In order to support my bee habit, I teach. Both give me great pleasure, with occasional doses of frustration, but overall I enjoy both activities.
On the teaching side, I may have an opportunity to design and present a course aimed at college freshmen. I get to choose the topic, and to present the topic from a variety of perspectives; literature, society, mathematics, physical sciences, art.... I've chosen bees as the topic.
As I think about what to teach, it occurs to me that there are lots of 'rules of thumb' out there that relate to beekeeping, like 1 pound of honey = 2,000,000 trips to flowers or 5 lb of honey are needed to prepare 1 lb. of wax. I'd like to gather some of these tidbits, and thought that I would ask here if you have some favorites that you have found useful and/or interesting. I figure that they'll be useful to a wider audience here on the site, too.
I am not looking for any specific type of rule of thumb, or conversion. Anything involving brood, food, woodenware, pesticides or anything else that comes to mind is appreciated. No example is too simple, none too complex. Thanks!
Pete
On the teaching side, I may have an opportunity to design and present a course aimed at college freshmen. I get to choose the topic, and to present the topic from a variety of perspectives; literature, society, mathematics, physical sciences, art.... I've chosen bees as the topic.
As I think about what to teach, it occurs to me that there are lots of 'rules of thumb' out there that relate to beekeeping, like 1 pound of honey = 2,000,000 trips to flowers or 5 lb of honey are needed to prepare 1 lb. of wax. I'd like to gather some of these tidbits, and thought that I would ask here if you have some favorites that you have found useful and/or interesting. I figure that they'll be useful to a wider audience here on the site, too.
I am not looking for any specific type of rule of thumb, or conversion. Anything involving brood, food, woodenware, pesticides or anything else that comes to mind is appreciated. No example is too simple, none too complex. Thanks!
Pete