Like plants, honey bees have an active season when they feed on flowers and a dormant period when the hive goes dormant. Honey bees remain active throughout the winter despite low temperatures and a...
Category: Bees
The queen lays a fertilized (female) or unfertilized (male) egg depending on the width of the cage. On the other hand, if a queen approaches a larger kelp cell to deposit a male egg, the queen does...
Colony collapse disorder is a phenomenon where worker bees from a beehive or other colony abruptly disappear and leave behind the queen, plenty of honey, and just a few nurse bees to care for the...
Honey is stored in beehives or honeycomb nests, which are double layers of uniform hexagonal cells made of beeswax (protected by worker bees) and propolis (plant resin collected by worker bees)....
The bee's stinger is barbed so that it stays in the skin of the victim and the bee dies soon afterwards. This ensures that when a honeybee stings an animal, it dies. Bees die when they sting...
Bees are insects that have been around for millions of years. They are the only insect that produces food for humans. Bees tend to remain in their hives during the winter, although a small number...