The art of Beekeeping
Over all health offers an indication of the average bee's
well being:
Thriving - the bees are extremely healthy. A thriving colony
produces honey and wax at an increased rate.
Healthy - the bees are healthy and producing excess honey
and wax.
Sickly - the bees are sickly and no longer producing excess
resources.
Dying - if something isn't done quickly, bee population will
begin to drop.
Bee population is a rough estimate of the number of bees in
a hive. More bees does not always mean better for a large
hive is more difficult to maintain. More water and flowers
are needed in the area to support a large hive (the range a
hive can check for flowers and water is increased as the
hive gets larger). If the conditions get bad enough, a
colony of bees will abscond, leaving an empty hive behind.
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