The honeybee Apis mellifera was introduced to Australia in 1810 by Samuel Marsden who imported an un

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• The honeybee (Apis mellifera) was introduced to
  Australia in 1810 by Samuel Marsden who imported
  an unknown number of colonies from England.
• The early settlers attempted to use the honeybees
  for pollination of fruit trees but the first
  attempts to establish bee colonies failed. A
  second successful introduction was made in 1822

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• Bees collect nectar, pollen and water each day to
  take back to the hive so that future generations
  can live.
• The raw nectar comes from flowers. They mix this
  with secretions from their glands, thereby
  transforming it and after it is deposited in the
  comb, it ripens into honey after a few days

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• WHY HONEY?
• Honey is a quick, safe and natural energy giver
  because its simple sugars are quickly absorbed
  into the blood stream. Honey contains many
  vitamins and minerals.
• Honey is made up of
• Natural sugars 80 (mainly levulose, Dextrose
  and glucose)
• Moisture 17
• Mineral traces 3

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• Queen bees live for 1 to 4 years
• Drone bees live for 6 to 8 weeks
• Worker bees live for 6 to 8 weeks

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• Queens can lay up to 2,000 eggs in 1 day.
• (That is 1 egg every 43 .2 seconds)
• It takes 21 days from an egg to a bee.
• There are about 40,000 / 60,000 bees in each
  beehive.
• Each bee frame has about 3,000 cells on each side
  of the frame. (6,000 cells per frame)

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• Honey Comb

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• Bees are attracted to Dark colours which can
  excite them, so it is best to wear light colours
  NOT dark. (Hats and Socks as well)
• 100 bee hives can use up to 1,000 litres of water
  in a week, That's 10 litres per each bee hive
  each week.

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• Bees can beat their wings up to 200 times per
  Second as they fly. (They have 4 wings) This is
  how they make their buzzing noise.
• Bees can carry 50 of there weight in a load of
  honey and a Jumbo can only carry about 25 of
  their weight.
• Honey does not have a use by date, In Egypt they
  found honey that could be eaten after 2,000
  years.

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• Bees need to eat about 7 kilograms of honey to
  make 1 kilogram of bees wax.
• Pollen contains high levels of Protein, 1
  kilogram of Pollen contains the same protein as 5
  kilo of beef.
• Bees use only about 1 teaspoon of honey to fly
  around the world.

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• Honey Types
• Blue Gum, Grey Gum
• Tea Tree, Yellow Box
• Brush Box, Spotted Gum
• Iron Bark, Bloodwood
• Stringybark, Gum-Top Box

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• A Bee is an Insect
• Head
• Thorax
• Abdomen
• 4 Wings
• 6 Legs

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