How many bees in one hive
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How many bees in one hive, depends on the strength of the family at certain times of the year.
One hive – This is the slot for one bee family.
bees – This queen and worker bees (females).
In a short period of time in the nest there are individual men, performing its basic function – uterine insemination.
How many hive bees
At various times, the number of bees in the hive is to 20 to 80 thousand. If the family is strong, then during the main medosbora number of individuals it reaches 100 thousand.
His very active joint work they support its own microclimate – the desired temperature in the nest (close 36 ° C) and the humidity.
conditions, by which development occurs and future life of all family members.
Working bees perform work vidbudovuvannya cells, engaged in a stock feed, protect each other from enemies and diseases.
Polymorphism family
Each bee family consists of three types of individuals, different structure and physical development of, fully compatible executable task
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uterus
The body of the uterus changed through the specific functions she performed, by worker bees, it is the presence of ovarian and size proboscis.
labeled bzholomatka
Her body longer, than other individuals, mass reaches a fruitful state 300 mg. The uterus is only concerned with laying eggs, of which are derived larvae.
The difference from her worker bees, Firstly, in the structure of the legs: it has no pollen baskets for.
Per-second, proboscis much less, than bees – honey collector.
Has she glands, which produce wax.
The uterus lays eggs, of which eliminated about a year 220 thousands of worker bees.
A queen bee can lay several thousand eggs for breeding productive females, giving valuable offspring.
The uterus is able to conceive within seven days after leaving the queen cells. During this period it is fertilized drones and more from the nest fails.
Bees feed it and care. If the uterus to remove the nest, they start to worry, reduces their productivity. And no queen bee dies after three days.
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Working bee
This type of bee does all other work in the hive. From the uterus they differ, with little body shorter, long proboscis and legs structure, adapted to transfer pollen.
Working bee lost the ability to reproduce, their poor reproductive system, but cancer is to highlight the wax and iron suboesophageal, in which the process of primary fermentation nectar.
Read more: Interesting facts about bees for children.
Working bee combs are engaged vidbudovuvannya, are placed in nectar and pollen.
Also cell cellular uterus lays eggs.
On average, each individual has a mass of about 100 mg, and its total length 14 mm. 10 thousands of bees weigh 1 kg.
at purchase bee considered, how bees placed in a package of a certain mass, and the only way shall purchase.
Life is full of worker bees laid out. All their actions depend on the age of bees and related to its physiological development.
In the first 2 weeks after the release of larvae of worker bees perform housework: Cleaning hive, fed larvae dedicated milk and gruel.
In older age, the development voskovydelitelnyh glands, They become involved in rebuilding cells and collects nectar.
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drone
Men population of the hive – drones. Length they 17 mm and weighing up 250 mg.
In the nest drones can quickly notice – They vary in size from worker bees. 
drone are capable of fertilization on the tenth day after the release of the cells.
Interesting fact: on feeding 1 spent thousands of drones to 7 vsye kg of honey for their short life.
Therefore, limit the number of beekeepers in the nest drones.
Sometimes drone brood is used for combat varroatozom, this method is quite effective.
The extra cells of larvae of drones when infected ticks are removed from the nest, and then destroyed.
Number of bees in the hive, depending on the season
spring, begins when blossom honey plants, the number of bees in the family increases due to the replacement of dead bees during the winter, and just because of age.
Example, in mid-April bee family 80-90 thousand., all of them young 11%.
At the end of April on 80 thousands of individuals falls 25% percent of young, and in mid-May is almost complete upgrade family – on 96 thousands of bees have 97% young.
Bees is increasing, is reduced according to season.
In summer there is a division of family, which reached maximum strength, by natural swarming.
Then the bees begin to work intensely on gathering nectar.
Autumn queen stops laying eggs on, worker bees expelled from the nest drones, the number of bees in the family is reduced to 80 thousand.
Winter life of bees slowing dramatically, but at the end of hibernation, When the queen starts laying eggs, rapidly activated.
also read: The system "Nikot" for the withdrawal of females.
Conclusion
The main duty of the beekeeper – This do the job, aimed at increasing the strength of the family, as a strong burden on families at least one individual, and its performance more, with less wear and bees live longer.
