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During the nectar gathering season the average worker bee lives for five to six weeks. The queen will live about three years, and the drones for up to about four months -- or to the end of summer if that is earlier because then the workers will evict the drones from the hive.
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How long do honey bear hamsters live?
Honey Bear hamsters live about 2-3 years average.
What term is given to individuals who are hired by the company to keep up production during a strike?
They are scabs. Long live scabs.
What are desirable characteristics of bee varieties suitable for honey production?
The desirable characteristics of bee varieties suitable for honey production include being able to breed well, collect a large amount of honey and stay in a given beehive for long periods.
How long do honey bees live if caught in a container?
About two days
How long do honey pot ants live?
They can live up to 2 to 5 yrs. most live up to 4 yrs
How many miles does a bee travel to get one pound of honey?
A single bee doesn't live long enough to produce one pound of honey.
How long do killer bees live?
Africanized honey bees, which were given the name 'killer bees' by the sensationalist media, are just a particular breed of honey bee (a cross between the Tanzanian honey bee, Apis mellifera scutellata, and the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera mellifera. As such, they are the same size and have the same appearance as the Western honey bee, and have the same lifespan. Queens live for three to five years; workers can live for up to six months over the winter, but will only live for about six weeks in the summer; and drones can live for about four months, but die during the act of mating with a new queen, and will be evicted from the hive by the workers at the end of summer, and will die of cold or starvation.
How long can a honey bee live if put under water?
5-15 seconds but there's no reason to do that
How long does can a European honey bee live?
Roughly six weeks in summer and six months in winter.
How long can honey bees live in sealed walls?
The walls of a house are never completely "sealed". There are always slots where insects get in and out.
How long does the queen bee live?
A honey bee queen can live for four or five years but beekeepers usually replace them after two years.
How long would it take 50000 honey bees to make 500 pounds of honey?
Presuming that you mean 500lbs of honey taken off a hive then it would probably represent 4 or 5 years honey production. But it could be more or less depending on the quality of summer weather and available forage for the bees.This is a difficult question for several other reasons:bees are eating honey themselves so some of what they had already made would be consumed in order for them to survive to make more the next year;50,000 bees represents a typical summer colony in a hive but the colony dwindles during the winter months when no honey production is possible;some sub-species of honey bees are more prolific than others.I hope that helps a bit. It is a complex topic so if you are interested please do take the time to read an introductory book for beekeeping - you will find it fascinating.
