What do you know about B’s?
One in every three bites of food comes from bees. This is an amazing fact that not many people know. Bees are also found on every continent except Antarctica. The two states that are the biggest in the bee business are North and South Dakota. One new innovation in the bee business is where a beekeeper will load up his bees on flatbed trucks and drives them to farmer’s crops and let the bees pollinate the crops, which is called contract pollination. This really helps the farmer’s crops and they will pay around sixty dollars for a box of bees for one week and the beekeepers bring a tractor-trailer load of bee boxes. The bee business also involves harvesting of honey. Harvesting honey is important because honey is widely consumed and the wax from bees is also widely used. Bees are the only insects that produce food eaten by man. Honey is also important to bees they actually need it to survive. Honey is the primary source of food for bees during the winter and without it the hive would die. Honey is the only food that includes all substances necessary to sustain life. In a bee’s lifetime, which only lasts six months, it will produce one-twelfth a tablespoon of honey.
Though on one trip of collecting pollen it will visit fifty to one hundred flowers. Bees beat their wings about two hundred thirty times per second. These rapid beats will wear out bee’s wings in six months, which is why the bees die. Another way a bee can die is if it uses it stinger. Bees are also fuzzy to carry an electric charge which helps collect pollen. Bee populations have been on the decline due to many things such as urbanization and pesticide use. Though on a field trip recently taken by Mr. Smiley’s Local Contemporary and Environmental Issues class it was nice to see that there still are Bee Keepers and that Bee keeping is steadily starting to rise. The class took a short walk to the house of Nancy, who works in the dinning hall of Christchurch, and her husband who has a hobby of being a beekeeper. He loves it and wishes everybody was a beekeeper he also was excited to show and tell people what he does. He explained how being a bee keeper can require little work but has great benefits to you and your neighbors such as your crops will flourish and you will have fresh honey. This saves money on honey from the store. Since the bees will help your garden tremendously you will grow more fruits and vegetables, which in return will also save you money in the grocery store. Unfortunately bee keeping has gotten more expensive then it used to be but the benefits out weigh the cost in the long run. Some of the benefits are yours and your neighbor’s crops flourishing causing you to save time and money at the grocery store. Also bee populations have been on the decline and keeping bees would bring up the population a little bit but a little bit is better than none. Bee keeping is an easy sustainable option for the future and can be done by most everybody.
Though on one trip of collecting pollen it will visit fifty to one hundred flowers. Bees beat their wings about two hundred thirty times per second. These rapid beats will wear out bee’s wings in six months, which is why the bees die. Another way a bee can die is if it uses it stinger. Bees are also fuzzy to carry an electric charge which helps collect pollen. Bee populations have been on the decline due to many things such as urbanization and pesticide use. Though on a field trip recently taken by Mr. Smiley’s Local Contemporary and Environmental Issues class it was nice to see that there still are Bee Keepers and that Bee keeping is steadily starting to rise. The class took a short walk to the house of Nancy, who works in the dinning hall of Christchurch, and her husband who has a hobby of being a beekeeper. He loves it and wishes everybody was a beekeeper he also was excited to show and tell people what he does. He explained how being a bee keeper can require little work but has great benefits to you and your neighbors such as your crops will flourish and you will have fresh honey. This saves money on honey from the store. Since the bees will help your garden tremendously you will grow more fruits and vegetables, which in return will also save you money in the grocery store. Unfortunately bee keeping has gotten more expensive then it used to be but the benefits out weigh the cost in the long run. Some of the benefits are yours and your neighbor’s crops flourishing causing you to save time and money at the grocery store. Also bee populations have been on the decline and keeping bees would bring up the population a little bit but a little bit is better than none. Bee keeping is an easy sustainable option for the future and can be done by most everybody. 
Written by: Brendan McCarthy
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