1. Apiculture

2. Apiculture is the management and study of honeybees.

3. The Honeybee (Apis mellifera )

4. Bee castes (types) in the hive

5. The Queen Bee Only One Largest with Lays up to 3000 long abdomen
eggs per day
Pheremones to
control hive
Lives 2 to
8 years
The Queen Bee
Fed
Royal jelly
Smooth stinger
used many times

6. Close-up of Queen Bee Stinger

7. The Drone Killed or left to die after mating All male No Stingers
Short
Heavy
The Drone
Larger eyes
/ antenna
Mate with
queen
A few 100

8. Worker Bee Live 6 weeks Up to 50000 All female Do ALL work
Corbiculum on
hind legs
Straight barbed
stingers
Worker Bee
Wax glands
on stomach
Two types
Extra stomach
House Bees
Field Bees

9. Close-up of
Worker Bee Stinger

10. Corbiculum close-up

11. Wax Glands close-up

12. Equipment
Protective
Suit

13. Smoker

14. Hive Tool

15. Honey Extractor

16. Bee Hive

17. Bee Hive

21. SWARMING
A new honey bee colony is formed when the Queen Bee leaves the colony with a large group of workers, a process called SWARMING
About 60% of the worker bees leave the original hive location with the old queen.
Swarming is mainly a seasonal event, and can happen throughout the producing
season
Swarming results in
a) the formation of new colonies
b) increase in the population of bees

22. Importance of Bees Pollination Honey Propolis Beeswax Bee Bread
Royal Jelly
Bee Venom

23. THE END !!