BC1 Bee Life Cycle
Transcript of BC1 Bee Life Cycle
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Introduction to bee keeping
Kildaltoncollege
2011
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Some interesting facts about
bees The honey bee has
been around for 30
million years. It is the only insect
that produces food
eaten by man.
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Some interesting facts about
bees
The average honeybee will actually makeonly one twelfth of a
teaspoon of honey inits lifetime.
It takes about 55workers to gather !pound of honey from
about " millionflowers. # honey bee visits 50
to !00 flowers during acollection trip.
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Some interesting facts about
bees It is estimated that
!!00 honey bee
stings are re$uiredto be fatal
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%hina is the
worlds biggest
honeyproducer
&ost
e'pensivehoney is c.(55
a )ar
Production per 1000 tonne
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*%!
+ife cycle of the honey bee
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BC 1 Describe the life of the honey bee and
its colony
!. +ife cycle of bees
". ,unctions of each member of the
colony
3. -rocess of wa' comb and honey
production/. ,lora from which bees collect pollen
and nectar
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Life cycle of bees
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BC 1Describe the life of the honey bee and its colony
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BC 1Describe the life of the honey bee and its colony
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Three members of the colony
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,unctions of each member of the
colony 1orker bee
-hysical
description
+ife span
2ays to hatch
,unction
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The 1orker *ee
,emale but not fertile ormally does not lay eggs If she does they will be drones
#bout "0000 to 0000 in a
colony 4as several functions
throughout her life +ives about / weeks in
the summer +ives about / 5 months in
the winter Sting has barbs and stays in
your skin used to defendthe hive and herself
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Workers lay many eggs in queenless colonies In the honey
bee less than 01! of the "orkers in a colony "ith a queenha#e acti#e o#aries #ersus u to %0! in ueenless colonies
Worker&Laid 'ggs
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,unctions of each member of the
colony The ueen
6ne $ueen 7normally8
,unction9 laying eggs
%an live " 5 years
%an lay !500 eggs a day atheight of season
-roduces air:bornepheromones 7;$ueen substance
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(he queen bee
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!c8 The 2rone
&ale 2evelops from
unfertili=ed egg
+arger than workers *ig eyes Se'ually mature at " weeks 6ne function in life mate with virgin $ueens
&ates once in drone congregation areas at about!00m above ground then dies
o sting Survivors are forced out of hive in the autumn and
die
,unctions of each member of the
colony The 2rone
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(he Life Cycle of )oney Bees
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Brood chamber
'ggs * Lar#a+e,
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#bout to
pupate
#bout to be
capped
*rood at different stages
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7cell cut:away showing side view8
-upa
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2rone > 1orker %ells
2rone larger > raised cap usually found at the outer edges of frames.
1orker cap flush with cells
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ueen %ells
Supersedure %ell
Swarm %ell
Worker cells are horizontal while
queen cells are vertical. As the
queen larva grows, the cell enlarges
and becomes peanut-shaped when
capped for the pupal stage of
development.
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#dults
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1orkers functions
1orkers do the work in
the bee society.
?mployment is based
on the age of the beeand the needs of the
colony. 2uring their life
they pass throughmany )ob promotions9
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1orkers functions
Nurse Bee
! !" days
%lean own cell andothers
,eeding brood
7larvae8
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1orkers functions
ouse Bee
!0 "0 days old
%omb building
4ouse keeping
@ndertaker
Aipening honey
%limate control
SecretingBmolding wa' into cells
#ccept and store pollen and nectar from
foragers
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ive !ecurit"
Cuard hive and its
entrance 7some say
only about 5D of beesperform this )ob8
6rientation flights to
learn surroundings
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1orkers functions
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1orkers functions
!couts
#fter about three weeks
the workers are ready to
spend the rest of theirlives as scouts>
foragersgathering
pollen nectar tree resin
7that they turn into
propolis8 and water for
the hive.
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1orkers functions
2uring this time they
work themselves to
death literally
1orker bees in thesummer only live about
si' weeks. In the winter
they live a leisurely life
for several months
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- minutes after sting . minutes after sting
-/ minutes after sting
1 day after
sting
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!igns of Anaph"la$is
1hen someone has whole:body 7systemic oranaphyla'is8 allergicreactions to insect stings
they may e'perience any orall of the followingsymptoms usually within amatter of minutes to a fewhours9
itching all over
hives or swelling thatspreads from the site of thesting
flushing
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!igns of Anaph"la$is
runny nose snee=ing orpost:nasal drip
itchyBwatery eyes swelling of the lips tongue or
throat shortness of breath
whee=ing or coughing stomach cramping nausea
vomiting or diarrhoea light:headedness fast heart
rate low blood pressure orpassing out
sense of panic or metallictaste in the mouth.
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Age related activities of
workers 0- 2 days
cleaning
3-10 days Queen care
Nursing
Wax work
15-20 days Wax work
Nectar processing Guarding
ndertaking
21-35 days !oraging
"olony de#ence
P f b d h
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Process of "a$ comb$ and honey
production
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Wa$ formation
+ow melting point3o%
1aterproof
@sed to build the;foundation