The book presents the taxonomy and systematics of bees (Anthophila) and their biology: the collection and transport of food, picky behavior of bees, which are linked to certain food plants, nesting ...methods, Cuckoo bees laying eggs in the nests of other species, behaviors and adaptations of males. In the chapter on the diversity of wild bees changes in the Slovenian fauna are described. In the author's opinion, they are mainly due to climate change and extreme weather conditions. The greater part of the book deals with the social life of bees, especially the primeval social forms that facilitate the understanding of the development of social communities. In the chapter Highways and byways of evolution author describes the long-term advantage of species with social or symbiotic connections over the species in which the dominance of the strongest and largest specimens in mutual combat increases the size of the specimens and reduces their number. He continues with a chapter on the various forms of social communities, with examples in bees. In the last chapter the families and genera of bees living in Slovenia are presented. Great value of the book are also 154 original photos of different species of bees, which illustrate their behavior in the wild.
Bil je lep sončen pomladni dan (17. 4. 1964), ko smo se učenci 2. b razreda II. OŠ Celje z učiteljico Dušico Čuček odpravili na ekskurzijo k čebelarju v bližnji Zagrad.Čebelar, gospod Ivan Fegeš, ...nam je predstavil delo v čebelnjaku in, seveda, pripovedoval o zdravilnosti medu in drugih čebeljih pridelkov ter nasplošno o pomenu čebel za človeštvo.Po čebelarjevi predstavi smo za malico dobili velik kos domačega kruha namazanega z medom. Oh, kako je bilo dobro, z roba kruha je na naše male dlani, med prstke, kapljal sladek med, ki smo ga s slastjo polizali.Naj spomnem, da je 20. maja svetovni dan čebel. Na ta dan se je leta 1734 rodil pionir sodobnega čebelarstva Anton Janša (1734-1773).Razglasitev praznika je v okviru Organizacije Združenih narodov predlagala Slovenija na pobudo Čebelarske zveze Slovenije.
Čebelarstvo ima v Bohinju zelo dolgo tradicijo. Bohinjski čebelarji še danes skrbno vzgajajo kranjsko čebelo sivko. V raziskovalni nalogi Cvetlični in gozdni med v Bohinju je predstavljeno življenje ...čebel in čebelje družine ter prva paša v Bohinju. Velik poudarek je na bohinjskem cvetličnem medu ter sestavi medu. Opisane so ušice in kaparji ter vpliv okolja na razvoj povzročiteljev gozdnega medenja. Raziskovalna naloga Cvetlični in gozdni med v Bohinju je nastala leta 2011. Avtorice raziskovalne naloge so Ines Matuc, Helena Stare in Tjaša Šeliga, učenke 9. razreda iz OŠ dr. Janeza Mencingerja v Bohinjski Bistrici. Mentorici sta učiteljici Pavlina Zorman ter Ana Berčon.
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