Queen Bee.

:salaam:

I hope you are all well.inshAllah.

Everytine I step outside the conservatory door and into the garden. The first thing I ever hear is: bzzzzzzzz. Right next to the door are a bunch of maroon flowers with :Alhumdil l so much aroma to them. :ace:
I went outside (not too long ago) and the heat was unbearable. Once again, the first thing I heard was:bzzzzz.

In every flower sat a bee. Next minute, a very big bee approached - a queen bee? I decided to watch it sit comfortably in the flower. I watched the other bees wriggle about awkwardly.

What will happen next? I thought. I really want to see the queen bee do its daily chores. But, the queen bee sat in the flower for too long. And the heat outside was unbearbale:crickey:

So, brothers and sisters.

When does a bee become appointed a queen bee?
Why does there have to be a queen bee?
What is the job of a queen bee?

I thought it'd be nice to share information and learn something new.inshAllah.

Brown Clown said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_bee

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JazakAllah.
The pictures are very good.MashAllah.

When does a bee become appointed a queen bee?
Why does there have to be a queen bee?
What is the job of a queen bee?

The Queen bee is appointed, when it is a larvae, and is selected by the adult worker bees. She is fed on "royal jelly" and thus develops huge ovaries. This is because now she will be responsible for producing new offspring. She stays at the centre of the hives, and the worker bees tend to her.

Salam,

Royal jelly? Hmm..I wonder if it can be used for anything else.

Wasalam

Ameeratul Layl said:

Salam,

Royal jelly? Hmm..I wonder if it can be used for anything else.

Wasalam

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Uses
Royal jelly is reputed to have a number of benefits. In addition to its use as a dietary supplement, the following benefits are claimed:

Enhance immunity
Prevent arthritis and multiple sclerosis
Treat asthma
Slow the signs of aging
Stimulate hair growth
Improve sexual performance
Reduce symptoms of menopause
Heal bone fractures
Lower cholesterol
Alleviate cardiovascular ailments
Remedy liver disease, pancreatitis, insomnia, fatigue, ulcers, and digestive and skin disorders


Potential Side Effects
Individuals who are allergic to bees and honey, and those who have asthma, can face real dangers if they take royal jelly. Reactions ranging from bronchial spasms, skin irritations, and asthma attacks, to more severe anaphylactic shock, and even death, have been reported from its ingestion. Individuals with compromised immune systems should also be aware. Consult your Doctor before taking this, or any other substance you even remotely suspect may cause death.

Scientific Research
Unfortunately, good evidence does not exist for any of these purported health claims. Although studies with rabbits and rats showed a reduction in their cholesterol levels, and some human trials found a lowering of the bad LDL cholesterol levels, these reports have not been published, so it is impossible to evaluate their validity.

seeker_of_ilm said:

Uses
Royal jelly is reputed to have a number of benefits. In addition to its use as a dietary supplement, the following benefits are claimed:

Enhance immunity
Prevent arthritis and multiple sclerosis
Treat asthma
Slow the signs of aging
Stimulate hair growth
Improve sexual performance
Reduce symptoms of menopause
Heal bone fractures
Lower cholesterol
Alleviate cardiovascular ailments
Remedy liver disease, pancreatitis, insomnia, fatigue, ulcers, and digestive and skin disorders


Potential Side Effects
Individuals who are allergic to bees and honey, and those who have asthma, can face real dangers if they take royal jelly. Reactions ranging from bronchial spasms, skin irritations, and asthma attacks, to more severe anaphylactic shock, and even death, have been reported from its ingestion. Individuals with compromised immune systems should also be aware. Consult your Doctor before taking this, or any other substance you even remotely suspect may cause death.

Scientific Research
Unfortunately, good evidence does not exist for any of these purported health claims. Although studies with rabbits and rats showed a reduction in their cholesterol levels, and some human trials found a lowering of the bad LDL cholesterol levels, these reports have not been published, so it is impossible to evaluate their validity.

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SubhanAllah Allah has provided us with everything.

When does a bee become appointed a queen bee?

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From birth. The first queen bee that emerges from it's cell (called a queen cup) becomes the new ruler. If another queen emerges at the same time, they fight to the death. Queen bees have a smooth, curved sting, not barbed and straight like the rest of the bees. This allows them to remove the sting from the victim's body, like a wasp does.

Why does there have to be a queen bee?

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The queen bee rules the whole nest by passing special hormones around. It rubbs the hormones on bees nearby, and then they rub the hormones on other bees near them. This carries on until the whole nest is under the control of the hormones. Without the queen bee, the nest would dissolve to chaos, because all the bees would act independently from each other.

What is the job of a queen bee?

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The queen bee never leaves the nest, and has two main jobs. The first job, which I have talked about before, is distributing the hormones which control the other bee's behaviour. The second is laying eggs.
There are three types, or castes, of bee in a (honey bee) nest, the workers, the drones and the queens. Worker bees are all female, but due to the hormones that the queen produces, they are all sterile. Drones are all male. They have no sting, and only exist in order to mate with the queen. after the queen is fertilised, the drones are all kicked out of the nest to die. Because the only fertile bee is the queen, it is responsible for laying all the eggs. After mating only once, the queen has a supply of fertile eggs for the rest of it's life. because it has to lay eggs constantly, the queen never leaves the nest, except for when it first mates with a drone. This happens when bees swarm.

SubhanAllah! This is all amazing.

They fight to gain status and they work together to keep in a order of work. Do you know where the sting is located? because I believe the Queen Bee in the garden (I saw earlier) is still there and I would like to track the sting down. This is so amazing.MashAllah.

And thy Lord taught the Bee to build its cells in hills, on trees, and in (men's) habitations

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lol sis i dont kno much about the bee's, but that ayyat jus popped into my head

Ameeratul Layl said:

SubhanAllah! This is all amazing.

They fight to gain status and they work together to keep in a order of work. Do you know where the sting is located? because I believe the Queen Bee in the garden (I saw earlier) is still there and I would like to track the sting down. This is so amazing.MashAllah.

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I doubt that you saw a queen bee in the garden, as they never leave the nest except for swarming. Also, queen bees don't have the hairs on their legs that worker bees use to pick up pollen. Queen bees are much too valuable for them to be sent out to collect food.

The queen bee's sting is located in the end of it's abdomen, like the rest of the bees' stings. It is normally never used except to kill other queens.

why would it want to kill other Queens?

Fishman said:

I doubt that you saw a queen bee in the garden, as they never leave the nest except for swarming. Also, queen bees don't have the hairs on their legs that worker bees use to pick up pollen. Queen bees are much too valuable for them to be sent out to collect food.

The queen bee's sting is located in the end of it's abdomen, like the rest of the bees' stings. It is normally never used except to kill other queens.

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Really? But this bee was no ordinary sized bee.

*takes out ruler*

Yes, it must have been about 3cm in length and 1.5cm in width. Usually, the size if a bee is approximately:

L= 1.5cm
W=1cm

Abdomen? Okay. I shall be keeping a close eye.inshAllah.

Mazed said:

why would it want to kill other Queens?

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When they are born, queen bees normally try to kill other queens that are still inside the queen cells (or queen cups), in order to stop competiton. Also, if a nest has lost it's queen, then only one queen can rule it, and the first queen out 'assassinates' the others.

Really? But this bee was no ordinary sized bee.

*takes out ruler*

Yes, it must have been about 3cm in length and 1.5cm in width. Usually, the size if a bee is approximately:

L= 1.5cm
W=1cm

Abdomen? Okay. I shall be keeping a close eye.inshAllah.

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Prehaps it was simply a particlularly large individual? Or a different species of bee (bumble bees can grow very large)?

There is a type of solitary wasp called the giant wood wasp (which uses its egg-laying tube, called an ovipositor, to 'drill' holes in wood, and then lays its eggs in there) that can grow up to about five centimeters long. I saw a huge one when I was on holiday in Scotland. But to my knowledge they don't eat nectar. Most wasps can only eat solid food (like fruit) or other insects.

jazakAllah khair fishman.

So its the plants resources that the bees compete for?
subhanAllah Allahs creations are amazing!!

sis does the queen bee u saw look like this:

Salam,

*shivers* No, brother, it was 3 times the size of the one shown in the picture. That doesn't look like a bee, it looks like a wasp.

Look what I found:

The Workers


Workers, the smallest bees in the colony, are sexually undeveloped females. A colony can have 50,000 to 60,000 workers.

The life span of a worker bee varies according to the time of year. Her life expectancy is approximately 28 to 35 days. Workers that are reared in September and October, however, can live through the winter.

Workers feed the queen and larvae, guard the hive entrance and help to keep the hive cool by fanning their wings. Worker bees also collect nectar to make honey. In addition, honey bees produce wax comb. The comb is composed of hexagonal cells which have walls that are only 2/1000 inch thick, but support 25 times their own weight.

Honey bees' wings stroke 11,400 times per minute, thus making their distinctive buzz. That is why there is so much buzzing.

subhanAllah!!

11,400 times :uuh:

Mazed said:

subhanAllah!!

11,400 times :uuh:

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I wonder if they sweat alot. Why? well, when we run, we are:

using up energy = Heat = Sweat.

How about bees? Plus, they have such a hard core body, so assume they do.

lol maybe, i remember in a talk by ziaullah khan he said the bee works its WHOLE life to make one spoon of honey and how precious and valuable is that honey to us!! Alhamdullilah, if only we were as hardworking as these creatures!!