time, and the air will be noisy with their droning. It takes 300 bees about three weeks to gather 450 g of honey.

 

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