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When is a bee not a bee?
A bumble bee is a bee -- just a different sort of bee.Bumble bees do collect nectar and make honey, but not in large enough quantities to make it worth harvesting.However bumble bees are excellent Pollinators, so bumble Bees can be worth keeping. Farmers will pay you money to lend them your hives for the season so that the bumble bees pollinate their crops.
Which are bigger bees or honey bees?
The common bumblebee is usually larger than the honey bee worker, and of comparable size to the honey bee drone.
What is a black bee with yellow rear end which I saw browsing flowers along with honey-bees. Larger than honey-bee but not as big as a bumble-bee?
I think it may be a burrowing bee they live underground in holes as a colony and they look a bit like a bumble bee but not as big
Can you give a bumble bee honey?
Bumblebee honey is edible, although it is thinner and watery than Honeybee honey
Do the big black fuzzy bumble bees sting?
They can do, but will only do so if really provoked.
What kind of bee is there that has an exposed nest that may consist of about 200 to 300 honey bees?
If there are only 200 to 300, they will be bumble bees. Honey bees live in much bigger colonies than that.
What is the difference between bumble bees and the queen bee?
Honey bees are social insects and live in groups of a few tens of thousands, bumble bees live in small groups or even alone. Although both species make honey, only honey bees store a surplus for times when nectar is not available. Bumble bees make at most around a tablespoonful of honey. Honey bees remain active over winter, though they won't leave the hive if it is too cold or wet. Young bumble bee queens seek out a sheltered place in which to hibernate, and the other bumble bees die when winter comes.
When is a bee not a bee?
A bumble bee is a bee -- just a different sort of bee.Bumble bees do collect nectar and make honey, but not in large enough quantities to make it worth harvesting.However bumble bees are excellent Pollinators, so bumble Bees can be worth keeping. Farmers will pay you money to lend them your hives for the season so that the bumble bees pollinate their crops.
Do people keeep bumble bees like they keep honey bees?
We can't keep bumble bees in the same way we keep honey bees. There are several reasons for this:Bumble bees tend to be either solitary or live in very small colonies, compared to the honey bee hive of around 60,000 bees in the summer.Honey bees make more honey than they need, and this is what we collect. Bumble bees do make honey, but only in very small amounts. At the most you would collect about a tablespoonful of honey from a bumble bee nest.Bumble bees won't live in hives.A honey bee colony lives through the winter (they don't hibernate), so you still have the colony in spring. At the end of summer newly-mated bumble bee queens fly off to find somewhere to hibernate through the winter; all other bumble bees die as the cold weather comes.WRONG. The person who gave this answer has no idea what they are talking about. Bumble bees are commonly kept as pollinators, especially for indoor greenhouse crops like tomatoes. Google it.
What is the difference between honeybees and bumblebees?
Body shape is different: a honey bee's body is similar to that of a wasp, while the bumble bee has a round body. The bumble bee is also known for it's hairy or fuzzy appearance. Honey bees, although having a fine hairs appear much smoother. Bumble bees are also usually black and yellow in colour, honey bees more shades of brown. Bumble bees are similar to honey bees in that a hive will consist of a queen, female worker bees, and male drones, who are responsible for mating with the queen. They do produce honey, but in very small amounts, so they are not used for commercial honey production. Another similarity is that only the females possess stingers. Bumble bees tend to live in fairly small nests, which are usually in the ground. For this reason, they do not swarm like honey bees. Bumble bees can thrive in colder climates than most honey bees because they can regulate their body temperature and they have furry bodies. With many bumble bee varieties, only the queen will survive over the winter, and she hibernates in her nest. Honey bees do not hibernate, and although the drones are evicted from the hive at the end of summer and die, the queen and workers over-winter in the hive, taking the opportunity to forage whenever the air temperature is high enough.
Which are bigger bees or honey bees?
The common bumblebee is usually larger than the honey bee worker, and of comparable size to the honey bee drone.
What time of day do honey bees fly?
Honey bees will fly when the air temperature is above approximately 10 degrees Celsius (50 Fahrenheit), so the answer to your question will depend on the time of the year and your location in the world. Bumble bees will fly in lower temperatures than honey bees.
What kind of big bee flies around plants?
If it is bigger than a honey bee, it will be a bumble bee.
Are carpenter bees and bumble bees the same?
No... honey bee's collect honey and are in a hive and are also smaller than bumble bees and not yellow and black... whereas bumble bee's collect pollen and make their own hives. hope u understand that a little more now
What is a black bee with yellow rear end which I saw browsing flowers along with honey-bees. Larger than honey-bee but not as big as a bumble-bee?
I think it may be a burrowing bee they live underground in holes as a colony and they look a bit like a bumble bee but not as big
Is Honey made by other than bees?
No, only Bees produce honey.
What is the binomial nomenclature for a honey bee?
Apis, Megapis, and Micrapis are the three names for honey bees (Apis spp). The first subgenus identifies the east and south Asian native whereas the other two subgenera relate to a south and southeast Asia distribution.
