tailieunhanh - Beginning Beekeeping For Kentuckians

Beginning Beekeeping For Kentuckians Apiculture, the study and keeping of bees, is a fascinating activity for all ages. Beekeeping is an excellent hobby that can provide extra money and valuable educational experiences in biology and business. In the United States, more than 200,000 people keep bees. | ENT-41 U N I V E R S I T Y OF K E N T U C K Y C O L L E G E O F A G R I C U L T U R E Beginning Beekeeping For Kentuckians . Bessin . Townsend AGRICULTURE HOME ECONOMICS 4-H DEVELOPMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS Apiculture. 1 Bee Biology and Society. 1 Before You Begin Basic Beekeeping How to Get Basic Beekeeping Seasonal Management and Activities. 15 Enemies of Bees. 18 Beekeeping 2 Beginning Beekeeping For Kentuckians Apiculture Apiculture the study and keeping of bees is a fascinating activity for all ages. Beekeeping is an excellent hobby that can provide extra money and valuable educational experiences in biology and business. In the United States more than 200 000 people keep bees. If you start there is probably a beekeeper nearby who will help you. Honeybees are valuable animals. They pollinate about 10 billion worth of . crops and produce about 150 million worth of honey each year. Unfortunately they face serious new problems. Two kinds of mites that are parasites of honeybees were brought into the United States and have spread rapidly. Tracheal mites live in air tubes inside bees making it hard for them to breathe. Varroa mites live in bee colonies and feed on developing bee larvae brood . Both tiny pests attack wild and managed bees and have caused many colonies to die. On top of that the fierce reputation of Africanized honeybees has attracted negative attention. Many people are working to solve these significant problems. Bee Biology and Society Honeybees belong to the order Hymenoptera which includes other bees wasps and ants. Most Hymenoptera have two pairs of clear wings all have chewing mouthparts. Some including the honeybee can suck up liquids. These insects undergo complete metamorphosis or change in form during their development. The four life stages are egg larva pupa and adult Fig. 1 . Fig. 1 The honeybee a egg b young larva c old larva and d pupa. Three times natural size. Bees .

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