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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: Irwin on September 23, 2008, 04:00:10 PM

Title: From egg to bee
Post by: Irwin on September 23, 2008, 04:00:10 PM
from egg to bee how long dose it take? Try ed to do a search but didn't type in the right stuff so I can't find it.
Title: Re: From egg to bee
Post by: Nate on September 23, 2008, 04:15:49 PM
www.bushfarms.com/bees.htm

it has a lot of basic info including life cycles of honey bees.

http://www.bushfarms.com/beesmath.htm   has numbers for ya.
Title: Re: From egg to bee
Post by: BeeHopper on September 23, 2008, 04:16:20 PM
Quote from: Irwin on September 23, 2008, 04:00:10 PM
from egg to bee how long dose it take? Try ed to do a search but didn't type in the right stuff so I can't find it.


Queen - 16 Days

Worker - 21 Days

Drone - 24 Days
Title: Re: From egg to bee
Post by: jojoroxx on September 23, 2008, 04:21:21 PM
Development from egg to emerging bee varies among queens, workers and drones. Queens emerge from their cells in 16 days, workers in 21 days and drones in 24 days.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee_life_cycle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee_life_cycle)

We are so on it Irwin!  8-)
Title: Re: From egg to bee
Post by: Robo on September 23, 2008, 04:23:32 PM
Patience my friend  ;)
Title: Re: From egg to bee
Post by: Irwin on September 23, 2008, 04:39:22 PM
Quote from: Robo on September 23, 2008, 04:23:32 PM
Patience my friend  ;)
Are we there yet :-D Feel like a kid at christmas you know what I mean Robo :-D :-D
Title: Re: From egg to bee
Post by: Michael Bush on September 25, 2008, 09:14:05 PM
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesbasics.htm