"The hum of bees is the voice of the garden."

a. Origin

b. Ancient Eqypt, Found in the Pyramids

c. Colonization and introduction into human society

d. Evolution of beekeeping

e. The symbiosis between humans and bees

f. The economy of bees

g. Management of bees

a. Queen – 1 queen, lives 3-5 years

b. Housekeeper, cleans the cells and hive

c. Nurse bees, care and feed the young, drones, and Queen

d. Guards, protect and guard the hive

e. Gatherers, pollinators, bring nectar and pollen to the hive

f. Scouts, find nectar sources, come back to the hives, GPS/mapping

g. Drones, males to mate only, enzyme in queen's mouth makes them

h. Virgin Queens, made before Swarms

a. From egg to larvae to bee

b. Royal Jelly makeup and purpose, how members are formed

c. Average Life span and cycle of a bee

d. Drones

e. Hive stages, from nuc to producing hive

f. Hive layers (brood box, honey supra, shallow versus deep

g. Hive structure, cell design, chamber design, pathways, and more 

h.  How bees store pollen, 

i, How bees store honey (wax cell, honey frame, fill, ferment, cap) 

i. 1 tsp of honey, per bee life  

a. Natural process as a hive is overpopulated

b. Purpose, divide, and perpetuate the species

c. Old queen signals hive, leaves with the majority of older bees

d. New Queens laid in preparation to take over

e. Swarm occurs, finds a nearby landing spot

f. Scouts go up to 2 miles away, to find a new place to make a hive

g. Can swarm multiple times in one season

h. News queens emerge, fight til death

i. Successful heir queen mates with local drones (not her own)

a. Antennae, the science of receptors and touch

b. All bees respond in unison to threat, as one

c. Body movements, "dancing"

d. Communication of directions

e. Pheromones and the scent of queen and hive

f. Voting

g. Vibration of wings and hive for warmth and signal

h. Interruption of communication (5G, pesticides)  

a. Research to date

b. Pesticides

c. Colony collapse

d. Mites (multi-factor issues, transference, mite and virus connections

e. Predators; Small hive beetle, wax moth, ants, mice, skunks, bears, yellow jackets, robbing

g. Treatments

h. Harvard studies, USDA studies

i.Other issues (Hive placement, neighbor issues, pesticide issues and identification of kills, area hive oversaturation and food sources, expanding your apiary)

a. Setting up a hive, Hive parts

b. Hive equipment (suits, tools, smoker)

c. Colony Management

a. Managing swarms

b. Treatment of disease

c. Feeding 

d. Replacing a Queen, Queen rearing

e. Splitting hives

f. Brood rearing

g. Transporting hives to pollinate crops in other states  

h. Extracting Honey

i. Commerce of honey

a. What is honey, how it is produced

b. What is in honey at a chemistry level (antibodies, enzymes, other)

c. Temperature changes the honey (98 degrees, crystalize)

d. Food source for bees, when and why

e. Never expires

r. Health benefits, allergy benefits

g. How honey is extracted

h. Flavors, Spring versus Fall, mixing flavors

i. Uses of honey (tea, cooking, health and wellness, lip balm, skin care, other)

j. Royal jelly

k. Propolis 

l. Mead