will fall about 138 feet, averaging a speed of about 95 miles per hour. â¢ After about 12 seconds the person falls no faster, so for every additional second the person would fall another 174 feet at a speed of about 118 miles per hour.
Beekeeping is the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in man-made hives, by humans. A beekeeper (or apiarist) keeps bees in order to collect their honey and other products that the hive produces (including beeswax, propolis, pollen, and royal jelly), to pollinate crops, or to produce bees for sale to other beekeepers. A location where bees are kept is called an apiary or bee yard. Depictions of humans collecting honey from wild bees date to 10,000 years ago. Beekeeping in pottery vessels began about 9,000 years ago in North Africa.
S. M. e-mailed to ask what is the difference between a carpenter bee and a bumble bee. Since I am not a trained entomologist, I called Dr. Paul Guillebeau to find out. âJust look at their rear end,â he advised. âThe carpenter bee has a bald bottom. The bumble bee bottom is hairy. Itâs easy to notice â just follow one while they visit your flowers.â Paul also mentioned that most bee calls now concern the carpenter bee. The female bores holes in wood siding and fence posts and lays her eggs in it . Male bees hover nearby and âzoomâ intruders. Although the male is the one most likely to alarm you, he canât sting. The female can sting â but only if greatly provoked. The carpenter bees benefit the environment by pollinating the flowers of vegetables and fruits. The adult bees naturally die by mid-summer.