The queen bee is the heart of the colony; she is the seed of modern beekeeping. Production and health depend on her. For this reason, in Cuba, queens are bred in specialized centers under a Genetic Improvement Program managed by the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG), with regulatory health measures in place for their replacement and […]
A beehive encompasses the entire population of individuals—the bees and the organic and inorganic elements—which, as a dynamic complex, interacts with the communities of plant and animal elements and their non-living environment. A single honeybee, from a productive standpoint, represents nothing and, as a life form, is ephemeral and without a future. The colony as […]
The queen bee lives for several years, while worker bees and drones live only a few months. The lifespan of worker bees is shortened by intense foraging, the need to search for food over long distances or the lack of food, and external factors that force them to make additional efforts, such as thermoregulation during […]
Bees are intimately linked to the evolution of humankind as social beings. Present on Earth for over 60 million years, the evolutionary development of this insect has been closely intertwined with that of flowering plants, fruits, and seeds. Fossil evidence of bees predates that of humans. From this plant-insect relationship arises the ecological and economic […]
