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Bees have an inbuilt navigation system, perhaps even humans

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  We visited our Bee apiary (29 hives so far) located in wakiso-kiwenda on a 1 decimal enclave inside a 4acre growing forest earlier in the morning and here are my key takeaways; 1. Most bees live for only 30 days but they are working from day 1 even at night until their death. 2. Bees have a great banking system; that rich honey is their stored food for the cold and dry seasons.   3. Bees are very cooperative & organized, the bee that carries the nectar hands over the nectar to another bee and then to another before it’s cleaned and finally put into a comb. 4. Bees are organized and hardworking with each bee doing it’s specific task; worker bees collecting food, building the nest. the queen laying eggs sometimes up to 10,000 and producing pheromes that assist in the navigation system for all its bees and a bunch of drone bees that stay in the hive organizing the hive, protecting the queen and hive. 6. They are guard bees at every bee hive that use the chemical s...