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Beekeeping

Beekeeping has a long history dating back thousands of years, with Egyptians depicting beekeeping in temples from 2422 BC. Beekeepers wear protective clothing and use smoking devices to drive bees out of hives when collecting honey. There are over 20,000 bee species, and a bee colony consists of queen, worker, and drone bees in a strict caste system, with the queen laying eggs and colonies reproducing through swarming when populations grow too large.

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BeekeepingCarmen 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 beesThere are more than 20,000 species of wild bees
EgyptBeekeeping was depicted in Egyptian temples dating back to 2422 B.C
Greece and israelArcheologists have discovered hives, smoking pots, and other beekeeping paraphernalia from prehistoric Greece and Israel
How it’s doneWhat do beekeepers do to collect the honey?
ClothingThe first and important part of collecting honey is wearing a protective suit.
SmokerThe most common method of collecting honey is to use a device called a “smoker” to drive the bees out of the hive
Types of hivesLangstroth hives are the standard hive type and is used in industrailized nations since its invention in 1851
Langstroth HiveLangstroth hives were invented by Lorenzo Langstroth
Top bar hivesTop bar hives are typically used by hobbyists or when resources are limitedThe honeycombs cannot be reused like with the Langstrothhives
Beehive materialBeehives have been made out of many types of wood but in recent years polystyrene has been used
Bee caste systemA bee colony consists of three classesQueenWorkerDrone
Colony reproductionOnly the queen bee can lay eggs
SwarmingWhen a queen runs out of sperm she creates a new queen and leaves the hiveIf all brood combs are full the colony will swarm and create a second hive
New queenIf the queen dies the bees feed new larva royal jelly to create a new queen
Natural beekeepingNatural beekeeping has become increasingly popular in recent years
chemicalsNatural beekeeping eschews the use of chemicals and tries to be as “hands off” as possible
A delicious rewardHoney is the result of all the hard work