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Ground bees

In nature there are different bees, honey bees have brothers and sisters who live in the ground, the so-called ground bees. They all feed nectar and pollen. Many think that bumble bees are enemies of bees, but it is quite wrong, bumblebees …

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Blue bee

Despite the absence of honey bees in some villages, in most cases, there is a crop of apples, pears, cherries and plums. The question arises: who pollinated these fruit trees? The answer is simple – the solitary bees and bumblebees, which are in each …

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Digestive system of a bee

Food for the bees are nectar and pollen from honey plants and polliniferous plants. Bees collect nectar through the proboscis, made up of almost all separated elongated segments. A longish piece of proboscis – tongue – ends with a spoon, …

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Bee wings

bee wing

Bees have two pairs of wings and they are appendages of medium- and metathorax. Wings fully develop only in the transition from the bee pupa to an adult bee. They are laid in a bag-like rudiment of covers of the middle- …

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Bee garden

Garden and the bees… These two concepts are merged together from ancient time. It is no accident the people say “no garden without apiary and no fruit without bees”. No less true is another saying: “The garden without bees is like a house …

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Bee symbol

Bees are the true fount of very positive symbolism. Bee represents such fine moral qualities like hard work, diligence, wisdom, spirituality, humility, modesty, humility, communication, physical and spiritual cleanliness. Little proud bee is a symbol of courage, dignity and dedication, …

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Beekeeping in India

India (1.2 billion people, the territory is 3.2 million sq. km.) is a major producer and exporter of honey. They produce 85,000 tons of honey, “organized” market gets about 50,000 tons.

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Bee India

Long flights to a new place are common to all three types of bees in India. Giant bees seem to migrate to a new location under the influence of changing weather conditions, due to lesions of the wax moth, or lack …

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Species of bees

Bee, both by its external characteristics (division of the body into head, thorax and abdomen, the presence of one pair of antennae, three pairs of jointed legs and two pairs of wings, etc.) and internal structure (the respiratory system is …

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Worker bee

A female with underdeveloped genitals, unable to mate with drones, carrying out work in the bee family is called the worker bee. They are the majority of the bee family. They bring and receive nectar and pollen. They process nectar into …

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