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Many insects feed on the nectar from flowers and other plant parts. Nectar is a carbohydrate, a food high in energy and which requires little or no physiology for their body to use; it is already in a useable or near-useable form. Many of those insects are seasonal, meaning when the flowers are gone, the insect has finished its life cycle, eggs or pupa are in place for next year and the adult dies.
Bees are a little different, they not only work to feed themselves, they work to feed the hive. For the hive to survive, some of the bees must live and survive through the winter, when there is little or no nectar flowing and when it is often too cold to fly. Therefore, the bees developed a way to concentrate that nectar to preserve it through winter. In addition to certain enzymes being added, they dehydrate the honey by a factor of 10 or 12-to-1; done by doing a lot of wing flapping. The bees have the same food value in place for storage, but it takes up a lot less space.
Interestingly, the bees have learned just how much to dehydrate that nectar. Too much dehydration and the honey will crystalize, too little dehydration and the honey will ferment. Additionally, honey is a natural pesticide; meaning harmful microorganisms cannot survive in honey, in its natural state. In fact, some types of honey can, in proper storage, stay good for decades, perhaps centuries.
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What is sticky and sweet and comes from bees?
honey hence the name honey bees Honey bees also produce bees wax by converting honey.
What are honey bees afraid of?
Honey bees are afraid of smoke
Who from the bees makes honey?
It is the worker bees that make the honey.
Are honey bees over populated?
No, the more honey bees the more honey for us
Are sweat bees and honey bees the same?
No. Honey bees (Apis Meliferra) are a different species.
Where do honey bees prepare honey from nectar?
The hive bodies.
What is sticky and sweet and comes from bees?
honey hence the name honey bees Honey bees also produce bees wax by converting honey.
I would like to rear honey bees at my garden. how to prepare a skep?
Ask a beekeeper. Do not attempt this on your own!
Were honey cam from?
Honey comes from Bees like Honey Bees.
Do bees produce honey?
Do honey bees produce WHAT? If the question is "honey", then yes, HONEY bees produce HONEY. If the question is NOT "honey", I'm afraid I can't help you.
Are honey bees the only bees that make honey?
No, honey bees are not the only bees that make honey. The bees in question (Apis spp) just happen to be the most famous of the world's natural honey-makers. Other apian examples include bumble and stingless bees.
Do beekeepers want bumble bees?
No honey bees for the honey.
What are honey bees afraid of?
Honey bees are afraid of smoke
What honey bees?
Birds are the main predators of honey bees.
Who from the bees makes honey?
It is the worker bees that make the honey.
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.
Are honey bees made out of honey?
They are called honey bees because they collect nectar to make honey.
