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Honey Bee Biology: A Sweet Success
« on: December 11, 2013, 02:19:45 pm »
This is an excellent pdf file with lots of great info, photos and diagrams, from the University of Montana, Bozeman.  Some of the contents:
~importance of the honey bee
~history
~honey bee races
~why honey bees are successful
~anatomy (great photos and diagrams)
~biology life cycle and development
~queens, workers, drones
~the hive and division of labor
~reproduction
~seasons of the hive

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Re: Honey Bee Biology: A Sweet Success
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2013, 08:24:17 am »
Thanks for posting this River.  It is a treasure trove of info.