the oldest bee fossil found is 25 to 50 million years old,
in 18th century beekeeping was already highly advanced in Slovenia,
Anton Janša`s teachings weren`t scientifically proven until 200 years later,
Peter Pavel Glavar established the first apicultural school in Lanšprež,
the Carniola bee breed is the second most widespread bee breed in the world, and is the leading breed in Europe,
the bee larva increases its weight 500-times in six days,
the queen mates only once in a lifetime with 12 to 25 drones; it mates outside the hive in nature,
the tasks in the hive, which are fulfilled by bees aged of up to 3 weeks, are carefully distributed among them depending on their age. After 3 weeks they become field bees which start flying out of the hive,
a bee`s wing makes 250 to 300 rotations per second during flight, it flies with speeds of up to 24 km/h, and on short distances even up to 40 km/h,
a bee can fly to a pasture 3 to 4 km away from its hive, in extraordinary circumstances even further,
the bees communicate with each other through dance on the distance, direction and the abundance of pasture,
the highest daily yield on a pasture can be 10 kg of nectar per bee colony,
1 kg of honey gives as much energy as 3 kg of fresh beef or 50 eggs or 5 liters of milk or 3 kg of freshwater fish or 6 kg of oranges or 3 kg of bananas,
honey is a valued food and remedy from old times, it is the product of bees which can be said to contain a piece of unspoiled nature, it was praised by Homer and Democritus, and Pythagoras once said:”If I hadn`t eaten honey, I would have died forty years ago.”,
the current discoveries regarding the role of royal jelly on development of the bee, show, that it has a highly biological role in the evolution of the colony. Among others, it lengthens the life expectancy, as the queen lives 50-times longer than a worker bee.
