HONEY BEES

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HONEY BEES

• Presentation By
• M G Pushpa,
• K V R W F

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Honey Bees belong to the family of insects.
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• They live collectively in Bee Hive.
• Every beehive will have a Queen, few males and a
  number of worker-bees

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• Bees live in a group in the Beehive
• Bees collectively are called Swarm of Bees

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• Bees are known for collecting honey.
• The honey collection is done in a special way,
• The bees fly around the flowers in search of
  Nectar.
• Once a bee finds flowers with Nectar, it calls
  the other Bees through a Special kind of Dance.
• The Nectar is then collected from the flowers.
• Honey is made of nectar and the sweet deposits
  from plants and trees.

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• The Worker Bees are a very important part of the
  Hive.
• They are the Bees which collect the Nectar from
  the flowers.
• Without the worker bees, the whole colony would
  go hungry.

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Honey Is used for

• Medicine
• Sweetener

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Facts About Honey Bees

• The honeybee's wings stroke 11,400 times per
  minute thus making their distinctive buzz.

• The queen bee is the busiest in the summer
  months, when the hive needs to be at its maximum
  strength.
• She will lay about 1,000 to 1,500 eggs per day

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• Honeybee colonies have unique odors that members
  flash like identification cards at the hive's
  front door.

• A honeybee visits between 50 and 100 flowers
  during one collection flight from the hive.

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• In order to produce 1 pound of honey, 2 million
  flowers must be visited.

• Honey contains vitamins and antioxidants,
• but is fat free, cholesterol free and sodium free

• Honey is nature's energy booster