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HONEY BEE,THE Part 1
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The story of the honey bee is older than the Bible. Honey was the chief sweetening of the ancients. The busy bee from morn until night gathers the nectar from the flowers. For a pound of honey, the bee must visit 3,000,000 flowers.” Close-up of bee on flower. “To gather one pound of honey a bee makes 40,000 trips from hive to flowers.” Bee on flowers. “The long tongue on the bee collects the nectar from the flowers.” Diagram of bee on flower drinking nectar. “The honey is placed in small six sided wax cells, which hold the most honey in the least possible space.” Diagram of cells. “The white cells are full of honey and capped, the others are being filled.” Close-up of bees working on honeycomb. “The newly filled cells are not capped until the water has been evaporated. The bees aid in this by making air currents with their wings.” Bees on honeycomb. “In the hive all is work and order among the 20,000 bees. There are wax makers, guards, ventilators, honey gatherers, nurses, and drones. The Queen is surrounded by her helpers.” Pencil pointing out Queen in swarm on honeycomb. “The Queen or mother bee lays thousands of eggs from which the bees develop.” Queen bee on thumb nail of man. “Empty worker cells.” Pencil pointing out empty cells. “Occupied worker cells from which the worker bee comes forth.” Pencil pointing out occupied cells in same comb. “The empty drone cells are larger than the worker cells.” “Drone cells containing the male or drone bees.” Pencil pointing out cells - close-up of bee on thumb of man. “In 21 days the eggs have hatched into many workers. The hive is crowded. Thimble shaped queen cells are built along the edge of the comb.” Cells resembling peanuts along edge of honeycomb, bees. “From this cell a new queen will come forth.” Empty queen cell, bees. “On some warm day, a part of the bees will swarm and leave the crowded hive a new home.” Swarm in air and on side of building. “The expert beekeeper will carry a swarm from hive to hive.” Beekeeper with swarm on hand and arm. “In the woods the wild bee stores honey in a hollow tree.” Bees entering and leaving hollow in tree. “Cutting open the bee-tree we see the honey stored by the wild bee.” Bees on honeycomb in hollow tree. “These workers have found some honey and are filling their honey bags to carry it to the hive.” Close-up of bees filling their honey bags. “The busy bee bringing in the golden honey and the yellow pollen. The latter is carried on the bee’s leg and is stored in cells for food.” Bee with loaded legs at entrance to hive. “This bee has pollen on both legs.” Pencil pointing out pollen on bee’s legs. “The bee carries the pollen from flower to flower, which helps to produce the fruits in our orchards.” View of orchard - close-up of blossoms on apple tree - apple on tree - close-up of apple. “In August or September the lazy drones are driven out of the hive and killed.” Drone being killed by other bees. “The smoke stuns the bees and the hive is opened.” Man blowing smoke into hive, opening hive. “The Italian bees are the best workers and in a season will gather 80 to 100 pounds of honey.” Man taking large frame of honeycomb out of hive, bees on comb. “A large frame of honeycomb.” Man cutting over layer of wax from comb. The honeycomb is taken out of the frame and cut into squares.” Man cutting comb from frame, cutting it into squares and placing them into can. “Separating the honey from the wax comb -- the pure strained honey flows into the pail.” Men cutting comb from frames, dropping combs into drum, man turning crank, men filling cans from spout at bottom of drum. “‘Honey is the product of the bee. It is the nectar of the flower with the bee added’ -- John Burroughs.” Honeycomb. “The End.” “Ford Educational Library.” [1920]
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