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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
How should one approach a bee hive?
People who are not professional beekeepers should use caution when in the vicinity of a beehive. Professionals wear protective clothing and use special tools to deal with bees. Without these items, someone near a beehive should take care not to disturb or bother the hive. Honeybees will only sting if provoked, so if left alone they will usually not bother anyone.
What is inside a bumble bees butt?
Its internal organs. The middle part with the legs houses only muscle to power the legs and wings, and things such as stomach, heart, ovaries/venom sac are all in the abdomen (butt)!
Billions of bees died due to Colony Collapse Disorder.
How much money does a bee keeper make a year?
Beekeeping is usually a leisure pastime and not a full time career therefore no real income from beekeeping.
Where do sand bees keep there nests?
How to Kill Sand Bees. Sand bees or ground bees burrow down into the soil to build their hives.
What would you use to measure the width of a honey bee's leg?
you would probably use millimetres because a honey bee is pretty tiny.
What is the difference in the color of locally made honey?
There is many different variations of honey. The local blooms that the bees visited during the creation of the honey will affect its color. It can also be influenced by the climate and location.
Males? No. Males cannot sting because a stinger is a modified ovipositor. In the queen, this is used to lay eggs, but in the sterile workers it's used to inject venom. This is also one of the reasons they're sterile. You can't lay eggs and venom at the same time. :P
Males have no ovipositor, so they can't have a stinger either. They're completely defenseless (I've handled some, they're really cute) and stay in the hive until it's time for them to try and mate with the queen in midair. After that, they die anyway.
How do they make desert mesquite honey?
Mesquite honey is made by bees. Apiculturists place bee hives in areas with many mesquite trees and the bees do all the work. The bees drink nectar from the mesquite flowers and use it to make their honey. Man only has to harvest the honey at the end on the season.
What are some safety concerns when beekeeping?
There are a few different safety concerns with beekeeping. First, an individual needs to be careful of stings. There is protective clothing to wear to prevent stings. Additionally, some beekeepers use "smokers". If not careful, the smoker could ignite a fire. Careful attention to the smoker should keep this from happening.
Does honey bee always die when stinging someone?
No, they do die when stinging people, not like animals.
bees do dance but in a figurative 8 for it bee mates to to recenize that the bees must go back to the hive
Where do bees go to the toilet?
In the winter, they have to do it in the hive because it is too cold to go outside. They then clean everything up when the weather gets warmer. In the summer they do it outside.
Bees can be found in most places but not the Arctic or Antarctic.
Why are bumble bees swarming dog's urine?
They are attracted to the urine. The salts in the urine are utilized by bees so this is why they drink it at times.
When you go to bed you are probably thinking about bees.
Different species of bees are different lenghts. An adult worker bee is 9mm - 18mm (0.35in - 0.71in) in length. Slightly larger, a typical queen bee is 18mm - 20mm in length (0.71 - 0.79) long.
What are some home treatments for a bee sting?
My father's old remedy for treating bee stings was to take a cigarette and apply the tobacco to the sting area. It might burn at first, but it combats against pain later.
