Honey Bee
- It take 3 days for an honey bee egg to hatch.
- 8 days from when the queen lays an egg for the larvae to be capped.
- 21 days from when the queen lays an egg for a worker bee to emerge from the cell.
- 24 days from when the queen lays an egg for a drone to emerge from the cell.
- 16 days from when the queen lays an egg for a virgin queen to emerge from the cell.
- Honey Bees have 2 sets of wings, and six legs.
- Honey bees have two stomachs.
- Honey bees fly up to 2 miles for nectar and pollen.
- There is only one queen bee in a hive of up to 70,000
- A queen bee can lay up to 2000 eggs a day.
- There are 3 kinds of bees in a hive: One queen, up to 1,500 male (Drones), and all the rest are female workers.
- Drones do not sting! Only the females do.
- There are 52 kinds of bees.
- There are 16 kinds of honey bees.
- There can only be one queen bee per hive, if there is more than one they will fight to the death or swarm.
- The queen bee can live to 3-5 years.
- The worker bees only live 6 weeks in the summer, but will slow down in the winter and will live 8 weeks or longer.
- The workers do a dance to show direction and duration to where food is located.
- Honey bees will fly up to 2 miles in any direction for food if they have to.
- Honey bees will only fly if it 55 degrees or warmer.
- The temperature in a hive in the middle of winter will be 75 degrees.
- The temperature in a hive in the middle of summer will be 95 degrees, for brood production.
- Honey bees stuff pollen in 'baskets' on their legs, and can carry almost half their weight in pollen.
- Honey bees create wax in little flakes from glands under their abdomens.
- Honey bees cannot see the color white. That is why it is good to wear white in the summer. That is why bee suits are white.
- You are more likely to get stung on windy, warm days because wind can push them into your path easily.
- It takes nearly 48 bees in their life time to actually make 2 table spoons of honey.
- Honey bees can often be seen fanning the entrance of their hive,
- They are trying to evaporate the excess water out from the nectar they have collected to make honey, which also helps to regulate the hive temperature.
- Honey can last indefinitely if stored correctly; at less than 18.5% moisture content.
- Examples of honey were found in the Egyptian tombs.
- Honey has been used for medicine by the Egyptians as far back as 5000 years!
- Honey is very good for burns, abrasions, and indigestion.
- The sting of the honey bee is used for arthritis; which is called Apitherapy.
- There are over 300 varieties of honey, because there are over 300 kinds of flowers.
- Darker honey has higher mineral content and antioxidant potential.
- Honey should not be fed to babies under the age of 1 year due to the botulin toxin.
- Honey is an effective antimicrobial agent.
- Inhibits growth of bacteria.
- Honey has an approximate pH of 3.9
- Bees need to provide 70,000 loads of nectar, and travel 50,000 miles to produce a single pound of honey.
- Bee colonies have been known to produce up to 300 pounds of honey in a single season.
- Is a “perfect food,” which contains: large amounts of vitamins, minerals.
- Being particularly rich in vitamins B & C as well as vitamin A, beta-carotene, D, E, and K.
- Has all of the B-complex that are needed in the system for digestion and metabolism of sugar.
- Also is rich in minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, silicon, iron potassium, iodine, manganese etc.
- Varieties can contain as much as 300 milligrams of vitamin C per 100 grams of honey.
- Has a PH of 3.4 – 3.6, and can kill many kinds of bacteria it comes in contact with.
- Has been proven to exhibit significant inhibitory effects on the bacteria that cause gastric ulcers.
- Has been referenced by the ancient Greeks, Assyrians, Chinese and Romans
- Has biblical references such as “Land of milk and Honey”, “Honeycomb” and is also mentioned in other religious texts such as the Koran.
- Contains valuable nutrients that are easily digested by our bodies.
- Has the potential to top 300 varieties.
- In the raw form has a more therapeutic value.
- That there are 75 substances found in honey.
- Is highest composition of Glucose, and fructose?
- Has monosaccharide (simple sugars), which are more easily assimilated than any other forms.
- Does contain proteins, carbohydrates, and organic acids, along with antimicrobial compounds.
- Is an invert sugar,
- Composed of 38% fructose, 31% glucose, 1% sucrose, and 9% additional sugars.
- Has 63 calories of good carbohydrates and energy.
- Have ample supplies of live enzymes, which are required for the proper functioning of all body systems.
- In fact it is one of the foods with the highest content of enzymes.
- Have very good antioxidant properties.
- Characteristic properties provide: antibiotic, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, anti-carcinogenic, expectorant, anti-allergic, laxative, anti-anemic.
- Targets body systems such as: Intestinal, Integumentary, skeletal.
- In a spoonful, has glycogen and can pass into the bloodstream in 10 minutes to produce quick energy.
- Honey Glucose boosts absorption of essential minerals such as zinc, calcium and magnesium.
- Is claimed to stop bedwetting,
- Help you to loose weight when taken 30 minutes before bed-time.
- Helps you to sleep more sound.
- Of the over 900 different remedies used in ancient Egypt, more than 500 were honey-based.
- Has been used as a treatment for open wounds, including war wounds.
- Knights of the Crusade used honey as wound dressings and found it was a very effective treatment.
- Ancient Egyptians and Greeks used honey to embalm their dead.
- Hieroglyphics refer to honey as the “universal healer” and jars were placed in tombs of the dead
- Bee pollen has been 'medicinally used as far back as 2ns B.C.
- Honeybees pollinate 80 percent of green growing plants.
- Roman legionaries carried pollen cakes with them on long marches as the only source of food.
- Emperor Charlemagne requested honey and pollen in the form of tax payments.
- Pollen contains concentrations of almost every known nutrient.
- Bee pollen is rich in B-vitamins,
- Including B-1, B-2, B-3. A nutrient breakdown of Bee Pollen:
- Niacinamide, B-5 (PantotheIlic acid), B-6, B-12 Also contains Vitamin CAB Carotenoids, and Folic acid. " 20% of Bee Pollen is composed of amino acids, and proteins.
- It is extremely' rich in Rutin 17%,
- Has an undetermined amount of HGH (Human Growth Hormone ) Gonadatropin.
- Minerals found in Bee Pollen include: Magnesium, Calcium, Copper, Iron, Silica, Phosphorus, Sulphur, Chlorine, and Manganese.
- Essential fatty acids are also found in Bee Pollen.
- All body systems benefit from Bee Pollen, with special emphasis on reproductive, immune, and nervous systems.
- Bee Pollen has no restrictions and is considered a food rather than an herb or vitamin. Bee Pollen contains various properties, which can speed healing, and even protect cells, against free radical damage.
- The Honey Bee will only select the pollens which are rich in nitrogenous matter (amino acids), and leave poor quality behind.
- Not only does Bee Pollen contain a complete complement of nutrients, but its glucoside content helps transport those nutrients into the bloodstream for use.
- Scientific studies have found that a person can live indefinitely on Bee pollen and water .
- Bee pollen contains virtually all the essential nutrients which are necessary to sustain life.
- It is viewed as a perfect food, and a complement to any diet especially to those whose diets are unbalanced of deficient.
- Bee Pollen can not be reproduced in the laboratory.
- Its chemical make-up is so complex , that synthesizing it artificially has eluded even the best efforts in technology .
- Some of the chemical compounds contained in Bee pollen cannot even correctly be identified
- Bee pollen is rich in protein, and free amino acids. An impressive vitamin array and folic acid
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