WebFor bees, their forage or food supply consists of nectar and pollen from blooming plants within flight range. The forage sources for honey bees are an important consideration for beekeepers.In order to determine where to locate hives for maximum honey production and brood one must consider the off-season. If there are no honey flows the bees may have …

WebBeekeeping (or apiculture) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in man-made hives, by humans.Most such bees are honey bees in the genus Apis, but other honey-producing bees such as Melipona stingless bees are also kept. A beekeeper (or apiarist) keeps bees in order to collect their honey and other products that the hive produces, …

WebA honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus Apis of the bee clade, all native to Afro-Eurasia. After bees spread naturally throughout Africa and Eurasia, humans became responsible for the current cosmopolitan distribution of honey bees, introducing multiple subspecies into South America (early 16th century), North …

WebHoney is a sweet and viscous substance made by several bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of plants (primarily floral nectar) or the secretions of other insects, like the honeydew of aphids. This refinement takes place both …

WebBee learning and communication includes cognitive and sensory processes in all kinds of bees, that is the insects in the seven families making up the clade Anthophila. Some species have been studied more extensively than others, in particular Apis mellifera, or European honey bee.Color learning has also been studied in bumblebees.. Honey bees are …

WebThe European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae.It breeds in southern and central Europe, northern and southern Africa, and western Asia. Except for the resident southern African population, the species is strongly migratory, wintering in tropical Africa.This species occurs as a spring overshoot north of …

WebA honey bee collecting nectar from an apricot flower. The nectar resource in a given area depends on the kinds of flowering plants present and their blooming periods. Which kinds grow in an area depends on soil texture, soil pH, soil drainage, daily maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation, extreme minimum winter temperature, and growing ...

WebThe western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bees worldwide. The genus name Apis is Latin for "bee", and mellifera is the Latin for "honey-bearing" or "honey carrying", referring to the species' production of honey.. Like all honey bee species, the western honey bee is eusocial, …

WebThe dwarf honey bee (or red dwarf honey bee), Apis florea, is one of two species of small, wild honey bees of southern and southeastern Asia. It has a much wider distribution than its sister species, Apis andreniformis.First identified in the late 18th century, Apis florea is unique for its morphology, foraging behavior and defensive mechanisms like making a …

WebWhen the hive population growth is reduced in preparation for winter or due to poor late summer forage, the mite population growth can overtake that of the bees and can then destroy the hive. ... Beediseases Honey bee diseases website by Dr. Guido Cordoni. This page was last edited on 31 October 2022, at 16:00 (UTC). Text is available under the ...