BEEKEEPINGIN INDIANA

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WHAT DO YOU KNOW ?

Sting

Bee Barf

Pollinate Plants

African Bees = Killer Bees

Colony Collapse Disorder

Swarms

Dance

Honey

DOES ANYONE CARE ?

GOOGLE SEARCH

Honey Bee18,540,00

Lady Gaga 854,000,000

Regatta7,210,000

CHALLENGES FOR BEESGenetics

1922 - restrictions on imports

Pathogens: Virus

BacteriaTreatment Resistance

PesticidesApplication procedure

UnknownsPractices

BeekeepersFarmers

Homeowners

PestsVarroa Mites

Small Hive BeetleWax MothsZombie fly

NutritionMonoculture

Pollination servicesLess – variety, quantity

3 CASTE SYSTEM

Fertilized UnFertilized

DRONE

QUEEN WORKER

Well Fed

Lightly Fed

QUEEN DECIDES

WORKERS DECIDE

FEMALEFEMALE

MALE

SOCIAL REPRODUCTION

Not # of insects BUT # of colonies

Swarm is reproduction method

New queens reared by bees

30 to 70% of bees leave with old queen

Swarm finds a new home

NECTAR

POLLEN

Bees versus Hornets

QUESTIONS ?