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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
Do bumble bees experience any senses?
Bumble Bees use their antennae to feel around and smell things. They use their front legs to eat.
What is it called when a worker honey bee gives up the opportunity to pass along its genes?
A worker honey bee cannot pass on its genes because it is an infertile female.
How do bees talk to other bees?
well its just like diffferent cultures its a fifferent langugage but if you notice almost every beee makes a sound but thats from its wings but thats how they communicate
Bees are very attracted to tulips. It is actually good to have bees in your yard. We don't always sees bees around tulips because the tulips come out early in spring and bees are not as active at this time.
Is there such thing as baby bees?
yes, baby bee's come from the queens rectum
One queen per hive lays fertilized and unfertilized eggs.
Fertilized eggs develop into haploid drones.
Unfertilized eggs develop into virgin queens or workers.
Once established by "virgin flights" the virgin queens will begin laying eggs.
Eggs become larvae (baby bees) and hatch 8-10 days to become working adults. RA
They're scared of the colour white because bees turn white when they die! SAD!
Bees don't fly when it is too dark or cold or if it's raining. They then rest in their nest, they don't really go to bed.
How long can you block up a beehive entrance before the bees suffer?
It depends on weather conditions but no more than 24 hours
Why is bee sting more potent in late summer?
The potency of the venom doesn't change, but the amount of venom injected can vary according to how 'angry' the bee is. When a bee stings, she can inject anwhere between 5 and 50µg of venom -- an incredibly small amount, but this is a ten to one variation in quantity.
How much nectar does it take to make a tablespoon of honey?
It takes approximately 2,000 to 2,500 flowers' worth of nectar to produce just one tablespoon of honey. Honeybees collect the nectar, which they then process by adding enzymes and reducing its moisture content. This labor-intensive process highlights the significant effort bees put into creating honey.
Yeah, because otherwise they wouldn't be able to reproduce(make baby bees).
there is definitely a bee butt. hindquarters if you're persnickety.
How do hobby bee keepers overwinter bees?
Much like any other agriculture animal provide a suitable enclosed hive body (boxes).
Feeding with sugar syrup and pollen substitute.
Bee survive in the center dead trees as long as they have stored enough honey.
Workers do not poop during very cold weather. When the daytime temperature gets over 50, each bee leaves the hive, poops, and goes back inside.
Do only bees with stingers buzz?
Yes. Because bees without stingers are dead. They can't live without their stingers. -_-
Why do the bees prepare honey?
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.
Can bees in Minnesota kill a person?
The simple answer is yes, if you have a strong enough allergic reaction, swelling, a histamine response, and anaphylactic shock, a sting or multiple stings can kill a person. However, most people do not react this way. The sting is a little painful momentarily, and there may be a little burning sensation for a few minutes, but that is about it. Others may experience some minor swelling in the immediate area of the sting. And yet others may experience swelling over a somewhat broader area. But most people will not die because they were stung once or twice.
The problem develops when a person is stung many, many times in one day. This multiplies the amount of venom in your body and, given enough venom, anyone has the potential to die, or become very sick. Personally, I have been stung more than 100 times in a single day. Each sting was painful, but I felt no ill effects because of it.
The Africanize honey bee (the so-called killer bee), which looks very much like a regular honey bee, has not made it as far north as Minnesota, and some question whether they can survive Minnesota Winters. However, the name "killer bees" is a little misleading. The sting of the individual bee of this 'breed' is no more potent than a regular honey bee. If you see one foraging, they are no more dangerous than regular honey bees. However, all bees tend to be more aggressive when it comes to protecting their hive, and this is where Africanized bees differ. They are far more aggressive when it comes to protecting their hive, in two ways. 1) Regular bees protecting their hive usually send out a few bees to sting and chase the intruder away. If 'killer bees' protect their hive, they send out many bees and tend to chase you for a much longer distance. 2) Regular bees have a radius around their hive, which they protect, and which is usually no more than a few feet. So-called killer bees may have a protection radius that is many yards. So, they claim more territory around their hive as "their area" and they will defend it.
How do bees die after they sting?
Worker bees die after they sting because their stingers are barbed and get pulled out of their bodies. Their poison sacks, and part of their intestines are pulled out along with it killing the bee.
