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Meliponiculture is the practice of stingless beekeeping, [24] where beekeepers maintain, reproduce, and use stingless bee colonies for their own profit. These colonies tend to be managed through artificial hives, so that the beekeepers have the ability to propagate the colonies and produce hive products such as honey and pollen.
Frisch's honey bee work included the study of the pheromones that are emitted by the queen bee and her daughters, which maintain the hive's very complex social order. Outside the hive, the pheromones cause the male bees, or drones, to become attracted to a queen and mate with her. Inside the hive, the drones are not affected by the odor. [16]
BS National Beehive: This smaller version of the Langstroth class of hive is designed for the less prolific and more docile Buckfastleigh bee strain, and for standard dimension parts. It is based on square boxes ( 18 + 1 ⁄ 8 in or 460 mm side), with a 8 + 7 ⁄ 8 in (230 mm) standard/brood box and shallow, 5 + 7 ⁄ 8 in (150 mm) Supers ...
The western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bees worldwide. [3] [4] The genus name Apis is Latin for 'bee', and mellifera is the Latin for 'honey-bearing' or 'honey-carrying', referring to the species' production of honey.
Officials say two migrant teens were victims in a New York City stabbing, one fatally, after the teens were asked if they spoke English and they responded that they didn't.
In new satellite imagery, Russia's military appears to be packing up equipment at a key airbase in Syria. The images show transport aircraft ready to load cargo at the Hmeimim Air Base on Friday.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 December 2024. Colonial flying insect of genus Apis For other uses, see Honey bee (disambiguation). Honey bee Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N Western honey bee on the bars of a horizontal top-bar hive Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia ...
21% of Americans have chronic pain. A new study found that diets rich in vegetables, fruits, grains, lean proteins, and dairy was linked to less chronic pain.