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Why do bees only live in the summer?

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When its cold a bee/wasp (unsure about hornets) vision is drastically reduced and therefore it cannot see... and im sure you can see how that would be an inconvenience to a small insect that flies...

because the flowers grow

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Bees are attracted to water because they need to drink. In hot weather they will also take water back to the hive where its evaporation helps control the hive temperature.

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Well they hibernate in the winter and come in the summer because in the winter they could die and its warm in the summer.

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To visit an Ant in New York

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