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All about honey bees

The honey bees, which are part of the hymenoptera order, are extremely useful insects for human kind. The honey bees give us , honey, royal jelly , wax , propolis and other bee products. There are four different species of bees: Apis florea (it lives in South-East Asia), Apis Cerana (it lives in East Asia, North Korea and Japan), Apis dorsata (it lives in South-East Asia) and Apis Melifera (it lives in Europe, Africa, North America and West Asia).

The honey bees are extremely cooperative insects and they have a perfect organization within the hive. A typical hive has around several thousand working bees, a few hundred drones and a queen bee.

The honey bees are colored in yellow and black to warn the possible predators or honey thieves that they own a weapon which sometimes can be deadly. This weapon is a modified egg deposit tube which contains a venom producing gland, position in the lower abdomen. Since the bee needle is in fact a permutated female bee organ, the males cannot sting. When the hive is attacked, the bees come out in swarms and they sting and thus the enemy is cast away.

The honey bees are the main pollinators of our planet. The honey bees leave the hive in search for nectar, they fly from one flower to another, thus transporting the pollen laid on their body covered with tiny hairs. This how bee pollinate flowers and other plants. The pollination makes crops richer and for this reason farmers all over the world highly appreciate bees. There are plants that cannot fructify in the absence of bee pollination.

Honey

What is honey?
Bees produces honey out of the nectar they take from various types of flower. The honey is a sweet food with amazing healing properties. It is sweeter and healthier than sugar and therefore is used to prepare a countless delicious dishes. Find out more about What-is-honey

Bee products

Whenever someone hears the word honeybees, he/she automatically thinks at honey. But the hive has more treasures within it. Take for example the propolis- a miraculous substance that heals and cures many health problems. Amazing hive products are also the pollen, the royal jelly and the bees' wax. They all have healing properties and function as food supplement as well. They are a healthy alternative to many industrial and chemical products used to produce medicines, cosmetic products and food.
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Honey varieties

Most people have heard and used polyfloral honey, acacia honey, lime flower honey and forest honey. There are few people who ask and want to buy sunflower honey, clover or mustard honey. You can find out more about less common honey types and their qualities by accessing the following links. Types of honey

Interesting facts

The world of honeybees means more than just honey, hive and stings. Almost everything in nature has something to do whit this tiny insect, respected in all cultures and religions of the world. There are so many interesting facts about honeybees that in order to present them all, one would need thousands and thousands of web pages. Pollination, Paraffine wax , Plant pollinators are all somehow related to the world of bees. Pollen grain >
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Honey and diets

Is honey fattening?

A myth or a fact: is honey fattening?
In world more and more obsessed with the idea of a perfect body people are willingly to do almost everything to look like a top fashion model. Young and not so young people adopt a very unhealthy diet in the hope of obtaining to so much dreamt look. The yo-yo diets are so popular, even though most people are aware of their side-effects and ephemeral success.

However, there is a much simpler way of loosing the extra pounds that are a real nightmare for so many people. The solution we propose is not only for the very rich and does not imply the spending of thousands of dollars on unheard herbs and miraculous potions. Our solution to weigh problems is honey.

Believe it or not, in spite of its sweetness honey can help you loose weight and stay in shape. A balanced diet, which includes a daily rate of 20/30 grams of honey will make look and feel good. For more information follow
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What should honey eaters know?

The honey produced by bees is one of the most fascinating natural foods. Few people actually know that besides sugar, the honey also contains proteins, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, organic acids and a high number of active antibiotic elements. Therefore, we can say that honey is not only a foond but also a very powerful medicine. Natural honey >

Treatments and cures with honey bee products

The raw honey, which has not been processed, pasteurized or filtered, taken directly from the hive, is a genuine treasure with amazing healing effects. The honey contains many vitamins and minerals, being a very strong medicine that can be used to cure the internal organs as well as external health problems. The honey bees has numerous benefits and it is almost impossible to list all of them here. If your are interested in natural cures and treatments with honey bee product,

Benefits of bee products
Benefits of honey
Benefits of propolis
Beeswax benefits
Benefits of bee pollen

Pests and diseases of the honey bee

Honey bees, as well as all the other creatures living on earth, suffer from numerous diseases, some more serious than others. There are disease that spread rapidly from one hive to another, managing to affect the honey production at a national level. The most recent, controversial and publicized honey disease is the one called Colony Collapse Disorder or the CCD. You will find correct and interesting information about the classic pests and diseases of honey bees but also about this new phenomenon,

Anatomy of the honey bee

Human beings became fascinated with the honey bees thousands of years ago, when the discovered the delicious taste of their honey. The honey bee was studied more than any other insect on out planet. Their organism is a very complex one, the result of an evolution that began more than 60 millions years ago. If you want to find more about the anatomy and biology of bees

How do bees communicate?

The honey bees are social insects, which live in families that can have more than 80000 individuals during summer time. Within such a big family it is impossible to live without communication and the honey bees are masters in this field. If you want to find out more about the famous bee dance and about other communication methods used by bees,

Honey bee recipes for beginner and advanced cookers

The cave pictures discovered in Europe, show us that human being used to collect honey 8000 years ago. Thus, it is no wonder that honey is an ingredient used in countries all over the world, its consumption not being forbidden by any religion. In this chapter you will find many simple or more complicated recipes (pies, cakes, desserts, steaks and drinks) that have as main ingredient the honey produced by the honey bee.

How To Be a Beekeeper

Beekeeping is more than a simple hobby, is a way of life. The world of bees is a very complex one and it cannot be understood but through direct observation and a lot of studying. You cannot become a beekeeper overnight. You cannot produce tones of honey if you do not have the necessary experience. The saying- "Learn, learn and learn again"- is perfect to describe the work of a beekeeper. In the following chapters, the ones who want to start their long journey within the world of bees, will find useful information and advice

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