How to differentiate the European hornet from the Asian hornet? -Asian hornet’s legs or « yellow legs hornet » are bicolor: black and lemon yellow. The European hornet’s legs are completely brown. - The Asian hornet attacks continuously, when it feels...
We interviewed Mr. Hérisson, the school's beekeeper and the teacher who is in charge of the project. "Where did you get the bees and their queen from?" "Wednesday the 27th of march, I brought the hives to the apiary of the Mill in Fresnay sur Sarthe near...
To visit a hive, wait until the outside temperature is above 14 ° C. Opening a hive below this limit will cool the hive too much and may condemn it if it is weak. It is advisable to not open it before the month of March and to wait to have noticed the...
The bee's queen is the only one which is able to create life within a hive. It's a very specific process that we chose to explain because it's a part of the bee's life ( and a quite important one). 1-Reproduction: First of all, when a queen bee is born,...
The Asian hornet has many subspecies. A black subspecies, Vespa Velutina Nigrithorax, was introduced into Europe before 2004 where it has become an invasive species. By April 2017, the hornet had already colonized most of France, Portugal, northern Spain...
To begin the day with a hon ey touch you can make a Honey Milkshake Preparation time : 2min Ingredients for 2 people : - a table spoon of honey - 10 cl of milk (so around 6,1 cubic inches) - 2 yogurt ice-cream balls Preparation : - put everything in the...
1- They can fly higher than the Everest. 2- Directly or indirectly they save us from famine. 3- A bee produces 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in her life. 4- A bee visits 50 to 100 flowers in a collect travel and a hive produces 200kg of honey in a year....
In the world There are different types of honey: - flower honey from the nectar of different flowers. - monofloral honey : a dominant floral variety -> accacia honey: mild flavour. Recommended for diabetics -> sweet chestnut honey: powerful and pronounced...
Today more and more supermarkets sell "fake honey". In 2015, a study conducted by the european union shows that 32% of the honey which is sold is non-standard and shouldn't deserve the honey label. The true honey should only be done by bees in hives,...
honey chicken for 2 preparation 5 min / cooking 40 min ingredients: 2 chicken legs liquid honey salted butter step 1: To begin, preheat the oven at 200°C step 2: First, put the legs in an ovenproof dish. Then, put small pieces of salted butter in the...
This week we saw Mr Simier, he explained us what the "bee project" is and we now know more about it. Mr Simier is an IT teacher, when he began to teach, there wasn't a lot of computers in school. Now, in Touchard, there are 1500 computers. This project...
1. Bees are the only insects in the world which produce food consumed by humans. 2. In a hive there are around : - 20 000 to 30 000 bees in winter. - 60 000 to 65 000 bees in summer. 3. A bee beats its wings 200 times in one second. That's why we can...
Before becoming a bee, the egg has 4 stages of development.The first step is the laying of the egg by the queen, in an alveola of the hive.If the egg is fertilized, it will become a queen or worker. However, if it is not fertilized, it will become a drone.During...
Cocktail with honey and apple juice Useful information Number of people: 6 Type: Cocktail Ingredients : 25 cl : grapefruit 5 cl : orange juice 25 cl : lemon juice 25 cl : pineapple juice 1 tablespoon : grenadine 50 cl : lemonade (or sparkling water) Preparation:...
In 2007, the rate of abandoned hives reached 70% or 80% in the most affected regions and countries. A quarter of hive farms in the United States reportedly disappeared in the winter of 2006-2007 alone and 35 states were affected. In Europe, many countries...
We interviewed a person of the high school who is working on the project of the connected hives, and he explained us what it consisted in. There are two on the balcony of the CDI (school library). There might be another one in a high school of Copenhagen....
What do they think of the project ? Last week, we interviewed Mr Viriat, our vice principal, to know a little more about the connected beehive project . Here are his answers, and opinion on the subject. The bee's project : The idea was to create several...
What about European production and consumption ? Today in Europe, the total honey consumption is about 1.020.074.477 lbs so around 1,3 lb per year and per inhabitant. The biggest consumer of honey is Greece with 3,3 lbs per year and per inhabitant. After...
With my group we asked some questions to the CPE (principal educational advisor). 1/ Did you know that bees are disappearing ? Yes it touches me because my children are talking about it, we are all aware of it. If bees disappear, this is the beginning...
Appetizers : Honey and goat cheese bricks. Main dish : Quiche Lorraine with goat cheese and honey. Dessert : Peaches roasted in the barbecue and honey cream. Honey and goat cheese bricks. Ingredients ▪4 brick sheets ▪4 goat cheeses ▪8 tablespoons of honey...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
