Bee FAQs
Bee FAQs
2 million flowers need to be visited by bee foragers to make 1 pound of honey.
One foraging honeybee produces 1/12 teaspoon of honey in her lifetime, which is only 6 weeks.
A foraging honeybee can travel 6 miles in a single trip from their hive.
Honeybees fly at a speed of 15 mph, at about 30 feet off ground level or tree level .
Honeybees secrete a pheromone that smells like banana (isoamyl acetate) to signal danger and trigger stinging behavior from her fellow bees (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK200983/a).
Honeybees die when they sting and can only sting once.
Bees Need Our Help
Bees Need Our Help
While the European honeybee is the main managed pollinator, native bees play a big role in U.S. food crops. There are some 4,000 species of bees native to the U.S. They are superior at pollinating native plants, such as blueberries, cherries and pumpkins. Wild bees can be encouraged by planting a diversity of native plants to provide pollen and nectar sources.
While the European honeybee is the main managed pollinator, native bees play a big role in U.S. food crops. There are some 4,000 species of bees native to the U.S. They are superior at pollinating native plants, such as blueberries, cherries and pumpkins. Wild bees can be encouraged by planting a diversity of native plants to provide pollen and nectar sources.
How Bees Forage
How Bees Forage
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327262-400-rethinking-the-bees-waggle-dance/
Bees use the position of the sun to navigate and there is evidence of their sensitivity to the earth's magnetic field. Also bees' eyes are sensitive to polarized light, which penetrates through even thick cloud, so bees are able to 'see' the sun in poor weather
Bees use the position of the sun to navigate and there is evidence of their sensitivity to the earth's magnetic field. Also bees' eyes are sensitive to polarized light, which penetrates through even thick cloud, so bees are able to 'see' the sun in poor weather
What Bees Forage On
What Bees Forage On
