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During the flowering season, the main source of food for a honey bee will be nectar which the bee feeds on directly from the plant. During the winter, when no flowers are available and it is too cold for the bee to leave the hive, the bee will eat honey which it has made and stored during the summer specifically for this purpose. If a beekeeper thinks that his bees may not have enough food to last them through the winter, he might feed them with a block of 'candy' which is mostly sugar mixed with a little water.
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∙ 14y agoBees get their protein by eating pollen.
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Do bees eat the honey they make?
Yes, they collect pollen and nectar to produce their food, which includes honey.
What do bees eat beside nectar and honey?
Bees eat pollen as well as nectar and honey.
Do honey bees eat mud?
Honey bees do not eat mud. They eat nectar and pollen from flowers, as well as the honey that they make from nectar.
Do mason bees produce honey you can eat?
No. Only honey bees - Apis Mellifera - do that.
What do adult honey bees eat?
A clue is in the name "honey" bee. The only reason that the bees make honey is to provide an effective way of storing food. The fact that Man and other animals steal it is incidental - the bees do not make it for us, they make it for themselves. They also eat pollen (which we also now harvest as a health food). Beekeepers feed their bees sugar syrup and bakers fondant as (cheaper) alternatives to allow them to take off more honey from the hive. The bees would almost certainly prefer us to leave them the honey instead!
What are the food eaten by the bees?
Bees eat honey. actually bee's don't eat honey they produce it :-)
Do bees eat their own honey?
Yes, that's why they make it. Bees make honey and store it so they have food when they are unable to forage for nectar.
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.
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.
You thought bees dont eat honey and they eat nector and pollen?
Bees feed pollen to their larvas and eat the honey if the weather is too cold to search foor food.
What kind of insects do honey bees eat?
honey bees eat no insects but do eat nectar
What insect provides food for human?
Bees, in particular honey bees, although nearly all bees make honey in one form or another.
Why do bees eat honey?
The reason why bees eat honey is because it taste good.
Do bees eat the honey they make?
Yes, they collect pollen and nectar to produce their food, which includes honey.
What does a honeybee eat?
honey bees eat honey
What do bees eat beside nectar and honey?
Bees eat pollen as well as nectar and honey.
What do bees eat other than Honey?
*Facepalm* Bees don't eat honey....they make it.
