Bee Wells’ basic bee words!
Hello
I wanted to start to really use my website to help educate people about the amazing bee. So seems there is so much for me to teach and still so much more for us to all learn, I thought I would start with some basic words that we can all use to sound like bee experts! I found all these definations in the Websters Dictionary, the words smaller then the rest, are my own additions to the definations.
BEE:any numerous insect that differ from the related wasps esp. when having the heavier, harier body and in having sucking and chewing mouth parts.
COLONY: a distinguishable localized population within a species.
DRONE BEE:the male bee, it has no sting and gathers no honey. (the drones bee job is to mate with the queen)
HIVE: 1. container for housing bees 2. colony of bees 3. a place swarming with activity
HONEY: a sweet material elaborated out of the nectar of flowers in the honey sac of honeybees
HONEYBEES: a honey producing bee
NECTAR: a sweet liquid that is secreted by the nectaries of a plant, and is the chief raw materialof honey
POLLEN: a mass of microspores in a seed plant, appearing as a fine dust
POLLEN BASKET: a smooth area om each hind tibia of a bee that is edged by a fringe of stiff hairs, serves to collect and transport pollen
QUEEN BEE: fertile fully developed female of bees. whose function is to lay eggs
ROYAL JELLY: a highly nutritious secretion of pharngeal glands of the honeybee that is fed to the very young larvae in a colony and to all queen larvae as well
SWARM: a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive along with the queen to start a new colony elswhere.
Keep checking for more information the amazing bee, and lets start today to really appreciate these amazing creatures. Have you thanked a bee today?
January 26th, 2008 at 2:24 pm A little clip from msn news, posted by request Nutrition Secrets From Around The World (continued) < Previous | 1 | 2 Summaria Honey. We use it to sweeten our tea and make decadent desserts, and if we like someone enough it makes an endearing nickname. Ancient civilizations like the Sumarians used this thick, golden syrup as medicine. Today researchers are rediscovering the remarkable healing properties of honey. In July 2007 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of honey-based wound dressings to treat certain types of pressure sores, skin ulcers, surgical wounds and burns. “Honey gives rapid, scar-free healing of wounds. It has numerous beneficial actions in the healing process, the most important of which is the suppression of inflammation through its antibacterial activity,” says Dr. Peter Molan, director of the Honey Research Unit at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Honey’s unique healing abilities stem from its composition which include the sugars glucose and fructose, vitamins, minerals and an enzyme called glucose oxidase. The compounds work together to kill bacteria, reduce inflammation and hasten the healing process. But don’t try this at home. Experts recommend having a qualified medical practitioner apply wound dressings with honey. http://health.msn.com/health-topics/cholesterol/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100188262&page=2 Much love to BeeWell and all its supporters!
January 26th, 2008 at 2:32 pm Hello NattyMegs-
Thanks so much for the information that you found. Its pretty interesting how we use honey and "honey lingo" so much in our lives without even realizing it. Such as "How was your day honey?" or "We are on our honey moon" or even such things as famous sayings like Mohamed Ali "fly like a butterfly sting like a bee." Its amazing to me as well as the amazing health benefits available to us through such an amazing substance. Honey is truly a gift from the bees!
I will also check out the link you posted and see what else I can learn and I will pass along what I find to all of you!
Thanks again NattyMegs and keep the comments coming!
Bee Well my sweet friend!
March 21st, 2008 at 12:21 pm Hi Bee Well! Hope all is well at the Hive!! I was reading todays newsletter and saw your feature on Avalon Organics daily moisturizer, and you definately have piqued my interest. I did not know that there was tumeric in it, but that is wonderful, as tumeric is proven to be very helpful in relieving acne! So this cream may help me in several ways. I'll have to try it! Thank you so much for your recommendations and thorough information. It really helps! Thanks for Beeing so informative and providing a place where like-minded people can share ideas and recommendations!!
March 22nd, 2008 at 5:07 pm Thanks so much Megan. Your comment really made my day. I am glad you are enjoying the information and finding it helpful. Please try the Avalon moisterizer and tell me how you felt about it. Thanks again for the support, its awesome to hear positive feed back.
Bee Well my sweet friend,