First, what is pollination? P ollination is the transport of flower pollen (male element) that is gathered on the pistil of the other flowers (female element), therefore allowing the fecundation and reproduction of plant species. What is the part of the...
Bees are the world’s most important pollinators. A colony of 25 thousand bees can pollinate up to 250 million flowers. If bees don't pollinate their natural habitat, plants won ’ t be able to reproduce. Animals that feed on plants will eventually die...
Bees are divided into three castes: the Queen, the workers, and the males. The Queen: The queen is the mother of all bees in the hive. It lays 5 to 6 eggs each minute, from September to February, during the 5 years of its life. It is the only fertile...
The halictidae are a family which is nearby to butterflies. It is essential for the ecosystem because she is a pollinator of corn and sunflower.
Urban hives are on the roofs of buildings or in parks. In the cities, the bees can flee pesticides. Urban hives present some advantages: Bees pollinate cities and promote biodiversity. Cities plant more and more flowers to help the development of bees,...
Bees form a clade of hymenopteran insects from the Apoid superfamily. At least 20,000 species of bees are listed on the planet, including around 2,000 in Europe and nearly 1,000 in France. They can’t see in the dark. The differents roles of bees : • Queen...
Honey bees produce commodities such as honey, beeswax, pollen while some beekeepers also raise queens and other bees to sell to other farmers and to satisfy scientific curiosity. Beekeepers also use honeybees to provide pollination services to fruit and...
We interviewed 2 men : a beekeeper, André Bricault and the head of the Touchard Washington high school, Mr BOURDON. First, we interviewed Mr BOURDON : -« Do you know what a connective hive is? » « Connective Hives are the hives we installed in Touchard...
In Paris, there are 700 hives. It's a good environment for bees because it's warmer than the countryside. And in the cities, pesticides are forbidden so they can have a longer and healthier life and the production of honey has a better quality. Moreover,...
The Asian hornet, or by its real name, Vespa Velutina, is an insect which arrived in France in 2004 from Asia. In 2017, it had invaded almost all Western Europe. In France, it appears between July and October in the South-West. It destroys bee hives,...
A Little Recipe For Honey Lovers Ingredients: - 300g of chicken -800g of pasta - 50cL of sour cream -2 table spoons of mustard -1 table spoon of honey -1 knob of butter -salt, pepper, garlic in powder Steps: 1- boil some water 2- put some pasta in it...
Hello Mr Hérisson, we are here with you to talk about the connected urban hive project in our school. You are part of the school's staff. -First, can you please introduce yourself ? I am a professor at Touchard high school, I teach engineering sciences,...
Urban Hives, solution or problem ? Everyone knows that bees are disappearing, but there are only a few “beekeepers” who try to save them. Beekeepers try to build new hives in forests or in fields but not many of them think of urban hives. Maybe they think...
La classe de Seconde Européenne du Lycée Touchard-Washington du Mans est impliquée dans un programme d’échange autour du développement durable avec le Christianshavns Gymnasium de Copenhague. Grâce à ce blog, nous aimerions partager avec notre lycée partenaire...
Mrs MOUILLE is a documentalist. We interviewed her because the hive will be on the balcony of the CDI (Center of documentation and information). At the beginning, all the documentalist disagreed because it could be dangerous. After, Mr Hérisson (the supervisor...
Disadvantages: There are many advantages to have some hives in a city but there are also a lot of disadvantages. First of all are bee stings because when a bee stings someone the bee releases a stinger that contains venom into the victim’s skin over time,...
In a hive there is a 1 queen and 60 000 bees. Bees live an average time of 28 days so the queen must do 2.000 baby bees per day to keep enough bees. Before, 1/10 of bees died during the winter, but now in general 1/3 die because of climate change.
Students didn't know about the project, but they think it's an excellent idea. One of them thinks that it's very important to sensibilise people to sustainable developement and biodiversity ! Another thinks it's a good project if there are no dangers...
