https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui Noah Lutchansky en-us 2017-11-07 16:21:47 UTC 2023-03-03 03:00:52 UTC hello@padlet.com 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/206314807 The queen bee has a position of royalty over the hive, while a worker bee is simply a tool to keep the hive going and protected. The queen will  give birth to the bees in the hive and the workers will decide which larvae will be queens and tend to them regularly. ]]> 2017-11-13 16:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/206314807 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/206317652 2017-11-13 16:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/206317652 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/206318985 The larvae are fed royal jelly. The worker bee larvae are fed and left to hatch while the queen larvae are fed and checked on by workers up to 400 times per day. The queen has other bees sacrifice themselves so she can repopulate the hive. Once the queen is born, it will mate with 5 to 12 drone bees. When drone bees mate, they die after ejaculating because the queen will keep their endophallus. Even drones that survive are removed from the nest because they have already served their purpose to the hive.  The worker bees will also attack any attackers just to keep the queen safe and to let her populate the hive.  Also, when bees are trying to find another place to build a nest, swarming, the queen will be protected by the thousands of bees moving with her.]]> 2017-11-13 16:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/206318985 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207259801 Being a worker means working day in and out to keep the hive running. Compared to that, being a queen sounds pretty good. But, while queens are in their larvae state other queens that hatch sooner will kill the queens before they are born. They do this to maintain authority over the hive.]]> 2017-11-15 15:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207259801 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207487317 Honeycomb is the network of material from bee hives. Many cells of honeycomb are put together to form the hive. You can use honeycomb to extract beeswax. Beeswax is a material used in many products such as chapstick. ]]> 2017-11-16 00:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207487317 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207487982 To extract the beeswax, first place honeycomb in the center of some cheesecloth.Then, fill a pan with water and place it on a stove. Place the cheesecloth bundle in the water. Turn the stove on to a medium/low heat. When most of the wax appears to have melted out of the bundle, squeeze the small bundle to remove what is left. This will help extract the last of the beeswax. Next, remove the cheesecloth from the pot of melted beeswax and water. Allow the pan to cool.  The beeswax will form on top of the water when it is melted. As it cools it will form a solid layer of beeswax over the water. Lastly, after the beeswax cools and hardens on top of the water push down the edges of the beeswax. It will separate from the pan. Remove the hard segment of beeswax from the pan.]]> 2017-11-16 00:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207487982 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207489138 2017-11-16 01:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207489138 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207489700 Swarming is used to create new hives, or colonies, of bees. This happens when a new honey bee colony is formed and the queen leaves the colony with a large group of her worker bees. They will move together and find a place to make a new colony.]]> 2017-11-16 01:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207489700 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207490393 2017-11-16 01:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207490393 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207491040 2017-11-16 01:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207491040 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207491233 In the prime swarm, about 60% of worker bees leave the old colony with the old queen to create a new colony somewhere else. These swarms have been recorded to be filled with tens of thousands of bees in just a single swarm. The old colony will still function normally because more larvae will be selected to become the new queens and they will repopulate.

]]> 2017-11-16 01:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207491233 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207491891 These bees tend to swarm from a two to three week period. Now, this does not mean that bees will only swarm during this time. If the hive is in danger and the bees are aware of this, the bees will quickly leave and find a new location for a hive. Also, if the hive is in danger bees do not always leave the hive. Some or all bees will stay to attack a predator. If the hive is infected with a disease, bees usually are not aware enough to relocate.]]> 2017-11-16 01:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207491891 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207499798 There are many reasons a bee colony may look for a more suitable location of the hive. There is only one honey bee queen, and there are thousands and thousands of workers. Eventually the crowd is so great, that not all of the workers have access to the queen. They are no longer receiving her pheromone signals and to them she is not even there. This gives these workers the need to create a new honey bee queen. Once they do this the new queen will relocate with the workers. Swarming is not always out of desperation. Swarming is simply the natural reproduction of colonies. If this is the situation, many workers will leave with the old queen while a new queen is born. There could be a direct threat that causes them to depart. If the bees are aware of this threat, they will leave just like the natural way of swarming (many of the workers and the queen will depart).]]> 2017-11-16 02:04:58 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207499798 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207501535 2017-11-16 02:16:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207501535 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207501829  Bees have natural predators that have very different means of threatening the hive. Big predators are skunks, raccoons, and bears. They tend to be all usually after the honey. Skunks tend to stick around and eat some of the bees. They still eat some of the honey. Mice are also predators. Beekeepers that also own chickens tend to say that chickens will wait by the hive and kill the bees that come out. Yellowjackets and hornets prey on bees by sneaking around the hive. Some beetles will sneak into the hive and lay their eggs and the eggs will kill the whole honey comb. The Greater Honeyguide bird eats beeswax. It also tends to eat some larvae and eggs. Bee-eaters are birds that catch any flying insect and eat it. They prefer bees and wasps. If a wasp is hunting bees and a Bee-eater appears, the wasp will try to fly away. When they catch a bee or a wasp they will slam it on a hard surface to remove the venom from the stinger so they do not get poisoned when they eat it. Some parasites will poison the hive. The will leave diseases that the bees will not notice so they won't have time to swarm and find a new hive. Varroa destructor, which is a carrier of various viruses throughout the bees in North America and Australia, is a very dangerous predator for the bees and posses a huge threat to beekeepers.

]]> 2017-11-16 02:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207501829 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207503555 2017-11-16 02:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207503555 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207503802 2017-11-16 02:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207503802 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207510228 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNoqN-IX5qs

]]> 2017-11-16 03:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207510228 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207510461 In Stung, a horde of beasts (called a hive) moves To a camp that is possessed by the militia.]]> 2017-11-16 03:22:36 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207510461 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207511040 2017-11-16 03:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207511040 1106411 https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207511094 This "hive" moves together In perfect unison. The hives have also been reported to stay and sleep in certain places. In the book on page 112 it says, "Above the current of blood rushing through my body, I hear rain, the pitter-patter of hundreds of drops thudding on the ground. I hold my hand up to the gray sky, but it remains dry. I look up. There is no rain. But the pitter-patter is louder than a moment before, a downpour. I press my hand to my mouth and stare at Bowen's back. The downpour is not rain. It's footsteps. Lots of them. Running." Later it says on page 113, "'What was that?' I whisper.
'An entire hive is on the move,' he says
'Hive?
'The beasts. A lot of them.'"
This perfectly resembles the swarms of bees looking for a new location to live. They are all together moving quickly. Even later in the book, the main character hides in a nest of the sleeping beasts. The nest is just like the bees while they rest when they are moving to a new hive. ]]> 2017-11-16 03:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/1106411/xxqroqtp9hui/wish/207511094