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What do bumble bee eat?
Bumble bees live on pretty much the same diet as honey bees: pollen and nectar (the basis of honey).
What do killer bees eat?
So-called killer bees, more properly called Africanized honey bees, eat the same as any other honey bee: pollen and nectar.
What bees pollinate?
As bees take nectar from a flower, pollen gets transferred from the stamen on to the bee's body. When the bee goes to the next flower some of this pollen is transferred to the stigma, fertilizing the flower. Once a bee starts collecting nectar from a particular type of flower it will keep going to the same type of flower as long as it can, keeping the pollen to the same type of flower.
What do drone bees eat?
Click on the link to your right for a picture of a ground bee. == *go to wikipedia.org to get a full decription (sp.)
How and why are bees attracted to flowers?
Bees are attracted to flowers because they supply them with nectar. During the process of gathering nectar the pollen of the flower sticks to the bee and is carried to other flowers so inducing pollination.
Who gathers all the pollen and nectar?
Pollinators visit flowers for the nectar and inadvertedly transfer pollen (either from same flower or one visited previously) from the male anthers to the female stigma.Pollinators include the following:BatsHummingbirds, honeyeaters and sunbirdsMonkeys, lemurs, possums, rodents and lizards.Humans "hand pollinate" without the need for the nectar harvest.Honey bees, bumblebees, and other bees with "pollen basket" on hind legs.Hoverflies and other fly species.Wasps (several species)Butterflies and moths.Beetles
What kind of flowers do bees eat?
Daisys, tulips, marigolds. Mostly its the bright colored flowers such as those I do believe. Bees cannot see red, but see ultraviolet wavelengths so colors in the blue and violet spectrum are attractive (ie - rosemary). If a flower is a good producer of nectar or pollen, bees will be attracted to it regardless of color. See the links below for some examples.Sunflowers
What is bee pollination?
As bees take nectar from a flower, pollen gets transferred from the stamen on to the bee's body. When the bee goes to the next flower some of this pollen is transferred to the stigma, fertilizing the flower. Once a bee starts collecting nectar from a particular type of flower it will keep going to the same type of flower as long as it can, keeping the pollen to the same type of flower.
Is honey the same as nectar?
No, Honey is nectar afer the Bees have evaporated the excess moisture.
What is a bumblebees diet?
Nectar and pollen, same as a honey bee.
How does the location of nectaries help to pollinate the flower?
Pollinators are attracted to the nectar. When they are feeding on the nectar, they pick up pollen and/or deposit pollen. The location of the nectaries is such as to make the pollinators touch the pollen to pick it up or to deposit it.
Do bees collect pollen in a group?
It may appear that bees are foraging in a group because there are so many of them, but each bee is working on its own. When a bee returns to the hive after finding a new source of nectar it communicates the location and type of plant to other bees in the hive, and they then will go to the same place to forage.
