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Bees and Beekeeping
Beekeeping is the science of managing honey bees and promoting healthy hive conditions. Honey production involves extracting honey from honey comb and packaging the honey for human use.
2,104 Questions
Are there predators of carpenter bees?
There has to be something i have 4 dead ones on my back deck they look like something ate all the wings and skin they are just white... and it looks like fecal matter all around them. Its really gross!
Why are black bees more dangers than regular bees?
well i always thought that black bees made honey but never stang. My old school keeps them and the prep kids always play with them, one of the teachers said that they never stang, that is why they bought them.
Why do bees make honey and do they eat it?
Bees don't hibernate, but if the weather is too cold they can't fly out of the hive - and in winter there would probably be no flowers anyway. So, they collect a surplus of food when there is plenty available and store it for the winter. Honey can best be described as concentrated nectar.
What should you do if a yellow jacket gets in your house?
NOTE : If the person stung experiences swelling (away from the sting site), fever, headache, nausea, or dizziness, or has any history of allergic reactions to stings, immediately seek professional medical care.
A yellowjacket or hornet sting may or may not leave a stinger in the skin. This should be removed, but carefully to avoid squeezing out more toxins. Ice may be used to reduce swelling and pain (wrapped in cloth to avoid skin damage). First aid creams may include a topical antihistamine, to reduce swelling, or hydrocortisone to relieve itching. A loose bandage should allow drainage from the wound.
There are commercial "sting kill" swabs which may provide effective relief for some stings. Some home remedies that have helped in stings include wet tea bags (an astringent), or wet baking soda, or even wet mud (which may to a limited extent draw fluid from the wound).
Do bees know they are pollinating a flowers?
Bees do not ' know' anything. They just fly from flower to flower gathering pollen and nectar to take back home and feed baby bees.
In the process, bees accidentally leave a wee bit of that pollen on other flowers - just enough to pollinate them.
What you saw is the Eristalis Tenax also known as the Drone Fly or Hover Fly.
Is it good omen if bees come and make hive in your house?
In few customs like Thai and Japanese it is considered to be a good omen. But, in few societies it is not considered as a good omen.
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Where do bees spend the night if they cannot get back to the hive?
They go to honey heaven! Sick bee's work 'til they fall out of the sky, or can no longer fly due to tattered and worn wings. If they make it back to the hive, they are booted (dragged) out by healthy bees, and die.
Why does a honey queen bee get bigger with age?
After emerging from the cell as a fully formed insect, the queen bee only really gets bigger during the period immediately after mating when she is well-fed by her workers ready for egg laying.
Insects are constrained by the construction of their body to grow mainly whilst in the flexible form of a larva or grub. As adults they have no scope to stretch their skin to accommodate more body mass as a human does.
What kind of spider is yellow with brown stripes and legs?
It is not a brown recluse. I had a spider on my front porch and i researched it and it is a type of wolf spider. But just in case... just leave it alone. If it is in fact a brown recluse or another poisonous spider it can have a nasty bite! Good luck!
What would happen if bees stopped pollinating?
Bees don't go out specifically to pollinate flowers, they go to collect nectar and pollen for food. The fact that flowers are pollinated by their actions is a side-effect.
However, foraging flights do take their toll. Wings eventually get worn out and when this happens the bee can't fly and will die.
Ammonia will not keep bees away or kill them. If you have a problem with bees on your property, contact a pest control company.
Why do magnolia bushes attract bees?
Bees are attracted to most plants and trees as a source of nectar. Magnolias do not produce nectar, instead have pollen enriched with proteins, which bees use as food. The magnolia flowers release a sugary scent that attracts the bees.
What is dangerous to a honey bee?
The common knowledge is that a bee will sting you. Thus, people are afraid. What they lack, knowledge wise, is that bees will do nothing to you if you do nothing to them.
Can you kill bees with insecticide fogger?
A flea bomb and other type of pest control bombs will kill the bees that are currently in the area. However, the rest of the swarm that do not get killed will just rebuild their hive in the same spot.
Yellow Jackets: Yellow jackets are small (half-inch long) wasps marked with yellow. Colonies are initiated by overwintering queens that make paper nests underground, but occasionally in hollow trees, wall voids and attics or on a branch over a stream. A fully developed nest may contain from a few hundred to many thousand adults. Yellow jackets feed on a variety of pest insects, but will also forage for meat or soft drinks at picnic, camp and garbage sites. This habit often brings them into close association with people. Good sanitation in picnic areas can help reduce problems with these pests. Solitary scavenging yellow jackets are usually non-aggressive unless handled, but become very aggressive as a group if they believe their nest is threatened. Yellow jackets will vigorously pursue an intruder who threatens their nest and are generally considered the most dangerous of the social insects.
I cant post the picture for you, but yeah these little guys chased me tonight when i was mowing my yard and one got me....little sucker.
No because they are an insect and insects don't have backbones.
If you might have noticed a recent answer, which was pollen, that answer is wrong. Bees collect nectar, which they turn into honey. pollen sticks to their legs and falls onto other flowers. this is called pollination.
Do bumble bees leave their stingers?
Yes it does have a stinger but it does not lose it when it stings you. It is a hornet and since it doesn't lose its stinger when it stings you it can sting you over and over again. I have ran over a hornet nest entrance and they attacked with full force and didn't let up until a minute or so later. I ran flinging my arms and smacking them but it didn't do much of anything at all and it hurts for hours unlike wasps that don't lose their stingers either.
Why do worker bees kill the drone bees?
Drones are male bees and their only purpose in life is to mate with a virgin queen. At the end of the 'season' when they are no longer required for breeding purposes, they are ejected from the hive by the worker bees. As they are unable to forage for food, they soon die.
