https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i Reagan Daily en-us 2017-11-07 15:33:06 UTC 2023-02-26 04:10:39 UTC hello@padlet.com 1405915 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/205328281 Queen bees are female bees that are taken care of by workers before they are even born. They are larger than the other bees and have other advantages that help them live longer such as being able to sting someone multiple times. Despite their name, they don't call any shots in the hive (that job belongs to the "puppet master"). Their job is to mate and lay eggs which is crucial to continuing the hive. When it is coming close to the end of their life, workers will prepare to have a new queen born. Even though their job is very important to the hive, there can't be multiple queens at once. If two queens are born around the same time, they will fight and the winner will become the new queen and continue the hive.]]> 2017-11-09 15:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/205328281 1405915 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/205335936 Worker bees are normal bees that have specific jobs at different points of their life. There are over 30,000 workers in an average hive, and each one of them is always doing their job. Their jobs consist of many things such as, cleaning the hive, feeding larvae, storing food, gathering nectar, pollen and propolis . They also guard the hive, gather food, search for sources of pollen and nectar, and take care of the queen. The workers are constantly hatched because without them all working together and doing specific things, the hive would fall apart.]]> 2017-11-09 15:53:41 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/205335936 1405915 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/206734368 2017-11-14 14:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/206734368 1405915 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/206755394 2017-11-14 15:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/206755394 1405915 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/206835651 The honey comb is basically a storage unit made of beeswax. It consists of six-sided compartments called cells. These cells are built by worker bees and are used to store honey, pollen and hold eggs. They are also used to make honey; while in the cells, water in nectar evaporates and slowly turns the nectar into honey. ]]> 2017-11-14 17:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/206835651 1405915 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/206844004 Beeswax is a yellow substance produced by the glands of worker bees. The workers eat honey and their glands convert the sugar from the honey into wax. The workers then pick the wax off of themselves from their selves and use it to make  honeycomb. Wax can be recycled after honey is extracted from the honeycomb. It is then used by people to make things such as chewing gum or candles.]]> 2017-11-14 17:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/206844004 1405915 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/207208999 2017-11-15 14:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/207208999 1405915 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/207215064 Swarming is the result of a colony becoming too crowded. When this happens, the queen's egg-laying decreases. After that, workers build new cells for new queens to hatch and the queen lays eggs in those cells. Once these eggs are prepared, the queen and many workers leave the hive and swarm while some workers stay and take care of their new queen and larvae. The flight that the bees take in search of a new colony is known as swarming. These swarms tend to cluster around branches or posts after leaving the hive and scouts will then leave the swarm and search for a new colony. Once a new colony is found, the scouts will do a "dance" giving directions to the new colony. Then the colony will be investigated and streakers will lead the queen to their new home.]]> 2017-11-15 14:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/207215064 1405915 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/207228035 2017-11-15 15:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/207228035 1405915 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/207230735 All kinds of bees have many enemies that harm them of the colony for different reasons. Animals like bears may destroy a hive in search of honey or, a wax moth could destroy a weak hive by trying to eat from the honeycomb. But, other animals like skunks or dragonflies often eat bees. There is even an insect known as the bee assassin which feeds off of bees it catches in flowers. People also kill bees without even trying to; we spray things made to kill weeds or other bugs which make their way over to bees and poison them. Even diseases find their way to a colony and kill both young and old bees. ]]> 2017-11-15 15:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/207230735 1405915 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/207458585 2017-11-15 21:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/207458585 1405915 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/207481718 2017-11-16 00:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/207481718 1405915 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/207483344 This video describes how a queen becomes a queen and answers questions like "how is a queen picked?"]]> 2017-11-16 00:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/207483344 1405915 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/207487673 The book "Stung" uses these beasts as a reference to bees and their habits. The beasts in the book tend to travel in groups, just like bees would while swarming. They also have their own buildings better known as hives where they sleep. That is also obviously similar to how bees live in their hives. ]]> 2017-11-16 00:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/207487673 1012894 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/208131076 This was very interesting and well written. I like how you add things about both the Queen and worker bees and how they work together. Maybe you could add more information about both bees jobs.]]> 2017-11-17 14:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/208131076 1101060 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/208131503 Very well written, and great job. I recommend looking over the first couple sentences of the Queen Bee paragraph and read that over and change some things, because its hard to follow along. But, beside that wonderful job on this section if the project!]]> 2017-11-17 14:55:30 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/208131503 1101060 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/208133152 Very good! You used the right photos in this section, because without I wouldn't be able to understand what they look like, and what your are talking about. The examples you used to show how Honeycomb and Beeswax is used today was very excellent. ]]> 2017-11-17 14:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/208133152 1012894 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/208133596 This is really good but since the honeycomb talks about the beeswax I think you should put the beeswax first for a better understanding of the honeycomb. Besides that overall I think it was really enjoying to read]]> 2017-11-17 14:58:59 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/208133596 1101060 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/208134964 While sharing what the worker bees do when they find a new colony, you should've stated what its called and not used the word "dance".
But beside that, very well explaining what swarming is.]]> 2017-11-17 15:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/208134964 1012894 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/208135584 This was really informational. I didn't know that bees left there home for any reason besides it getting destroyed.  I think it could use a little more information about how the find it and how the "dance" leads the queen to her destination.]]> 2017-11-17 15:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/208135584 1101060 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/208136160 Very good job, sharing pictures of the enemies of bees would be better because it would be more enjoyable to see what the enemies look like. Maybe a collage would be good?]]> 2017-11-17 15:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/208136160 1012894 https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/208137674 This was really good but I think you could use a few more photos of enemies and maybe mention and go into to detail with more.]]> 2017-11-17 15:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/1405915/7sch08smr3i/wish/208137674