What the bees eat and how the system is ....

radiv (60)in #photogrqphy • 6 years ago (edited)

Honeybees are busy little creatures, and because they are looking for the natural food they need to make honey, they also consume the nutrients they need. These insects are very efficient with what they do, and even feed according to the social hierarchy in which they live. Thanks to this efficiency, they are able to produce enough food not only for themselves, but also for humans.

Nectar and pollen

The honeybee meal consists of two basic ingredients, both of which are generated by flowers: nectar and pollen. Nectar is the sweet water produced by and collected in plants like flowers, while the pollen is a protein-rich powder. While bees drank as much of the nectar as possible, they did not devour themselves - they brought it back to its nest, where it was used in the production of honey. Together, nectar and pollen give the honey bee a herb to produce the various types of honey needed for the survival of the colony.

Caste System

Because larvae can not go and find their own food, they are fed different recipes, starting with royal jelly. Royal jelly is a mixture of honey, pollen and nectar that is very high in protein and carbohydrates, which the larvae need to grow. After three days of partying with royal jelly, only the queen larva is allowed to continue to eat it. The drone larvae and workers were then given a bee bread, made from honey and pollen.

Honey

Honeybees work hastily throughout spring and summer to produce honey that will keep them alive throughout the year. Without flowers to produce the pollen and nectar they need during the winter season, the honeybee really depends on its storage to survive in winter. If they fail to produce and store enough honey - the colony requires at least 100 pounds of honey to survive in winter - they may be forced to be cannibals inside the colony, eating their own larvae and eggs.

Similar to livestock in general, bees also need sufficient feed to meet basic living needs (maintenans), colony growth, honey production and reproductive activity. An important bee feed is the nectar and pollen produced by the plant. Almost all flowering plants are the nectar producers that need bees. The types of nectar-producing plants include: food crops, forestry crops, plantation crops, horticultural crops (fruits and vegetables), flowering plants and grasses and shrubs.

One of the supporting conditions for the development of bee colonies and honey production is the continuous availability of bee feed. Therefore, all efforts to provide a source of bee feed throughout the year is an important activity.