Honeybees

BEE AWARE

Teacher at New Vienna Elementary School-34 yrs.
New Vienna Village Council Member
Clinton County Regional Planning Commission
Owner of Bee Honey Healthy

Three Objectives
To increase awareness of bees in our food production.
To increase awareness of bee health and our responsibility associated with it.
To increase the use of bee products.

About Bees
25,000 Species in the World
3,500 Species in the U.S.
Queen Lays 2,000+ Eggs a Day/2-3 yrs.
Worker Bees-60,000-80,000 in each hive –summer/2-4 months
Drone-male-300-3,000/hive- die after mating
Bees maintain the temperature in the hive at 93 degrees during the winter

MoreBuzz
Fly 55,000 miles visiting 2 million flowers = 1 pound honey
80% of insect crop pollination is accomplished by honey bees
Honey bee pollination is valued at $14.6 billion per year

Pollination
California produces more than half of the world’s almonds
1,000,000 colonies of bees are moved to California
300,000 colonies are rented each year to pollinate melons

Honey
Natural flavors
Light honey
Dark honey
Enzymes, minerals, vitamins, amino acids
300 varieties in US; clover, buckwheat, alfalfa, avocado, basswood, blueberry, orange, pumpkin, sage, tupelo, wildflower
Produced in every state –Florida, N.Dakota, S.Dakota, California, Minnesota, Montana

“The value of honey bees can not be measured by their ability to produce honey alone – rather; it must include the work bees do for agricultural crops, home gardens and wildlife habitat.”
Nicholas Calderone, PH.D. Cornell University

Bees Also Produce
Bee Pollen-most perfect food?
Bee Propolis-sticky resin
Royal Jelly-thick, milky substance
Bees Wax-glad under the abdomen
Bee Venom-(bee sting therapy)
Cave Art
Bible
Ancient China/Egypt
Hippocrates-the father of modern medicine
Dr. Terc-1879-mainstream medicine
Mihaly Simics-Canada-1994

MoreSting
Canada -injectable
U.S.-bee sting, ointment, pellets
Widely accepted in Europe and China as mainstream medicine
Arthritis, MS, Lyme Disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Skin diseases, High blood pressure

More Sting
Jim Higgins-Hillsboro-“Dr. Sting”
3X per week
Increasing # of bee stings
Modifies the way the immune system functions in the body
Body produces natural cortisone*

Colony Collapse Disorder
Varroa mites, Nosema
Viruses, Fungus, IAPV
Pesticides and Herbicides
Loss of Habitat-less foraging
Malnutrition/transporting

CCD Continued
China hand pollinates pear blossoms.

What Can We Do to Help?
Increase demand for bee products
Plant a flower/vegetable garden*
Use natural pesticides/herbicides
Become a beekeeper
Become an advocate
Seek assistance -Local Ext. Office
*http://beelab.osu.edu/factsheets/sheets/2168.html

More To Do!!
Seek ways to enhance bee health in the hive
Eat more honey and other bee products
Blog/Tweet/Facebook
Make more soap with honey etc.

Credits and Quotes
National Honey Board
Vanishing Bees-UK
Backyard Beekeepers Association
Silence of the Bees-PBS
Beevenom.com-Canada
Photobucket.com
Durhamsbeefarm.com
Naturepedic.com
Scrummys.blogspot.com
Roamingtimes.com/environment/images/pesticides
AI Root Company/Bee Culture Magazine
OSU Beekeepers Association
Mid Atlantic Apiculture and Extension Consortium
Beeinformed.org

Thank You……..

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Honeybees

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