Bees and Beekeeping

The home of bees is called a hive. It is a structure where bees live, store food, and raise their young. Hives can be found in various settings, such as trees, buildings, or man-made bee boxes in apiaries.

Bees are always busy because they have important tasks to do in the hive such as collecting nectar, making honey, caring for the young, and building honeycombs. Their constant activity is crucial for the survival of the colony and the production of honey.

I'm not sure whether the question is '...come to England' or '...come from England', but this should answer both:
Bees evolved from primitive wasps somewhere between 50 and 100 million years ago, probably in what is now north Africa, although the world was very different then. Their emergence corresponded with that of the first flowers, so bees and flowers have evolved together which may account for their close relationship.
The bees slowly spread, southwards to South Africa, eastwards to India (which at that point was still attached to the African land mass) and on into Asia, and northwards into Europe. Until about 10,000 years ago the British Isles were still joined by land to what is now France, and the bees spread into them.
That is as far as they went until Europeans started exploring. Early settlers took bees with them to the Americas, Australia and New Zealand, and these bee colonies swarmed and spread there.

Bees do have blood, like all insects. It is different from ours in that it does not have any haemoglobin, so it is pale straw coloured, not red. This is because the blood is not used to carry oxygen to the tissues, only nourishment. In insects the blood is more properly called haemolymph.

No, freezing a bee will likely kill it. Bees are cold-blooded and cannot withstand freezing temperatures. Once frozen, the bee's bodily functions will cease, and it will not be able to come back to life.

No, bees cannot transfer poison from a rattlesnake to their stinger. Bees produce their own venom, which is stored in a sac connected to their stinger. The venom is used for defense and hunting prey, such as insects.

Yes, bees have a very good sense of smell, many times more sensitive than ours. Their scent detectors are on their antennae.

Yes, honey bees have venom. When a honey bee stings, it injects venom into its victim which can cause pain, swelling, and allergic reactions in some individuals. Honey bee venom is used as a defense mechanism to protect the hive from threats.

The so-called 'killer bee' -- a name given to them by the sensationalist media and Hollywood; more properly called the Africanized honey bee -- first appeared in northern Brazil in the 1950s. It has slowly spread south to the limits of tropical South America and north through Central America to the southernmost states of the US. It is unlikely to spread much further because Africanized honey bees don't tolerate cold weather.
They are not as bad as a lot of the hype about them would have you think. They are the same size as the European honey bee -- in fact they look exactly the same. The sting of an Africanized bee is no worse than the sting of a European bee. Their problem is that they are more protective of their hive so, if angered, tend to sting in larger numbers.

Yes, bees do sleep. In fact the saying 'busy as a bee' is a bit of a myth. Researchers have marked and watched individual bees in colonies and reported that they spend about a third of their time doing actual tasks within the hive, about another third feeding or just wandering about the hive with no apparent purpose, and for the remainder of the time they remain still. During these times the heads drop and the legs seem to relax, letting the body rest -- effectively a state of sleep.
Young bees, while they are still working only within the hive, tend to have rather chaotic sleep and activity patterns, snatching short bouts of sleep at any time. But once they start foraging they become more diurnal, foraging during the day and sleeping at night.

No, bees do not have whiskers. Whiskers, also known as vibrissae, are specialized hairs that some animals have to help with their sense of touch. Bees rely on other sensory organs, like antennae, to navigate their environment and find food.

A honey bee's sting is barbed, rather like a fishing hook, and when the bee stings into animal (including human) flesh, the elastic skin closes around the sting preventing the bee from withdrawing it. When the bee pulls away the sting is left behind, together with the venom sac and the muscles that pump the venom. This causes severe injury to the bee, which dies from those injuries.

This is a bit of a cruel trick of evolution because insect stings really evolved to sting other insects. An insect's hard outer casing is its skeleton (called an exoskeleton) and when the bee stings another insect its sting creates a hole which doesn't close up so the bee can withdraw the sting with no problem and lives to sting again.

It is possible to be stung by a bee where maybe it doesn't penetrate fully and the bee is able to withdraw the sting. If this happens no harm comes to the bee.

Bees are crucial pollinators, responsible for pollinating many plants, crops, and flowers. They play a key role in maintaining biodiversity and food production. Bees also produce honey and beeswax, which have various uses in food, cosmetics, and healthcare products.

A queen honey bee can live for three to five years.

A drone honey bee can live for up to four months. Although it will die after mating, and any drones will be thrown out of the hive at the end of the season and will die.

Worker honey bees can live up to six or seven weeks in summer, or up to about four months in winter.

The male bee is referred to as a Drone.

These male bees are kept on standby during the summer for mating with a virgin queen. Because the drone has a barbed sex organ, mating is followed by death of the drone. There are only 300-3000 drones in a hive. The drone does not have a stinger. Because they are of no use in the winter, drones are expelled from the hive in the autumn.

Bees cannot be constantly flying, similarly humans cannot constantly run. There is simply not a large enough energy supply.

Wild bees are quite capable of stinging, but like all bees will only do so either in protection of the colony or if they are frightened. Leave them alone and don't make sudden movements close to them and they will ignore you.

Dizzyness is usually caused by disturbances to the organ of balance, the semi-circular canals, in the inner ear. Bees don't have this organ, so can't be dizzy.

I wonder the same thing. Hornets and Wasps don't die when they sting, but the normal Honeybee does. Well, if you ever get stung by a bee, be happy they die after. It hurts when you get stung. So for an exact answer, check a book on bees.

OK, after many months of researching the only reason is because their stinger is connected to their inner organs, When they sting someone the organs get pulled out. And they die, the half-witted little fellows.

hmm in my years of experience i would say home made beer....oh wait you said bees! lol well definatly African killer bees (only 200 in the world but they are the size of two fists (adult) and can sting you up to 60 times one sting will kill you. no suvviving. they will then eat you alive (no lie) and they sting anyone or anything that comes close to their nest. if you make loud sounds they will sting if you move fast they will sting. oh and they swarm. they have 4 queens so if one dies they remain, and they do not die after stings, only run out of venom.

Bees are able to hover due to their unique wing structure and wing movements. They can rapidly move their wings in a figure-eight pattern, creating a vortex that generates lift and allows them to stay suspended in the air. Additionally, bees have specialized muscles that allow them to make quick adjustments in flight to maintain stability while hovering.

Killer bees, also known as Africanized bees, are about the same size as European honey bees, ranging from 0.4 to 0.6 inches in length. They are slightly smaller than the largest species of honey bees.

Bees make a buzzing sound by rapidly moving their wings to generate lift and propulsion for flight. The frequency and intensity of the buzzing can vary depending on the species of bee, their size, and the purpose of their activity (e.g., foraging, communicating).

Beekeeper is perfectly OK but another word for beekeeper is apiarist.

It is highly unlikely that bees could harm a lion in a direct confrontation. Lions have thick fur and tough skin that would protect them from bee stings. Additionally, lions are known to avoid situations that would expose them to unnecessary danger.