How bees make honey

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Bees suck nectar from flowers and go to the hives. When one bee arrives in its hive, it gives the nectar to another bee, this bee gives the nectar to another bee and over and over again… it’s like factory work. At the end, honey has all the gastric juices...

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The Dangers with the Asian Hornet

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In fact, the Asian hornet is not more dangerous than a wasp! Its sting is even less painful than the one of a bee that will leave its sting and part of its abdomen. The hornet just stings and then withdraws. The victims identified each year die because...

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Royal Jelly and Health

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Royal jelly and health As you probably know honey can be used as food, but it can also be used for its medical properties. In this article we will just speak about a part of bees’ production: royal jelly. But first what is royal jelly? Royal jelly is...

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All that you have to know about the beehives !

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To have more informations about the beehives we asked M. Philippe Simier. First he told us about the electronic aspect : With little sensors the connected beehives sends informations to a computer. All these informations can be read with smartphones,...

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Ms Ekmanian's interview

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To know an outside opinion we asked Ms. Ekmanian 1) Did you know the bees disappearance ? Yes it touches me because my children talk about it, we are all sensitized. If bees disappears already, it is the humanity that goes out graduall. 2) Are you aware...

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Beekeping in numbers

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In France there are several statuses of beekeepers. The family business has 1 to 49 hives, this represents 50.361 people (92%). Some have from 50 to 199 hives, they represent 2.564 people (5%). Finally there are 1.669 (3%) professional beekeepers who...

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THE GINGERBREAD

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The Gingerbread is a honey cake flavoured with spices like cinnamon, star anise seeds, anise seeds or cloves. The recipe : Difficulty : easy Quantity : for 9 people Preparation : 15 minutes Baking : 40-50 minutes The ingredients : - 0.77 lb of honey -...

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5 Amazing Fun Facts About Bees

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1 - They can recognize human faces Bees perceive faces with the same method as we do! They take parts (like eyebrows, lips, and ears) and cobble them together to make out the whole face. It’s called “configular processing,” and it might help computer...

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The specificities of the asian hornet

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The asian hornet measures around 25mm for the worker and up to 35mm for the queen. A worker's life is from 30 to 55 days in comparison to 1 year for the queen. It has a black brown thorax and the 4th segment is a yellowy-orange colour. The difference...

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Materials for the hives

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With my group we have done an interview about materials used for the hives. Before that, here is an identity card: Name: Connected hive Materials: Wooden box and frames Beginning of the project: March 2017 Size: 50*50*50 This project aims at raising awareness...

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