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We were shopping on the oldest shopping street in North America Rue d'Champlain with our daughter in law & son and I was finding a few more fraction street numbers.
Arrived fom Bern as Fraction 7TV. Did a go-round due to wind shear of +/- 20kts then requested to divert to Yeovilton but landed on second attempt.
Honey bees represent only a small fraction of the approximately 20,000 known species of bees. Some other types of related bees produce and store honey, but only members of the genus Apis are true honey bees.
Honey
Honey is the complex substance made when the nectar and sweet deposits from plants and trees are gathered, modified and stored in the honeycomb by honey bees as a food source for the colony. All living species of Apis have had their honey gathered by indigenous peoples for consumption, though for commercial purposes only Apis mellifera and Apis cerana have been exploited to any degree. Honey is sometimes also gathered by humans from the nests of various stingless bees.
Honeycombs or Beeswax.
Worker bees of a certain age will secrete beeswax from a series of glands on their abdomens. They use the wax to form the walls and caps of the comb. As with honey, beeswax is gathered for various purposes.
Pollen
Bees collect pollen in the pollen basket and carry it back to the hive. In the hive, pollen is used as a protein source necessary during brood-rearing. In certain environments, excess pollen can be collected from the hives of A. mellifera and A. cerana. It is often eaten as a health supplement.
Propolis
Propolis or bee glue is created from resins, balsams and tree saps. Those species of honey bees which nest in tree cavities use propolis to seal cracks in the hive. Dwarf honey bees use propolis to defend against ants by coating the branch from which their nest is suspended to create a sticky moat. Propolis is consumed by humans as a health supplement in various ways and also used in some cosmetics.
Lessons learned. I analyzed my steps the last few days why the glueup went horribly wrong, and I found the cause of the misalignment. I made the center shelf a few fraction of an inch too wide. When I did a test fit, I just remembered that the center shelf was not in place! So when I started applying glue and began the assembly, the center shelf was preventing the joints from aligning correctly. Pressed for time (it was late at night after coming home from work), I just forced everything together which was the start of the downfall. You think you’ve ran the scenario in your head to prepare for this but you can’t predict everything. And don’t rush. That’s one thing I have to control myself. So restless to finish a project and move on, it reminded me that I took this to slow down. I’m not building a quick utility cabinet... I’m building a project I want to be proud of. I’m glad to be reminded of these things before I start doing client projects again. 😆 Failure is not an option. But learning from it does! (Did that make sense?) PS: Not a big loss. Some alignment issues but it can still be saved. By the time I’m done, nobody won’t even know what’s wrong wit it... unless you’re the few who even view and read my posts. 😂 #newbiewoodworker #weekendwoodworker #woodworking #walnut #besseyclamps via Instagram bit.ly/2Ud1F5M