- Honey bee - Wikipedia
The genus name Apis is Latin for "bee" [5][6] Although modern dictionaries may refer to Apis as either honey bee or honeybee, entomologist Robert Snodgrass asserts that correct usage requires two words, i e , honey bee, because it is a kind or type of bee
- Honeybee | Description, Characteristics, Species, Habitat, Life Cycle . . .
A honeybee is any of a small group of social bees that make honey All honeybees live together in nests or hives There are two honeybee sexes, male and female, and two female castes
- All about Honey Bees — The Honey Bee Society
Simply, a Honey Bee is a small vegetarian insect which lives in a highly structured colony with thousands of its sisters (and a few brothers along with one Queen), all working toward the goal of storing enough food (honey) for the winter when flowers are not present
- Honeybee - National Geographic Kids
Honeybees are important pollinators for flowers, fruits, and vegetables They live on stored honey and pollen all winter and cluster into a ball to conserve warmth All honeybees are social and
- All about honeybees - Welcome Wildlife
Only one species of honeybee inhabits the United States—the Western Honeybee, Apis mellifera Native to Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Africa, this species was introduced to North America by European settlers in the 1600s
- Honey Bee - Description, Habitat, Image, Diet, and Interesting Facts
Honey bees, also known as “honeybees,” are a group of insect species in the genus Apis These insects are eusocial, which means they form large, complex societies They are best known for building hives to store honey, and it is common to farm them for this reason
- All About Honey Bees | Ask A Biologist
Honey bees have an amazing way to communicate with each other It’s not the same way you would talk to your sister or even to your pet What do bees do? They dance It is true Worker bees returning to the hive with nectar or pollen tell other worker bees how to find the flower through dance Biologists call it the waggle dance
- Honeybee guide: how they produce honey, why they sting, and a history . . .
Honeybees hold a special place in many people’s hearts A species which is ancient, intelligent and mysterious, bees can be seen as mediators between humans and the rest of the natural world The symbiotic relationship between bees and beekeepers has been nurtured for thousands of years
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