![]() If you are going to plant flowers in your garden or local area, always use bee friendly plants that bees can use to make more honey. Make sure you are not using pesticides on your plants and you are carefully checking your plants to see if they have been pre-treated with any harsh chemicals. This mite attacks the worker bees and infects it with the varroosis disease. These chemicals are entering the hives from the worker bees who are out collecting pollen if the chemicals are too toxic they will kill the bees.Īnother factor leading to bees disappearing is the Vaorra mite. The reasons why bees are declining in numbers are very hard to determine although one known cause is the pesticides farmers are spraying on their crops. Billions of bees across the world are dying, this is called ‘colony collapse disorder’ – in some regions 90% of bees have disappeared. Unfortunately the number of bees is declining very fast, in the past 15 years, whole colonies have been disappearing. The bee will move itself in a figure of eight motion and will waggle its body to indicate where the best food source is.įossil evidence is sparse for these tiny creatures, but scientists believe bees have been around for more than 100 million years! The summer is the busiest month for her as she can lay up to 2,500 eggs a day.ĭid you know bees are also excellent dancers? When a worker returns to the hive, it will give it’s hair a quick brush with a ‘honeycomb’… and will perform a “waggle dance”. In every hive there is a queen bee, the queen bee can live up to five years. Newcastle University research has shown that the initial sweetness a bee tastes when they feed on nectar can last up to 10 seconds – this is much longer than in other insects! Find out why bees have such a sweet tooth here. It would take 1,100 bees to make 1kg of Honey, and they would have to visit 4 million flowers! The average worker bee will only make around 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime. Honey bees beat their wings around 190 times a second that’s 11,400 times a minute! The speed of their flapping wings is why we hear the “buzzing” noise when they fly past. We really don’t get what all the buzz is about! We’ll try to keep the bee puns to a minimum because bee puns always sting. Crease Bee card along center line.It’s World Bee day and we’ve compiled some interesting facts about our flying friends.I like to apply glue throughout the bee and honeycomb design and not just around the edges. Glue inside material into place covering all openings.Weed each mat, flipping over and peeling off paper to keep prevent curling. Select Pen Tool words and the yellow rectangle.Select the wording on the yellow part.Select Dashed Line on Black part of card.When everything is highlighted it will be 10″ tall SVG & PDF Files From Freebie Library from the Free Resource Library.Finished size: 5” tall x 7” wide Supplies Used: Use supplies you have and make design choices in line with your style. The supplies listed here are what I used or mentioned. I’m sure you can come up with some Bee puns of your own for the inside.įun tip, If you use translucent material you can stand the card up with a light inside, for a mini lantern. Or you can leave it off and write your own. You can use the included Happy Birthday sentiment which is designed to be drawn on with the Pen tool. ![]() It’s such a fun card and I know it’ll put a smile on anyone’s face. ![]() I added a greeting card to the collection of bee themed projects too! The front of the card uses negative space just like the lantern and mini wallet.
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