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They don't. Pollen is not used to make honey.
Bees collect nectar from flowers. When they return to the hive it is regurgutated into comb cells. The heat of the hive, together with bees fanning the nectar cells with their wings, drive off water from the nectar. The result is honey.
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How do bumble bees make honey?
Bumblebees eat nectar and pollen made by flowers. The sugary nectar provides the bees with energy while the pollen provides them with protein, according to The Bumblebee Conservation Trust. They make honey by chewing the pollen and mixing it with their saliva, according to Animal Diversity Web (ADW).
What biotic factors do honey bees interact with?
Abiotic factors are non living things like water, soil, temperature, and rocks. Pathogen levels are one abiotic factor that affects honey bees causing colony deaths. Temperature is another abiotic factor that affects honey bees.
Are honey bees made out of honey?
They are called honey bees because they collect nectar to make honey.
Why honeyeater birds are important to plants?
All bees are important to an ecosystem. If bees around the world died off the human population would be dead within four years. Bees carry pollen from flower to flower aiding in plant reproduction. Without bees there would be no plant reproduction, which means insects and birds would die off, followed by omnivores and carnivores who eat them, followed by us. Yikes.
What southern trees attract bees?
Fruit trees attract bees when in bloom. Bees are also attracted to the sweetness of the fallen fruit. Apple, peach, pear, and cherry for example. Threr are always millions of honey bees that visit my plum and crabapple trees to collect pollen. (I live in North Carolina.)
What do honeybees collect?
If you might have noticed a recent answer, which was pollen, that answer is wrong. Bees collect nectar, which they turn into honey. pollen sticks to their legs and falls onto other flowers. this is called pollination.
Can honey bees die from certain flower pollen?
no because honey bees pollen
Are honey bees are vegetable?
Yes, honey bees eat nectar and pollen.
Is honey necter?
No. Honey is a substance obtained from bees. Bees produce honey from pollen, not nectar.
How honey bees make honey?
Form pollen
What do bees eat besides honey?
Honey bees get pollen on their feet and legs, and carry that pollen to the next flowering plant, tree, or shrub. Bees pollinate so the plants mature.
How do bees get there foods?
Forager bees collect nectar and pollen, and bring them back to the hive where they are stored. Water is evaporated from the nectar, turning it into honey. Bees eat pollen, a rich source of protein, and honey, which is a carbohydrate.
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 bees eat beside nectar and honey?
Bees eat pollen as well as nectar and honey.
Why do bees take flowers pollen?
Bees take pollen to make honey.
How does a bee get its food?
Bees eat nectar and pollen that they collect off of the flowers. Honey bees will even eat the honey that they make from the pollen that they collect.
Does honey attract bees?
It's not as much Honey as Pollen that attracts bee, if there is honey around and bees are far from ther ehive they may rest in the hive that has honey in it or if the is honey bees may make a hive near by because honey means pollen.
