Studies of Apis mellifera are used to understand group behavior and robotics.
A. mellifera behavior and movement is studied to understand group behavior, not just in animals, but possibly in ways that could predict...
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eliochel
- 1 day ago
- 1 min
Which commercial crops are not pollinated as well by honey bees alone as by both honey and bumbles?
Many crops, particularly those crops such as blueberry, cranberry and tomatoes that are best pollinated by “buzz pollination,” which a...
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eliochel
- 2 days ago
- 1 min
Why are honey bees not useful for pollination in greenhouses and what bees are?
Why are honey bees not useful for pollination in greenhouses and what bees are? Honey bees come out of their hive and fly up and away...
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eliochel
- 3 days ago
- 1 min
What species of bees is the 2nd most economically important bee sold in the US? How is it shipped?
The bumble bee Bombus impatiens; it is shipped in small hives, each containing only dozens of bees with one queen and brood, usually for...
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eliochel
- 4 days ago
- 1 min
Are honey bees cold-blooded or warm blooded?
Individual bees are cold blooded. At about 42 degrees F, bees can't move because their muscles are not warm enough, per The Beekeeper's...
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eliochel
- 5 days ago
- 1 min
How many species of Apis honey bees nest in cavities so they are easily managed by people?
Only Apis mellifera and Apis cerana nest in cavities with sufficient population to be easily managed for honey harvest. A. florea and...
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eliochel
- 5 days ago
- 1 min
To survive in the temperate zone, how did the species Apis mellifera adapt (change its behavior)?
It changed its behavior in two major ways from the other Apis species that never moved out of the tropics. (1) it stored enough surplus...
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eliochel
- 5 days ago
- 1 min
How many Apis honey bee species live outside the tropics?
Only one – Apis mellifera.
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eliochel
- 5 days ago
- 1 min
How many species of honey-producing bees are there?
There are about 12 species in the genus Apis that produce harvestable honey.
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eliochel
- Jan 20
- 1 min
Why do bees build "burr" comb (comb where the beekeeper did not want them to build it)?
Bees keep ¼” to 3/8” spacing between combs and wherever they want corridors. That is known as bee space. If there is a space less than...
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eliochel
- Jan 19
- 1 min
Which honey bees have no stingers?
Drones, which have no stingers, and worker bees that have stung a person, animal or object and their stingers have detached from their...
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eliochel
- Jan 18
- 1 min
How do bees use propolis inside the hive?
The bees use propolis to keep their nest water and draft proof by filling cracks, holes, gaps less than 6mm in width. They limit entrance...
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eliochel
- Jan 17
- 1 min
From where do the bees get propolis?
The workers forage to collect plant resins, bring it back to the hive and mix it with wax and possibly with their saliva.
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eliochel
- Jan 16
- 1 min
What two things do workers carry on their hind pair of legs?
Pollen and propolis.
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eliochel
- Jan 15
- 1 min
What are the distinctive and well-known structures on the bee’s largest pair of legs?
The corbiculae (singular: corbicula), often called pollen baskets.
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eliochel
- Jan 15
- 1 min
What special structure is found on the middle pair of a worker’s legs?
The 2nd pair of legs have tibial spurs. Those are used to pierce the wax flakes produced by the wax glands (on the abdomen) and pass them...
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eliochel
- Jan 15
- 1 min
What special anatomical structures do the worker bee's front pair of legs have?
A worker uses her front pair of legs for many tasks but the front legs are specially designed to clean her antennae with bristles in a...
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eliochel
- Jan 15
- 1 min
How do 6 legs give a bee more stability and functionality than just 4 would give?
At any time moving around the hive at any angle, including completely upside down, the bee has a minimum of 3 legs in contact with a...
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eliochel
- Jan 10
- 1 min
What parts of the honey bee leg have the same names as parts of the human leg?
Humans and bees both have jointed legs, and some of the parts making mobility possible share names in both species: femur, tibia, tarsus...
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eliochel
- Jan 10
- 1 min
"Mother of the hive" better describes a queen bee's role in her hive.
Although in English we call her the queen, she does not play the role of a traditional monarch, and many languages call her "mother."...
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