{"id":18577,"date":"2022-10-01T22:29:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T21:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bakinglab.nl\/?p=18577"},"modified":"2022-10-15T14:30:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T13:30:42","slug":"leuke-weetjes-over-bijen-weekend-van-de-wetenschap-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakinglab.nl\/en\/school\/e-learning\/leuke-weetjes-over-bijen-weekend-van-de-wetenschap-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting facts about bees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Science Weekend The Netherlands, Bees and Bread.<\/strong>
\nSunday 2 October 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bees, Bread & Energy
\n<\/strong>A bee colony is a superorganism.\u00a0It has a very high calorie requirement.\u00a0In summer, a bee colony consists of about 50-60,000 workers who consume about 1,800 calories a day (roughly equivalent to an 800-gram loaf of bread) \u2013 the same as an adult human.\u00a0In winter their numbers decrease \u2013 and so does the calorie intake, then the superorganism is more like a cat or a small dog in terms of calorie consumption.\u00a0[\u00a0read more<\/a>\u00a0].<\/p>\n

Distances<\/strong>
\nA honeybee can fly up to six miles at a speed of 15 miles per hour (24 km\/hr).\u00a0The average worker bee produces about 1\/12th teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.\u00a0A beehive will fly more than 40,000 (65,000 km) miles, more than once around the earth, to collect 450 grams of honey.\u00a0[\u00a0read more<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n

Honey\u00a0<\/strong>
\nA 1980 study found that mixed flower honey from different regions of the United States typically contains the following:
\nFructose: 38.2%
\nGlucose: 31.3%
\nMaltose: 7.1%
\nSucrose: 1.3%
\nWater: 17, 2%
\nHigher sugars: 1.5%
\nAsh \/ Minerals: 0.2%
\nOther\/undetermined: 3.2%<\/p>\n

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Honey Bee<\/strong>
\nBees are best known for the honey that the honey bee makes. The honey bee is kept in the Jeugdland gardens, but there are many other types of bees.<\/p>\n

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High-protein Bee Bread
\n<\/strong>The bees collect pollen in clumps of pollen and store the pollen that is not directly consumed in cells (this can sometimes involve whole windows with only pollen). It is good to realize that this is actually pollen that (to obtain a pollen clump) has been made wet with nectar (which also contains good bacteria). The thus \u201cmoist\u201d pollen undergoes a fermentation, which results in the so-called protein-rich bee bread in about 2 weeks. The ‘good bacteria’ are probably mainly involved in this fermentation.
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Evolution of bees (vegan wasps!)<\/strong>
\nBees evolved from ancient predatory wasps that lived 120 million years ago.\u00a0Like bees, these wasps built and defended their nests and gathered food for their offspring.\u00a0But while most bees feed on flowers, their wasps ancestors were carnivorous.<\/p>\n

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Hive Temperature<\/strong>
\nThe optimum core temperature of a honeybee cluster in a winter hive is 95\u00b0F (35\u00b0C). 81\u00b0F (27\u00b0C, nice sourdough fermentation temperature!) is the average temperature observed on the inside of a bee cluster, while 48\u00b0F (9\u00b0C) is the average temperature of the cluster’s outer shell. [ Read more<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n

How many KG of honey can you harvest per colony ( honeybee)
\n<\/strong>The beekeeper determines how many honeycombs (and which ones) he\/she removes.\u00a0Beekeepers leave from 20kg of honey per hive in mild climates to 60kg or more in regions with harsh winters, helping the colony cope with problems caused by lack of food, bad weather or drought.
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Queen Elizabeth & Bees<\/strong>
\nWhen The Queen Died Someone Had To Tell The Bees
\nA message that the royal beekeeper informed Queen Elizabeth II’s bees of her death was mocked, but it has been a tradition for centuries.
\n[read more NY times]<\/a><\/p>\n

Bees & Danger of Monoculture<\/strong>
\n‘Like sending bees to war’: the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession
\nBees are essential to the functioning of America\u2019s titanic almond industry \u2013 and billions are dying in the process
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Science Weekend The Netherlands<\/strong>
\nSunday 2 October 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organisation:
\nBaking Lab Amsterdam<\/strong>
\nYouth Country Amsterdam<\/strong>
\nImker Melle Koch<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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