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Yes, honeybees seal their bee boxes from predators. The insects in question (Apis spp) also use the sealing medium to repair cracks, crevices and fissures in their abodes. The medium works most effectively since the propolis in question represents the astute mix of sticky tree resin with wax to yield sticky glue.
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What does bees get from flowers?
Bees gather nectar from flowers, which they use to make honey. They also collect pollen from flowers, which they use as a food source for themselves and their larvae. Additionally, bees help with pollination when they visit flowers, which is essential for the reproduction of many flowering plant species.
How bee wax is formed?
Beeswax is produced by glands on the underside of a bee's abdomen. The glands produce liquid wax which sets into little flakes of solid wax about the size of a pinhead on contact with the air.The composition of beeswax is complex and contains in the order of 300 components including hydrocarbons, straight-chain monohydric alcohols, acids, hydroxy acids, and oils. Its composition can vary according to the variety of bee, the time of year, the weather, and a number of other factors.
How does a sea otter protect itself from predators?
Sea otters protect themselves from predators by wrapping themselves in kelp forests where they can blend in and avoid being seen. They also have dense fur that insulates them from cold water and acts as a barrier against sharp teeth of predators. Additionally, sea otters are quick and agile swimmers, allowing them to escape from predators such as sharks and killer whales.
What is the geologic time period of the Caribbean monk seal?
The Caribbean monk seal, West Indian seal (Monachus tropicalis), or sea wolf, as early explorers referred to it, was a species of seal native to the Caribbean and now believed to be extinct. The Caribbean monk seals' main predators were sharks and humans. Overhunting of the seals for oil, and overfishing of their food sources, are the established reasons for the seals' extinction. The last confirmed sighting of the Caribbean Monk Seal was in 1952 at Serranilla, between Jamaica and Nicaragua.
What level in the energy pyramid is a leopard seal?
Second to the top - they are predators but I believe that a Killer Whales probably kill and eat them so they are not the top predator. So the pyramid would go (starting at the bottom): Plankton -> fish-> penguin -> Leopard seal -> Killer Whale
How do bees turn pollen into honey?
They don't. Pollen is not used to make honey. Bees collect nectar from flowers. When they return to the hive it is regurgutated into comb cells. The heat of the hive, together with bees fanning the nectar cells with their wings, drive off water from the nectar. The result is honey.
Do honey bees go in the ground looking for nesting material?
No, honey bees produce wax for constructing their nests much like spiders produce their webs. Honey bees have a gland that produces a wax flake or scale that is then molded into the honey comb. Bees also use a matterial called propolis that is produced from the sap and resin of trees and is chewed by the worker bees into a paste that is used to seal up and weather proof the hive. When it dries it is very hard and strong. Propolis is also water proof.
What do bees use as glue from trees?
Honey bees take resins from tree buds and mix it with wax to produce a sticky substance they use to coat surfaces in the hive and to seal small cracks. In this form it is called propolis.
How does honey bees produce honey?
This is a long and amazing "work-journey" of Honey-bees (which are the only type of bees making honey). Honey-bees get nectar by the flowers, and once their stomach is full (after visiting up to 150 flowers); this bee (called worker-bee) turns back to the nest or hive. While getting back to nest, an enzyme (produced by bees) is added to the nectar in order to break the complex plant sugar down into glucose and fructose (easily digested by the bees). When the bees are already in the nest or hive; the nectar will be delivered through their mouths and stored in the honeycomb cells; where the evaporation of moisture will start (bees will fan the nectar with their wings to speed up the drying process). After the nectar will be dried up, each worker bee will seal the upper part of each cell with a thin beeswax cap (which is the place where the honey is stored until we get it to eat).
How is honey formed?
honey is formed by: 1.the bee taking nectar from flowers 2.bee returning to hive and passing honey (with mouth) from bee to bee 3.a bee placing the honey into honeycomb and putting a wax seal over it 4.waiting for the extra water in the honey to evaporate how honey is formed how honey is formed
What predators does a fur seal have?
it has none
Does a Ribbon Seal have any predators?
NO
What do bees use the nectar from flowers to make?
Technically I think they do eat nectar but they turn it into honey in their stomachs. They then spit it back up to eat then or store in the cell walls to eat in the long winters. Hope this helps!!! -- Honey bees feed on pollen and honey. They make the honey out of flower nectar that they collect by sucking it out of flowers; they then store it in a special storage stomach and bring it back to the hive. There they pass it over to other worker bees, who make it into honey by mixing it with enzymes as they chew it. They spread the treated nectar into the honeycombs, and as the water evaporates from it, it becomes thick. When it is thick enough, they seal off the honeycomb cells with wax and store the honey until they need it.
What are seal's predators?
well orcas and sharks
What does the harp seal want to do with its predators?
Kill them
How many kilometers can a bee travel on 1 gram of honey?
They use their long, tubelike tongues like straws to suck the nectar out of the flowers and they store it in their "honey stomachs". Bees actually have two stomachs, their honey stomach which they use like a nectar backpack and their regular stomach. The honey stomach holds almost 70 mg of nectar and when full, it weighs almost as much as the bee does. Honeybees must visit between 100 and 1500 flowers in order to fill their honey stomachs.The honeybees return to the hive and pass the nectar onto other worker bees. These bees suck the nectar from the honeybee's stomach through their mouths. These "house bees" "chew" the nectar for about half an hour. During this time, enzymes are breaking the complex sugars in the nectar into simple sugars so that it is both more digestible for the bees and less likely to be attacked by bacteria while it is stored within the hive. The bees then spread the nectar throughout the honeycombs where water evaporates from it, making it a thicker syrup. The bees make the nectar dry even faster by fanning it with their wings. Once the honey is gooey enough, the bees seal off the cell of the honeycomb with a plug of wax. The honey is stored until it is eaten. In one year, a colony of bees eats between 120 and 200 pounds of honey.
How do you get rid of bees with out hurting the bees?
It will depend on where they are, but it is not a task for the inexperienced. If they are (or you think they may be) honey bees, contact a local beekeeper for help. If they are 'pest bees' -- the local beekeeper can help you identify the animals -- then you may be required to call an exterminator.
