THIS MIGHT BEE A PROBLEM
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APP
GRAPES LES
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APPLES
-30% -40%
45% 40% 35%
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COTT ON
30%
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10% 05% 06 07
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08 09
09 10
10 11
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15 16
FEBRUARY Strawberries
Cucumbers
Most Crops
Companion Crops
Strawberries
OCTOBER
GER TAN
15%
GRAPEFRUIT
20%
S INE
PEANUTS S EAN SOYB
-40%
25%
F
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BE
LOW E RS LES APP
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Migratory Beekeepers
The loss of bess has been attributed to the phenomanon of colony collapse disorder. However there is no found cause of that disorder
RR
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Each February most migratory beekeepers converge in the Central Valley to pollinate 800,000 acres of Almonds
COTT ON
PEANUTS S EAN NES
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Florida’s climate varies Florida’s climate varies from fromsubtropical subtropical to for to tropical allowing blooming year round. Bees tropical allowing forare stored in Florida during the winter blooming year round. months while continueing to Beespollinate are stored in Florida during the winter months while continueing to polWorker Bee Population linate
NO VEM
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JANUARY
Population reaches minimum at 20,000
Population starts rapid decline
E
JANUARY
BER
Migratory beekeepers Migratory beekeepers travel up travel uptheand down and down East Coast year apples, cherries,year pumpkins, thevisitin East Coast blueberries, cranberries and many visitin apples, cherries, vegetables pumpkins, blueberries, cranberries and many vegetables
JUN
Crop Flowering Season
In the spring and sumIn the spring and summer, some mer, some beekeepers travelbeekeepers to blooming blueberry in Michigan and travel tofields blooming cranberry bogs in Wisconsin blueberry fields in Michigan and cranberry bogs in Wisconsin
MA Y
In the summer months, In the summer months, many many commercial commercial beekeepers head to beeNorth and Southhead Dakota, where keepers to North the bees feed on alfa, clover and and South Dakota, sunflowers where the bees feed on alfa, clover and sunflowers
APRIL
OCTOBER
NO VEM
H RC MA
Each February most Each February most migratory migratory beekeepbeekeepers converge in the Central Valley to pollinate ers converge in the 800,000 acres of Almonds Central Valley to pollinate 800,000 acres of Almonds
Migratory beekeepers tra and down the East Coast visitin apples, cherries, p blueberries, cranberries vegetables
I GER TAN
GRAPEFRUIT
OR
Crop Flowering Season Blooming season Vs Annual Beehive Population FEBRUARY
In the spring and summer, some beekeepers travel to blooming blueberry fields in Michigan and cranberry bogs in Wisconsin
T
AN GES
SOYB
In the summer months, many commercial beekeepers head to North and South Dakota, where the bees feed on alfa, clover and sunflowers
All drone
DRONE CONGREGATION AREA
Beehive Anatomy 1 MILE
T SEP
US T
JUN
AU G
E JULY
BE TEM SEP
US T
AU G
MA Y
H RC MA
Drone Congregation Area
HONEY SUPER
Few virgin queens are produced
US T
JUN
AU G
E JULY
APRIL
1 MILE
US T
AU G
MA Y
Worker Bee Population
Queens “swarm” with a percentage of workers
MA Y
1 MILE
HONEY SUPER Drone Bee Population
Queen Bee Population
Queens leave hive to mate
Individual Life Span 40 m
JANUARY
Individual Life Span Honey Super
JUN
E
Population reaches minimum at 20,000
All drones forced out of hive
Single queen survives through
4 Yrs.
JULY
QUEEN EXCLUDER
1 MILE
Population reaches maximum at 1,000
MA Y
US T
Population reaches maximum at 60,000
AU G
Population starts rapid decline
AY
Single queen survives through winter
Few virgin queens are produced Queens "swarm" with a percentage of workers
Queens leave hive to mate
20 Days
90 Days
Honey Super 40 m
Queen Excluder
20 D BROOD SUPER
40 m
4 Yrs. 20 Days
40 m
90 Days
Brood Super
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08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Tomatoes
Strawberries
Companion Crops
Borage
Attracts
Cucumbers
Attracts Pollinators and repels other pests Most Crops
Companion Crops Soybeans
Cotton
19.7b
Grapes
5.2b
3.2b
Almonds
2.2b
Apples
2.1b
Oranges
1.8b
Strawberries
1.8b
Peanuts
.6b
Peaches
.5b
Blueberries
Strawberries
.5b
Strawberries
Cotton
Varroa Mite Vorroa
Geranium
Blueberries
Mite
Attracts
Cucumbers
Attracts pests away from other plants Most Crops
Non-Parasitized
Potatoes
Strawberries Cotton
Survival %
REPEL
Marigold
Fungicide
Blueberries
Fruit Trees
Soybeans
Peanuts
Cucumbers
Allium
Repels
Potatoes
Slugs, Aphids, and other pests Soybeans
No Pollen Cistus Enca Castanea Rubus Mix
Peanuts
REPEL
Insecticide
Tomatoes
Corn
Colony Geranium
Time (Days)
Colony
Infected
Beets
Peaches
Grapes
REPEL
Pesticide
Peaches
Hyssops
Aliums
Survival %
Grapes
Beans
Fixer
Brassicas
Fixes Nitrogen levels and a fertilizer for other plants
Clover
Corn
Almonds
Oranges REPEL Apples
Herbicide
Chives
Almonds
Strawberries
Oranges
Time (Days)
Marigold Apples
Produces Produces pesticides that deter nematodes and beetles
Soybeans
Tomatoes
Hedge Row Highway
Open Field Buffer
Hedgerow Highway
150’
500’
Open Field Buffer
Road
Maple Trees
Insects
Squirrels
Bears
Hawks
Flowering Plants
Bees
Rabbits
Fox
Coyote
Primary Producers
Herbivorous Consumers
1st Level Carniverous
2nd Level Carniverous
Tidal Channel
PO LLIN
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PR
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Open Field Buffer
Hedgerow Highway
150’
500’
Open Field Buffer
Road
PO
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PR
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EY
Maple Trees
Insects
Squirrels
Bears
Hawks
Flowering Plants
Bees
Rabbits
Fox
Coyote
Primary Producers
Herbivorous Consumers
1st Level Carniverous
2nd Level Carniverous
Tidal Channel
PO LLIN
PR
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PR
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PR
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AT ORS
AT ORS
BER NO VEM
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JULY
Muscari armeniacum
Puschkinia scilloides
flower density diagram
BER NO VEM OCTOBER
BER TEM SEP
Diagram plan showing stopped train and bee pick up Diagram plan showing stopped train and bee JULY
US T
JUN
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AU G
Almonds Strawberries Apples Peaches Grapes Soybeans Cotton Blueberries
MA Y
Queen Bees
Section of train US T
APRIL
Drone Bees
ER MB E T SEP
=66,000 ft2
AU G
H RC MA
Worker Bees
6600’
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Almonds Strawberries Apples Peaches Grapes Soybeans Cotton Blueberries
Section of train
JUN
UA R
B E R NO EM T SEP
OCTOBER
BER EM T SEP
OCTOBER
BER TEM SEP
US T
JUN
OCTOBER
Iris bucharica
APRIL
FEB
US T
Erythronium dens-canis
MA Y
DE
Andrew Brookes
This diagram shows the life cycle of the three different types of bees occupying a beehive. The circling lines represent the blooming season of different crops including apples, oranges, strawberries, and almonds.
JANUARY
Puschkinia scilloides
Scilla mischtschenkoana
Muscari botryoides 'Album'
Iris reticulata
H RC
Bulbs per m2
=66,000 ft2
Drone Bees
ER
AU G
Muscari armeniacum
flower density diagram
Worker Bees
B CEM
JULY
Iris bucharica
Erythronium dens-canis
MA
Crocus flavus 'Golden Yellow'
6600’
Crop Flowering Season vs The Life Cycle of a Beehive
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Y
JUN
UA R
Bulbs per m2
Crocus flavus 'Golden Yellow'
Queen Bees
US T
D
AU G
FEB
Almonds Strawberries Apples Peaches Grapes Soybeans Cotton Blueberries
JULY
Queen Bees
M ECE
Andrew Brookes
This diagram shows the life cycle of the three different types of bees occupying a beehive. The circling lines represent the blooming season of different crops including apples, oranges, strawberries, and almonds.
BER
JANUARY
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MA Y
AU G
Almonds Strawberries Apples Peaches Grapes Soybeans Cotton Blueberries
Blueberries Drone Bees
MA Y
Drone Bees
JUN
APRIL
Crop Flowering Season vs The Life Cycle of a Beehive
Worker Bees
Queen Bees
Almonds Strawberries Apples Peaches Grapes Soybeans Worker Bees Cotton
APRIL
The Bee-Line
MA Y
Queen Bees
H
Drone Bees
Scilla mischtschenkoana
Muscari botryoides 'Album'
Iris reticulata
Diagram plan showing stopped train and bee pick up
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New Program-Beehab New Program-Beehab
Distribute Distribute
Day 1
Day 2
Unloading
Forced de-brooding Day 17
Day 14
Queen Caged
Queen Released
All Brood Hatch Day 24
90% of Vorroa Mite in Hive is killed
Oxalic Acid
Day 1
Day 2
Day 1
Day 2
Unloading Unloading
Oxalic Acid Oxalic Acid
Crystal Palace--Joseph Paxton
Day 14 Day 14
Day 17
Queen Caged Queen Queen Released All Brood Caged Queen Hatch Released All Brood Hatch Day 24
Day 17
Day 24
Forced de-brooding Forced de-brooding
Stored with Entrance into Garden
ECO CENTER GIFTS SNACKS RESTAURANT
Crystal Palace--Joseph Paxton Stored with Entrance into Garden Stored with Entrance into Garden
90% of Vorroa Mite in Hive is 90%killed of Vorroa Mite in Hive is killed
ECO CENTER GIFTS ECO CENTER GIFTS SNACKS RESTAURANT SNACKS RESTAURANT
Eden Project--Grimshaw Architects