Modern science has allowed us to
cultivate a food product that works much better than
sugar and is readily available, but the issue is that
the production element is seasonal unfortunately. That's
because bees are less active during the cold months and
that can slow production down until around late March
early April when the flowers officially bloom which
makes pollen the plentiful for bees to feed on. Science
is a mystery for bees because in some ways they resemble
humans by how they sense changes in weather, environment
and the organization of how they live resembles a lot
like humans.
If bees were able to live like humans we would be
compatible yet the only thing that separates humans from
bees is that the females are not permanently grounded
and pregnant where humans only have a gestational period
of 9 months and have a choice of how many children they
have where bees are constantly reproducing with no break
in between since the Queen will mate with 2-3 drones by
the temperature of the weather and then she's
inseminated for a good 2 or 3 years and she'll keep
making babies until the sperm runs out or stops
producing eggs.
The average queen once she's mated can turn out 2000
eggs a day during the spring run and essentially live
for another two years and then a new Queen is reared to
take over the colony. Basically Queen bees have the
monumental task of keeping the population fresh and all
colonies are not the same since different species of
bees will live identical to each other, but they may
have a different mating pattern and schedule. Humans are
about right there, but we have a different way of mating
which is done when we feel like it not when the season
or weather changes.
Queens are identified by their buzzing sound, which is
distinct to the sound that drones and worker bees make
when they communicate with each other. The Queen's buzz
is more high pitched and she's constantly surrounded
with drones and workers who give their lives to protect
the queen and are known to swarm incessantly which kind
of falls in the wayside of how the secret service react
when the president's security is compromised and
breached they will attack when they feel threatened and
their duty is to protect the queen at all costs the way
the president has round the clock security from the
secret service.
That's how close knit a colony of bees are and that's
the mystery many beekeepers are trying to learn and
match with the nature of humans and their interaction
with each other. Bees are like one giant family since
the majority of a hive is female, but only one will make
it as the Queen who rules over the colony to carry on
the next spawn of offspring to carry on the lineage of
the colony. This is what makes science and technology
interesting for bees and the keepers who maintain their
homes to bring forth protecting and nurturing an
interesting creature that people are blatantly
misunderstanding a lot. Bees are like people except they
fly and reproduce enough offspring to keep going
non-stop for 2-3 years.