Beekeeping

Beekeeping
Carmen Shafer EDUC6305

Human civilizations have a long history of keeping bees for their honey

There are records of humans gathering wild honey dating as far back as 13,000 B.C.

Lots of bees
There are more than 20,000 species of wild bees

Egypt
Beekeeping was depicted in Egyptian temples dating back to 2422 B.C

Greece and israel
Archeologists have discovered hives, smoking pots, and other beekeeping paraphernalia from prehistoric Greece and Israel

How it’s done
What do beekeepers do to collect the honey?

Clothing
The first and important part of collecting honey is wearing a protective suit.

Smoker
The most common method of collecting honey is to use a device called a “smoker” to drive the bees out of the hive

Types of hives
Langstroth hives are the standard hive type and is used in industrailized nations since its invention in 1851

Langstroth Hive
Langstroth hives were invented by Lorenzo Langstroth

Top bar hives
Top bar hives are typically used by hobbyists or when resources are limited
The honeycombs cannot be
reused like with the Langstroth
hives

Beehive material
Beehives have been made out of many types of wood but in recent years polystyrene has been used

Bee caste system
A bee colony consists of three classes
Queen
Worker
Drone

Colony reproduction
Only the queen bee can lay eggs

Swarming
When a queen runs out of sperm she creates a new queen and leaves the hive
If all brood combs are full the colony will swarm and create a second hive

New queen
If the queen dies the bees feed new larva royal jelly to create a new queen

Natural beekeeping
Natural beekeeping has become increasingly popular in recent years

chemicals
Natural beekeeping eschews the use of chemicals and tries to be as “hands off” as possible

A delicious reward
Honey is the result of all the hard work

Beekeeping

by cshafer1 on Apr 08, 2010

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