eliochelFeb 7, 20231 minHoney bees can maintain 92-94 degrees F inside their winter cluster, even in freezing weather.Once Apis mellifera returns to brood raising after its winter brood break, the workers must maintain temps in the low 90s F to keep eggs,...
eliochelFeb 5, 20231 minApis mellifera is the only insect to be artificially inseminated.Seriously! If you would like to learn how to inseminate honey bee queens, workshops are offered at Washington State University's Bee Lab...
eliochelFeb 4, 20231 minHoney bees are the only insects that make their main building material inside their bodies.Other insects build their nests/homes of materials they collect and sometimes supplement with a secretion such as saliva, but only honey...
eliochelFeb 3, 20231 minBees 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.