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Honeybees in the US and surrounding areas arenā€™t native to North America?Although I concede there could have been swarms...
09/21/2022

Honeybees in the US and surrounding areas arenā€™t native to North America?

Although I concede there could have been swarms, the honeybee didnā€™t officially make it to the West coast and on to California until 1853. They arrived by way of a shipping route along the East coast, crossing Panama, then up the West coast, and on to California. It only took 231 years after its first reappearance in North America, for the honeybee to complete its own version of manifest destiny.

When the first colonies were established, the honeybee was reintroduced by the Europeans in the 17th century, and although there was no mention of honeybees or beehives on the Mayflower manifest, there are records from very early on showing shipments & requests for bees from the Colonies.

In a letter written by the governor for the Council of Virginia Company in London stated that in December 1621, a shipment was bound for Jamestown with;
ā€œsorte of seed and fruit trees, and also pidgeons, connies (rabbits), peacocks and beehivesā€¦ā€.

Western honeybee (Apis mellifera) ā€“ common, cavity-nesting, have been domesticated, are medium in size; theyā€™re native to Europe, Africa, and Western Asia, 10 ā€“ 20 mm in length, they build nests with multiple combs in cavities & use a small entrance, mostly to deter predators.

While there are thousands (over 20,000) of bee species, there are only 8 surviving honeybee species, 7 of the 8 can be found in Asia.

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Have you ever been stung by a bee, then another one shows up, soon thereā€™s a couple more, and before you know it, youā€™re...
09/16/2022

Have you ever been stung by a bee, then another one shows up, soon thereā€™s a couple more, and before you know it, youā€™re doing your best ninja impersonation!?

I believe most of us have had a moment like this. I mean, it doesnā€™t matter whether youā€™re on a picnic, trying to enjoy your garden, or youā€™re a beekeeper that got yourself in the situation, Iā€™m sure we can all agree, itā€™s no fun.

So, how do bees know who & when to attack? After some research, I found you a quick & easy answer, Alarm Pheromones, but what are they.

What are Alarm Pheromones?

Merriam-Webster defines pheromones as: a chemical substance that is usually produced by an animal and serves especially as a stimulus to other individuals of the same species for one or more behavioral responses.

The alarm pheromones in honeybees are mainly produced in workers by the Koschevnikov gland which is located near the sting shaft. These pheromones are especially important to the colony, since the guard bees at the entrance are constantly inspecting everything that comes near the entrance, making certain only the bees that belong there enter, and kicking anyone else out.

When danger is spotted, guard bees appear at the hive entrance, raising their abdomen and exposing the sting chamber to release the alarm pheromones; they do this, all while they fan their wings. This then raises the alarm to the rest of the colony, and more reinforcements will arrive to help with the intruder.

The alarm pheromone make-up is quite complex, over 40 compounds (including precursor, intermediate, and final biosynthetic products) have been identified from extracts of the worker sting apparatus, among which about 15 components stimulate one or more alarm behaviors.

Did you know?

+ Bananas mimic the attack pheromone
+ This is due to a chemical produced by both ripening fruit & honeybees called Isoamyl acetate
+ So, if youā€™re a beekeeper, itā€™s probably best not to eat a banana before checking hives

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Why Do Bees Need Pollen?While nectar is the main source of carbohydrates for bees, pollen provides protein, nutrients, v...
09/07/2022

Why Do Bees Need Pollen?

While nectar is the main source of carbohydrates for bees, pollen provides protein, nutrients, vitamins, minerals, and lipids (healthy fats) to their diets.

To make a nutrient packed meal, the honeybees combine honey (from nectar) and pollen, along with a few enzymes to make bee bread, and then this concoction is fed to the brood and other members of the colony.

The Journal of Apicultural Research, details the rate of brood production in correlation with pollen consumption. Researchers were looking at the possibilities to improve the efficiency of beekeeping by adding pollen, via pollen patties, to their diet during periods of pollen dearth, which showed that pollen is a catalyst in relation to brood production and hive activity.

Bees fed the whey-yeast food mixed with starch-encapsulated pollen lipids produced significantly more sealed brood than bees fed the same food without pollen lipids.

Bees fed either 2% or 4% pollen lipids reared as much sealed brood as bees fed pollen, and 2! times as much as bees fed food without pollen lipids. Bees fed 8% pollen lipids reared twice as much brood as bees fed without pollen lipids.

When Do Bees Need Pollen?

Bees continuously need protein from pollen to support a healthy hive, and require pollen in the spring and summer months, when their brood production ramps up.

Since we know pollen protein helps with brood production, beekeepers use pollen patties in the late winter and early spring to help to stimulate the colony to start their brood production.

A population boom is the hive will help bring in nectar and produce honey as soon as the first flow starts, but if youā€™re wanting to create splits, feeding pollen protein will help to expand your hive quickly.

Feeding pollen closer to the winter, doesnā€™t benefit the colony, especially since the brood workers wonā€™t survive the winter. If you want to boost the nutrition of the colony during the winter months, feeding a...

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04/06/2022

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