Annual Cycle of Honey Bee Colonies

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“Honey bees originated in the tropics,but Apis Mellifera no inhabits a wide range of environments up to 60 degrees north latitude.  One of the most striking adaptations to survival in colder climates is the intensive thermoregulation of whole colonies.  Honey bees alone among temperate-climate insects confront the cold by producing heat to maintain warmth throughout the winter, rather than hibernating in a dormant state, like the vast majority of insects, or migrating to warmer regions as a few insects do.  This winter thermoregulation, in turn, is supported by the timing of events throughout the bee’s entire annual cycle, since winter survival depends heavily on the honey stores and bee populations established during the preceding warm season.”  (Root p.42-43, 2007)

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“A honey bee colony is founded as a swarm in the springtime, gathers a large mass of food in the relatively short summer, consumes this food steadily throughout the cold season, finally reproducing itself early in the foraging season.  Bees accomplish winter hear production by consuming honey and vibrating their wing muscles (much like our shivering).  This consumes a large quantity of honey, about 50 pounds (23 kg) each winter for a small natural colony.  Large colonies kept by beekeepers use more than this, about 60 to 70 pounds (27 to 32 kg).”  (Root p.43, 2007)

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“The collection of nectar is extremely variable.  In a study in Connecticut, in only 16 weeks of the year did the colon show a net increase in honey stores, and 50 percent of the total honey collected was harvested in just the three best weeks of the year.  Because of this pattern it is essential, both to the survival of bees living on their own, and to the honey production of a beekeeper’s colonies, that colonies achieve a high population by the time honey stores can be gathered.  For a newly-established swarm of bees, the earlier the swarm leaves the nest, the more time it will have to build up its population and gather nectar, and the more opportunity it will have to gather the food from the few rich honey flows in its environment.”  (Root p.43, 2007)

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“The Annual cycle of brood rearing reflects the value of early swarming.  Brood rearing begins in mid-winter (end of December to January in temperate climates), accelerates in late winter and early spring, reaches a peak soon after the first forage becomes available, reduces later in the summer, and ceases entirely in autumn.  The striking thing about this pattern is that it is so different from the pattern of when forage is available.  Winter brood rearing requires a colony to maintain a warmer cluster, and thus to use more honey than it would with no brood rearing.  The  importance of winter brood reading is that is allows the colony to reach a population large enough to cast a swarm early in the season, increasing the change of the survival of the swarms produced.”  (Root p.43, 2007)

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