Early spring is the best time for bees and beekepers. Why do we need them?
Why are bees
disappearing ? Here some facts.
Bees are some of
the hardest working creatures on the planet.
There are more than 20,000 species of bees in the world. Our lives and
the world would be a much different place if bees didn’t exist. For exemple they are responsible for 400 diffrents types of plants.
So why they disappearing?
Chemicals and Pesticides.
We use many more pesticides in farming then we used to, and honeybees
ingest these chemicals as they make their rounds from plant to plant.
Disease.
Some research has shown that there are many pathogens affecting bees that
scientists previously knew nothing about, so this is an area of continuing
research. There is also a theory that global warming which kills them.
Btw. A lot of people think honey is a sugar.
While honey does contain sugar, it is not like refined sugar. Honey contains
protein, water, fiber, sugar, mnerals
like iron, sodium, and calcium. You can find there also a vitamins such as
folate, riboflavin, vitamin C and B6.
Honey is believed to mobilize stored
fat. ;)
FUN FACTS:
A honeybee can fly approximately 15 miles
per hour.
Honeybees are the only insect that produce
food for humans.
Honey is the ONLY food that includes all
the substances necessary to sustain life, including water.
A typical beehive makes more than 400
pounds of honey per year
A single honeybee will only produce
approximately 1/12 teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.
