Worldwide Beekeeping

Beekeeping => Beekeeping 101 => Topic started by: riverbee on December 11, 2013, 02:19:45 pm

Title: Honey Bee Biology: A Sweet Success
Post by: riverbee 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

[attachment=0:2brf8uvu]honeybeebiology.pdf[/attachment:2brf8uvu]

if you would like to view in your browser, go here:
Honey Bee Biology: A Sweet Success (http://http://ag.montana.edu/plantgrowth/documents/honeybeebiology.pdf)

Title: Re: Honey Bee Biology: A Sweet Success
Post by: blueblood on December 16, 2013, 08:24:17 am

Thanks for posting this River.  It is a treasure trove of info.