From where do the bees get propolis?eliochelJan 17, 20231 min readThe workers forage to collect plant resins, bring it back to the hive and mix it with wax and possibly with their saliva.
Bees are the only insect that makes a food that we eat.Other insects we may use as food (entomophagy), eating their larvae or adults, but only bees make honey, a food both they and we eat.
Bees are the only insect that makes a food that we eat.Other insects we may use as food (entomophagy), eating their larvae or adults, but only bees make honey, a food both they and we eat.
Bees "hear" with their legs.It makes sense that bees would "hear" the vibrations we call sound waves with their antennae, but "hearing" with their legs? A group, of sensors on the bee's tibia, called the subgenual organ, pick up