Sentences with phrase «as a bee hive»

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If... men were reared under precisely the same conditions as hive - bees, there can hardly be a doubt that our unmarried females would, like the worker - bees, think it a sacred duty to kill their brothers, and mothers would strive to kill their fertile daughters; and no one would think of interfering.

She also goes into detail about her experience as a beekeeper and teaches readers how bees make honey, how it's harvested, what they can do to help the bee population and what is going on in the hives throughout the year.

As a beekeeper with three hives I can't understand where this thing about the bees» pain is coming from — they are not kept like dairy cows or battery hens as they determine themselves how many bees live in any one hivAs a beekeeper with three hives I can't understand where this thing about the bees» pain is coming from — they are not kept like dairy cows or battery hens as they determine themselves how many bees live in any one hivas they determine themselves how many bees live in any one hive.

As non-reproducing females, the workers feed the queen bee, guard the hive entrance and cool the collected liquid by fanning their wings to transform it into the thick, sweet honey we know and love.

Consider, as a practical costume alternative, using a bee beanie for your baby and dress up the carrier as a hive.

If all bees were right handed, it would take a long time for the entire group to pass through a small opening, such as a hive entrance.

Also, bees on the road failed to manage their hive temperature as well as the stationary ones do, Pettis said.

If the number of adult bees drops below a threshold known as critical hive size, the bees decrease in number, leading to collapse.

Empty hives and recorded buzzing also deterred elephants but were not as effective as live bees, report zoologist Fritz Vollrath of the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, and a colleague online 1 November in the journal Naturwissenschaften.

As the mysterious collapse disorder continues to claim hives by the hundreds — threatening, in particular, the almond industry — more attention is being paid other pollinators, including other types of bees such as solitary bees and feral honeybeeAs the mysterious collapse disorder continues to claim hives by the hundreds — threatening, in particular, the almond industry — more attention is being paid other pollinators, including other types of bees such as solitary bees and feral honeybeeas solitary bees and feral honeybees.

Should we consider a hive of bees, each with its own function, as a single entity?

Lars Chittka and Karl Geiger of the Free University of Berlin say that bees measure the distance from their hive to a food source by counting landmarks as they fly past them.

As the bees walk across the plate on the way to and from their hive, harmless currents stimulate the bees to release venom from their abdomens, leaving teeny little droplets on the glass, which are later collected.

Mark Greco and Peter Neumann, entomologists at the Swiss Bee Research Center in Bern, discovered that as soon as the beetles enter a hive, worker bees in the colony surround them and force them to immediately pull their legs under their carapaces, adopting what is known as the «turtle» protective posture.

The bees» speedy vision enables them to quickly navigate in dappled light, to recognize shapes, such as the entrance to their hive, and particularly to find nectar - bearing, colored flowers.

The same is true of antibiotics, which beekeepers use to protect hives against infections that are also suspected as a cause of the bees» demise.

After pollinating throughout the spring and producing honey in the summer, Arlee Apiary bees were sent to a sandy lot near San Francisco, where they spent the winter living on corn syrup — a scene that Comfort describes as «fear and loathing in a city of 5,000 hives.»

It looked as if malevolent bees had built a rounded, ill - formed hive in Ian's chest.

The hives of African honeybees, the same subspecies as the «killer bees» now spreading across North America, have been mysteriously disappearing in their native South Africa.

Worker bees known as nurses feed the larvae according to the needs of the hive.

When the attacked bees returned to their hives, they made stop signals that increased in pitch according to the size of the predator (as the bee with the red dot is doing in the video above), inhibiting other bees» waggle dances (which tell bees where to forage), the scientists report online today in PLOS Biology.

The bee's stinger evolved originally for inter-bee combat between members of different hives, and the barbs evolved later as an anti-mammal defense: a barbed stinger can still penetrate the chitinous plates of another bee's exoskeleton and retract safely.

Team leader Martin Bencsik has previously used sensors known as accelerometers to capture a distinct change in bee sounds before the phenomenon known as swarming, which is when the queen quits the hive, taking many of the worker bees with her.

As soon as a bee ball was formed in the hive, we placed the bee ball in a beaker to separate the workers forming the bee ball from the other nestmateAs soon as a bee ball was formed in the hive, we placed the bee ball in a beaker to separate the workers forming the bee ball from the other nestmateas a bee ball was formed in the hive, we placed the bee ball in a beaker to separate the workers forming the bee ball from the other nestmates.

Shelton's project which takes place at Spacex as part of their Associate Programme becomes a hive - like hub offering visitors an uplifting bees» eye view of their city.

As a former beekeeper and now watching my son take care of his bee hive, I'm in constant amazement of how amazing bees are.

Propolis is the «bee glue» that protects and holds together the hive but this sticky substance has many health benefits as well!

Ancient Egyptians took a cue from the bees and used propolis in their mummification rituals (just as bees use it to this day to mummify hive intruders and protect the hive from bacteria when the intruder decomposes).

As I mentioned, unlike honey bees, these bees often don't live in large colonies or hives.

Hawkes continued to explain that bees mainly line their hives with propolis as an external immune system but that it can be used in many other ways.

During the winter season, honey can freeze inside the hive, so bees move its stock of food as they reheat.

We mimic the clever bees by collecting propolis from our hives, using it as a key ingredient in many of our products.

The royal jelly is so nutritious that this bee becomes 5 times as large as a normal bee, lives for 5 years instead of 5 weeks, and gives birth to the future of the hive.

It is packed and concentrated by bees and stored in their hives as their main source for protein.

Because of this, lemongrass oil can be used as a lure when trapping swarms or attempting to draw the attention of hived bees.»

The design for this gorgeous, gold - plated bracelet was inspired by the hexagonal pattern of a beehive, and it serves as a symbol of the selflessness of bees — which work together for the betterment of the hive.

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld (Comedian, «Seinfeld»), who also contributes some of his trademark witticisms in the script, stars as Barry, a young bee on the verge of adulthood who leaves his Central Park hive because he can't quite see any value in working as a drone the rest of his days.

Talk about bees that use hives as homes.

Her classmates tramp out of the woods into a wet hayfield where the hives are and ask questions as she tries in vain to smoke the bees into submission.

Paull's tale certainly dips into the fantastical, but the extreme concepts of the novel, such as the fertility police and the hive mind, are all true to bee behavior, and our reviewer promises, «you will never look at the activity in your flower garden the same way again.»

As the population of the colony grows and the hive becomes overcrowded, some bees lose the ability to sense their queen and begin to create another to replace her.

Florian's poems touch on bee - related topics such as body structure, life cycles, and roles in the hive.

,» to the closing verse, which notes the diminishing number of bees, these poems comment on topics such as body structure, life cycles, roles in the hive, and dance - like communication.

As a precaution, check your property for bee hives, which can commonly be found in trees or shrubs, but also in more uncommon areas such as the ground or even inside your wallAs a precaution, check your property for bee hives, which can commonly be found in trees or shrubs, but also in more uncommon areas such as the ground or even inside your wallas the ground or even inside your walls.

As part of an ongoing commitment to sustainability, the five - star hotel will be relocating one of its rooftop bee hives to the ground floor for three days.

The bee hive is always a bankable ace in the hole, while the riotous shark gun is just about as entertaining as it sounds — if not more so.

You begin your raid on the bee hive and must steal as much honey as you can before game over; which occurs when you're stung five times by the bees.

We see the transformation of a domestic icon and children's toy into a hive, and the radical shift in scale as the dollhouse becomes inhabited by working bees.

If bees can be classed as pets, then, yes: there are hives on the roof, and the honey is sometimes sold in the Tate shops.

About: Marie Celeste is a thematic group exhibition that uses the recent environmental phenomenon of «Colony Collapse Disorder» (CCD) or «Mary Celeste Disorder,» in which bees mysteriously disappear from their hives, as a metaphor for environmental consciousness and an exploration of the ethical sublime in our post-industrial era.