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Cluster to keep the queen warm and manage food supplies inside the hive and die or forage outside the hive are the things that happen to honey bees in winter. The course of the winter depends upon the population levels in the hive and the temperature levels. A cold winter results in bees inside the hive if conditions are not crowded (with ejections if they are) whereas a warm winter yields occasional forages back and forth, indoors and outdoors.
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∙ 16y agoDuring the cold months, bees feed on the honey in the hive in order to survive while nectar is scarce.
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Are honeybees the same as bees?
No. Some bumble bees are solitary but even the largest social bumble bee colonies are quite small with up to a couple of hundred members -- compared to a honey bee colony at 20,000 to 60,000 members. Also, bumble bees only store enough honey for their immediate needs because over the winter the new queens hibernate and the rest of the colony dies. With honey bees they have to build up a large stock of honey for food when they can't forage in the winter because they do not hibernate and a large part of the colony will survive through the winter.
What do honey bees eat?
Bees will eat most sugary things,they like honey the most.I have read most articles and everyone else said that they eat honey.Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/What_does_bees_eat#ixzz1UYIx1CCH
How does the survival of honey badger depends on bees?
Bees use nectar from flowers to produce honey, the honey badger then feed on the honey that the bees produce.
What Honey is man made or natural?
All honey is made by bees, therefore it is natural. If it is not made by bees then it is not honey.
Do mason bees produce honey you can eat?
No. Only honey bees - Apis Mellifera - do that.
What happens if honey bees die?
there will be less honey
What is decline of the honey bees?
My uncle happens to have a dozen or so honey bee hives he raises in his back yard. In the last month's they have delined because of the harsh winter.
Is it better to kill bees in the fall or winter?
You shouldn't kill honey bees at any time of the year. If you have a problem with honey bees, firstly contact a beekeeper.
How do bees get their honey in the winter?
they dont they feed off of honey they've already collected
When is the best time to rob honey bees?
The best time to rob honey bees is in he springtime when flowers and fruit orchards begin to bloom. If you rob the bees when there is no supply of nectar, the bees will not have enough honey to weather the winter.
What happens if you put honey in your ear?
Bees.
Why do you need to feed the bees after taking there honey?
The honey that bees produce is to feed themselves during the winter. If a beekeeper removes all of their honey, the bees would die of starvation during the winter as they have no way of replenishing their lost stores (no flowers in the winter). The bees are usually fed sugar syrup - a mixture of ordinary granulated sugar mixed with water.
What do bees eat in the winter?
During the winter, bees eat honey. The honey is calorie-rich and carbohydrate-loaded honey, and is the perfect fuel. Worker bees eat this honey and use the energy it provides to fuel rapid contractions of their wing muscles. Pumping these muscles without flying creates heat.
What happens in honey bee colonies?
The bees raise their young and make honey.
How do you think the hive of bees survive the winter when there are no flowers to feed on?
Foraging bees will fly up to three miles (five kilometres) from the hive to find sources of nectar, but when nectar is not available bees will feed on their stored honey. A bee colony will normally store more than enough honey during the summer to see them through the following winter. When a beekeeper takes honey from the hive, he will make sure the bees survive the winter by providing sugar syrup for them to feed on.
Why are honey bees eaiest to take care of?
I am not sure easiest is necessarily the best word, but the reason we keep honey bees rather than any other variety of bee is for the honey. Although other bees, such as bumble bees, do make honey it is only in small amounts because they don't need to save stores for the winter (the queens hibernate, the others die). Honey bees on the other hand don't hibernate so need to build up a stock of food during the summer to take them through the winter when nectar is not available. Beekeepers take most -- but not all -- of this honey then feed the bees during the winter with sugar syrup.
If we eat the honey do the bees die?
No, beekeepers remove most of the honey that the bees produce during the summer but replace it with sugar-syrup so that the bees won't starve to death during the winter.
