EDITOR – I was surprised at the amazing close-up photographs one can take with a digital camera. I visited the Windermere Library to obtain interesting facts about honey bees, honey and beeswax.
I am sure that everyone will love looking at my delightful close-up photograph of a honey bee and enjoy reading the amazing facts.
A honey bee colony is made up of one queen bee, thousands of worker bees (females) and a few hundred drones (males). The queen is the female honey bee that lays eggs. The queen bee lays one egg in each cell in part of the honeycomb. In the spring, the queen may lay as many as 2000 eggs a day.
Honey is a sweet, thick fluid made by honey bees from flower nectar. The colour and flavour of honey depend upon the kinds of flowers that supply the nectar. Honey can be used instead of sugar to sweeten tea, porridge and desserts. Honey is a delicious spread on bread, toast, scones, waffles and muffins.
Beeswax is a yellow substance produced by glands on the underside of the abdomen in worker honey bees. Beeswax is used in lipsticks, candles and polishes.
Peter Dinsdale
Morningside
