The Biology Of Bees

There's approximately 20,000 species of bees throughout the world making them the interest of beekeepers who rely on them to cross pollinate because when bees do that it changes not only the flowers they collect pollen from creating new species of flowers, but it also changes the consistency of the honey the produce. Beekeepers also track bees when they cross breed with other species of bees and that's how they track their habits from mating to origin of where they come from. Beekeepers will also track their honey production since different species of bees will also produce different consistencies of honey.

Most bees were originated from places in Europe, Africa and some parts of Asia, but with the fact that many bees were brought over by immigrants to the United States over the centuries. Bees are found on all continents except Antarctica. The evolutions of bees are derived from wasps since they're cousins with the exception that wasps aren't pollinating insects and their ability to be organized rivals wasps, beetles, flies, and butterflies. Bees are also categorized in two social classes that are ideal for beekeepers to adapt their system of managing bees and hives.

Swarming - How to capture and hive a bee swarm

The reasons for bee hives swarming, when they swarm and how to identify swarms and swarming tendency. Capture and re hiving a bee swarm.

Swarming is an instinct that bees inherit and keeps the bee population viable which preserves the species. It is nature's way of splitting a colony and providing enough bees of different classes to set up a new hive that will survive and proliferate. The different races of honeybee (Apis Mellifera) have varying intensities of the swarming instinct but given the conditions swarming will occur. Swarming mostly occurs in the last few days of spring or the first few days of summer. The three major causes of swarming are:

Overcrowding within the hive. During the build up in preparation to the honey flow the population increases tenfold within a few weeks and requires ample free space in which to expand. If there is not the room the brood colony will become overcrowded and the queen will feel uncomfortable. This has the effect of unbalancing the population and will start the swarming process. Overcrowding can also be caused by bad weather at the end of spring, as the worker bees are unable to get out to the field for food gathering. 

Selling Honey To A Local Market

One of the reasons individuals become involved with beekeeping is so that they could market the honey. Numerous beekeepers chose to sell their honey to a local market.

Beekeepers who choose a local market for their honey usually promote their product to associates, family members, and neighbors. They typically set up a roadside stand to display their merchandise, promoting the honey made in their hives in addition to berries, apples, and vegetables that they have grown in their gardens. If they make a quality product their honey may begin to appear in stalls at farmers markets. A few small honey producers would gain enough local credit to advertise their honey at local grocery stores. Beekeepers that promote their merchandise locally normally only some active bee hives. The key to a successful local promoting method is to offer the buyers with a top quality merchandise and good customer relation skills. Beekeepers that sell their honey usually enjoy interacting along with their buyers. Normally the sale of the honey has as much to do with friendship as it does with the product.

Processing Raw Honey

After the beekeeper collects the honey it is processed instantly after harvesting in view of the fact that it crystallizes when it is allowed to sit. It should be heated up between one hundred fifty-a hundred and seventy degrees for the reason that it carries the bacterium that causes botulism, which could be harmful as this is the very bacterium that causes food poisoning. Honey is truly sweeter than table sugar, but the problem with table sugar is that it is bleached white since actual unprocessed raw sugar is brown. Honey is pasteurized to kill off the micro organism like botulism to make it suitable for eating and to put in foodstuff.

Honey truly doesn’t have that golden color it’s really white and pasty looking before it is cooked till it caramelizes.  Honey likewise serves a function in drugs and in plenty of vitamin supplements given that raw honey carries a rich level of antioxidants and enzymes and aids in digestion – in fact there are lots of health benefits of honey.