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50 million years ago flowering plants appeared on earth. With the arrival of flowers, came the arrival of bees. The vast majority of bee fossils are found in amber, dating back to the Cretaceous period, as bees collecting resin for their nests became trapped and fossilized. |
This ancient bee was found in Tibet. Could the DNA that is preserved in amber be used for cloning? |
Cave drawings in Spain, dating back to 7000 BC show people gathering honey. Egyptian tombs 6000 years ago illustrate the Keeping of Bees. Honey was found in King Tut's tomb. |
Bird of Paradise Bee "b" (101) |
Half-goat, half-man, Pan was the Greek God of BEE-KEEPING. He joined seven reed pipes together with beeswax to fashion his musical instrument. When not chasing nymphs in the hills and mountains, he terrorized people with his music. The word "panic" comes from these roots. |
Pan Flute |
In Greek mythology Icarus attempted to escape from Crete on wings made from beeswax. They melted when he flew too close to the sun. He fell to his death into the Aegean Sea. |
Today beeswax is used for making candles, soaps and lotions, lip balms, sewing, fly-fishing and even hair dreadlocks. !!Please note - if melting beeswax at home be aware that beeswax does not boil ... it just gets hotter until it ignites!! |
The bee was adopted by Napoleon Bonaparte as his military motif. |
Sunflower Bee "a" (104) |
There are 20,000 species of bees today, in every continent except Antartica. Honeybees pollinate 80% of the fruit and vegetable crops in America. A single bee colony can produce up to 100 pounds of honey per year! Honeybees perform a dance when returning to the hive which indicates to their hive mates both the distance and the direction to the food source they have found. |
Royal Jelly is a secretion from glands on the top of nurse bees heads. It is the food given to all the young larvae in the hive, and the one specific food for the entire life period of the Queen bee. During the three days that the worker bee larvae are fed on royal jelly, their weight multiplies by 250 times! Studies have shown that royal jelly has indicated effectiveness in treating the following ailments: |
108: George Bee |
Stomach ulcers Promotes sexual rejuvenation Pancreatitis Hepatitis Asthma Skin disorders Acceleration of the healing of bones Stress Reversal of the aging process |
Bees are admired worldwide! Here are a few bee stamps: |
U.S. Postal Service 1988 |
North Korea 1979 |
Namibia, Africa 2004 |

Each honeybee colony has a unique odor to identify members to the guard bees and to each other. The Central American male golden bee uses cologne to attract the female! He gets this from the scent glands of the bucket orchid. |
Royal Jelly |
Bee Scents |
COLONY COLLAPSE |
DISORDER |
Honeybees are disappearing. They leave the hive and do not return. This phenomenom has been attributed to everything from cellphone use to divine rapture! It is tragic to imagine a world without bees and honey, but this is only the tip of the iceberg. |
Albert Einstein was said to have remarked "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man." Colony collapse disorder was first recognized in the U.S. in November, 2006. (The Mayan calendar ends in December, 2012.) To learn more about CCD or if you would like to offer support here are some links: |
The Barefoot Beekeeper http://www.biobees.com "10 Things You Can Do To Help Save The Bees" |
The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign and the Pollinator Partnership |
Please note: All royalties I receive from the sale of the SAVE THE BEES poster will be donated to the PAT (Pollinator Action Team). Click on image to view this poster at "Zazzle". |

China |
The Department of Biology of the San Francisco State University is asking for participants in "The Great Sunflower Project". They are collecting data on bee populations in urban environments with the hope of developing strategies to support them. Participants are asked to grow a Lemon Queen Sunflower and record their observations of bee visits. Visit their website for more information: http://www.greatsunflower.org |
Visit Bee Gallery Page for image information |
(Turn off Slideshow music to listen to Waggle Dance video!) |
"Save the Bees" Products at Zazzle |