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Beeswax
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Beeswax is a natural wax produced in the bee hive of honey bees of the genus Apis. Worker bees (the females) have eight wax-producing mirror glands on the inner sides of the sternites (the ventral shield or plate of each segment of the body) on abdominal segments 4 to 7. The size of these wax glands depends on the age of the worker and after daily flights begin these glands gradually atrophy. The new wax scales are initially glass-clear and colorless (see illustration), becoming opaque after mastication by the worker bee. The wax of honeycomb is nearly white, but becomes progressively more yellow or brown by incorporation of pollen oils and propolis. The wax scales are about 3 millimetres (0.12 in) across and 0.1 millimetres (0.0039 in) thick, and about 1100 are required to make a gram of wax. Typically, for a honey bee keeper, 10 pounds of honey yields 1 pound of wax. Western honey bees use the beeswax to build honeycomb cells in which their young are raised and honey and pollen are stored. For the wax-making bees to secrete wax, the ambient temperature in the hive has to be 33 to 36 °C (91 to 97 °F). To produce their wax, bees must consume about eight times as much honey by mass.
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- Allgemeine Informationen
- GTIN 09786130615802
- Editor Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster
- Sprache Englisch
- Größe H220mm x B150mm x T8mm
- Jahr 2010
- EAN 9786130615802
- Format Fachbuch
- ISBN 978-613-0-61580-2
- Titel Beeswax
- Untertitel Wax, Beehive, Honey bee, Anatomical terms of location, Propolis, European honey bee, Honeycomb, Pollen, Brood comb, Beekeeper, Honey, Candle, Ester, Encaustic painting, Paraffin
- Gewicht 219g
- Herausgeber Alphascript Publishing
- Anzahl Seiten 136
- Genre Biologie
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