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.
So its the plants resources that the bees compete for?
subhanAllah Allahs creations are amazing!!
No, the queens compete either for a mate, or dominance of the hive. When bees swarm, it's normally because of queens mating. The virgin queens and drones all fly out, and then find a mate. Once a queen mates with a drone, it kills the drone and flys off to start a new nest. I'm not sure what bees do now, but queen wasps actually do the first steps of building the nest themselves.
Giant wood wasps are orange and black in colour, and look quite a bit like hornets. But they are largley harmless, and don't have a sting. In fact, a sting is essentially a modified version of the ovipositor.
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.
Bees don't sweat, only mammals can do that. Bees don't breath like humans either, their surfaces have pores in them, through which air flows. Because bees don't have anything to pump air with, they have to rely on external air currents such as the wind to move air throughout their system. If bees were the size of humans, they would need hurricane-force winds to breath.
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!!
I have 3 bottles of honey and they all smell different for some reason. I wonder if they ever get sick and tired of working.
An ovipositor is an egg-laying tube that is present in solitary wasps and sawflies. It's like a long prong or thread that sticks out of the wasp's body. It is used for inserting eggs into things, like wood, or other insects in the case of parasitic wasps.
I have 3 bottles of honey and they all smell different for some reason. I wonder if they ever get sick and tired of working.
How long do they live for?
I don't think bees overwork themselves, they probably just start doing another job when they start feeling tired. Bees don't think like humans and they don't have human feelings, so they don't get bored.
I'm not sure how long bees live, but it is probably rather short. Queen bees, however, have quite long lives, whilst drones only live for one year. Drones spend most of their time doing no work and being fed by the worker bees.
Bees, wasps and sawflies (and velvet ants, which aren't actually ants) are also closely related to the ant. All the members of this group have thin 'wasp waists'.
When I was in Dammaj, Yemen, My father kept like around 20 beehives in the backyard and it was simply amazing to watch the bees work.
Fishman has already provided alot of information about the Queen Bee and bee's in general but I just wanted to say that they really are truly incredible creatures Subhanallah. It's just so lovely to watch them gathering pollen and brushing the pollen off from their backs and packing them on the sides of their legs, and then when you put some sugar water out for them, the container will be covered with bees in no time!! (make sure put some floating objects on the water for them to stand on though)
Also different honey's taste different depending on the different flowers from which the honey was made from...........
Talking of pollen and gathering, I was watching the bees do that. I have some pictures too. I took them today. They will do anything to get into the desired flower.
When you say sugar water, is it just water with sugar?
Here are the pictures I took, I just wanted to share my joy.
When I mentioned 'they will do anything to get into the flower'-this is what I meant. The flower is closed but the bee doesn't care.
This is the best one. The bee went from the red flower then it sat in every yellow flower and this was one of them.
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./
how can royal jelly help cure asthma but still cause 'real dangers' for the sufferers? bit of a risk?
I had a wrestle with an alligator, i had a tussle with a whale, I handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail! Only last week i murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick, im so mean i make medicine sick
"If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologise!" kay:
Br Harun and Br Fishman, did you like the pictures I took? I say they are fantastic.
Wasalam
The top one's a little out of focus, and the bottom one is to a lesser extent, but considering most cameras are not designed to take close-ups, the the bottom one's quite good. I think it could be more zoomed in though, as it is difficult to see the bee.
The top one's a little out of focus, and the bottom one is to a lesser extent, but considering most cameras are not designed to take close-ups, the the bottom one's quite good. I think it could be more zoomed in though, as it is difficult to see the bee.
It is actually a mobile camera. But I say it is better than no pictures at all.
In the red flower, you can just about make out some blackness. This is the bee trying to get into the flower. I had another picture, but it doesn't come up on the computer.
Khaiyr.
p.S: Thank you for your honest opinion, I will know to zoom in next time.InshAllah.
the 1st 1 is not as clear as it could have been, but the second 1 is pretty good, even though i'm not a flower person lol nor a bee 1 lol
mind you dont get too close to the bees eh
I had a wrestle with an alligator, i had a tussle with a whale, I handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail! Only last week i murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick, im so mean i make medicine sick
"If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologise!" kay:
the 1st 1 is not as clear as it could have been, but the second 1 is pretty good, even though i'm not a flower person lol nor a bee 1 lol mind you dont get too close to the bees eh
I once heard that if you stand still whilst a bee is flying around it. It will go away and not sting you.
I once heard that if you stand still whilst a bee is flying around it. It will go away and not sting you.
lol yeh thats what people mainy do, dont bother them and they wont bother u eh....but erm i've hit sum oops lol with a snooker cue [stick] of all things, and got them over n over again...tut tut lol
I had a wrestle with an alligator, i had a tussle with a whale, I handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail! Only last week i murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick, im so mean i make medicine sick
"If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologise!" kay:
I had a wrestle with an alligator, i had a tussle with a whale, I handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail! Only last week i murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick, im so mean i make medicine sick
"If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologise!" kay:
Yesterday I were watering the plants. I noticed a bee on he flower and so, I poured some water on it. Whoa! It flew after me.
Then, I noticed it disppeared. In fact, it sat on a plank of wood which had water on it. I wonder if it felt cooler sitting in the water droplets.
Sis Ameera that is one HUUUUUUGE bee you saw....maybe it was genetically modified!!!...
just kiddin'...
we had a bee hive once on the the ceiling of our masjid in yemen...it was sooo funny..when the bee's would come out all the sisters in their lessons would start hoppin around, divin and duckin..LOOOOL!!
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Genetically modified? No.
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