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Ubusi Bee Smoker + Shield S / S Large from R585
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Ubusi Bee Smoker + Shield S / S Large from R585
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about promising food sources to the hive - a purposeful swarm ’ s services can be relied upon instead of a few random visitors . Effective communication means that even on days with bad weather , bees can work efficiently .

No human can compete with bees when it comes to pollination . Individual bees and the swarm possess a learning ability . They can memorize the times of day

of up to seven flowering plants in their environment and collect accordingly . Bees are drawn to nectar flow and will continue to visit the same flower for a few days as long as it produces nectar and is still partially unfertilized . For instance , a strawberry blossom might be visited up to 20 times until the aggregate fruit is fully fertilised . A single honeybee can visit from 50 to 1000 flowers per flight . A typical swarm makes around 400 million pollination visits per year .

Apples are just one of many crops that are either entirely or partially dependent on honeybees for natural pollination . According to SANBI , 40-70 % of our native flowering plants are dependent on bees , as well as 50 crops . Cotton , alfalfa , coffee , citrus , clover , macadamia

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