Simply put, a colony is a process in which about half of the bees (on average) are separated from an existing colony along with the old queen to form a new colony. Under certain conditions, a strong...
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Lonely bee. Lonely bees almost never sting humans because they don't have honey to protect them. Bees and solitary wasps are also less likely to sting to protect their nests, Schmidt said. Bees...
When a colony has thousands of bees clustered outside the hive to form a beard, it usually means one of two things. Beard is a term used to describe how bees congregate at the front of the hive in a...
Honey bees use four flexible wings to make short, quick, sweeping movements that create enough lift to fly. This allows the bees to fly despite their aerodynamics being very different from fixed-wing...
Since bees do not have lungs, they breathe with air sacs and have a well-developed tracheal system. As mentioned earlier, the air pockets located in the fort network play an important role in helping...
The Indian carpenter bee (Xylocopa sp., Apidae) is known to be nocturnal, able to forage even on the darkest, moonless nights. Nocturnal species, such as the Indian carpenter bee, fly at night to...