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...
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 -...
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...
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...
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...
The M.D.L. is an association of students that proposes projects for the high school. Mathieu, who is a member of the association has answererd our questions about the connectd bee hive project. He specifies the role of the association in this project....
What do they think of the project ? For more information on the bee's project, we asked Pamela Gaudree, one of the high school managers. She kindly accepted to answer Is it the first project about bees in the school ? Yes, it's the first. This project...
Preparation time : 45 minutes For 4 people Difficulty : easy Utensils : -Oven -Parchment paper -Rolling pin -Knife -Grater -Wooden spoon Ingredients : For the base : - 0.55 ln of flour -15 fl oz water -3 teaspoons of olive oil -1 pinch of salt -1 sachet...
The Asian ho rnet is really widespread. Thus, to eliminate it, it is necessary to use different methods that are more or less efficient. The w ays to fight : The frogs : They can eat the Asian Hornet and when they eat it, the frogs are immunized against...
A hive is composed of a queen, male drones and workers. The queen is the central pillar of the bees' reproduction. It's the biggest one. It lays around 2000 eggs per day during spring. There are two types of workers : the ones who focus on the domestic...
The beekeeper raises bees to collect the honey and royal jelly they produce. For this purpose, he has hives where the colonies are housed. Depending on the location of the hives (in the mountains, in the meadows or on the roofs of buildings), the honey...
We have questioned Mr Philippe Simier, computer science teacher for the BTS SNIR (the students in charge of the connected hive project). A small group of students in this class must carry out a study project: they have to find solutions to problems like...
There are two categories of beekeepers : you can do it out of pleasure or you can be a professional one. To become a professionnal beekeeper, there are several ways : you can follow a training course with an experimented beekeeper during one year or study...
The alveoli have a hexagonal shape and they fit together in a diamond shape. Bees are very good mathematicians and architects, because they do all the alveoli in the same way, size and in the same shape. With the time and the birth of other bees, alveoli...
A famous cake in North Africa : MAKROUT Ingredients: Orange blossom, honey, frying oil, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, 250g of date dough (0,5pounds), 30g of sugar (0,06pounds), 1 pinch of salt, 1 bowl of melted butter, and 3 bowls of semolina, 800g (1,7pounds)....
In 1995, 33.000 tons of honey was produced but in 2016, only 9.000 tons! This is due to the problem of “Colony Collapse Disorder” (CCD). The bees’ pollination is precious; lots of plants depend on it. The CCD syndrome is a phenomenon that occurs when...
Ingredients flour 0.551156 lb cane sugar 0.198416 lb vanilla sugar packet 1 pinch of salt 1/2 sachet of yeast 1 egg butter 0.286601 lb 2 teaspoons of honey chocolate (as you want) How make it • First of all, preheat the oven at 428 °F • M ix the flour,...
Since ancient times, honey has been used as both a food and a medicine. Honey has lots of healthy benefits like - It favors good bacterium and destroys bad bacterium - It produces antioxidants which are against cardiovascular diseases - It restricts the...
You want to know more about honey?You are reading the right page ! Let's talk about the honey history ! What is honey ? Honey is a sweet substance made by bees with nectar from flowers. The word "honey" dates back to the 10th century. Its origins come...
If you want to see the connected hives you should go to the building F. You will be able to see them through a glass wall, there’s also a webcam filming the hives : touchardinforeseau.serveurhttp. com (copy the link on your browser to see it) or with...
Why did you want to become a beekeeper? I wanted to become a beekeeper because I have always loved bees, it is my passion and also to do like everyone else earlier, have bees. With my age , I will not go see my swarms if I don't like bees. This is my...
We usually associate the M.D.L. (Maison Des Lycéens) with the connected bee-hive project, but what about the C.V.L? Axel is a member of this association, and he accepted to answer a few questions... Can you begin this interview by a little presentation...
Bees can't speak like humans with a mouth and words, so they have developped other means of communication which are really surprising ! The pheromones : Pheromones are a natural substance which is released by the bees in the air, and that influence and...
With my group, we have decided to do an interview of Mrs. Bourreau who is our P.E teacher, to learn more about the project of the “Connected Beehive”. So we have asked her some questions. 1) Do you know something about the project “connected beehive”?...
Marie is a collaborator of the biology teacher. She says that it's a good idea because she thinks that the students can learn how the bees function. She says that we shouldn't be affraid of bees because bees are kind . If the bees are not here there is...
