The History Of Honey Bees

Bees they come in all different types, sizes, colors, and shapes. Some bees are furry all over like miniature flying “teddy bears”, while others have smooth and shiny polished metallic bodies and legs that glisten in colors of green, blue, and copper. Some are larger than the world's smallest hummingbird. While the tiniest are smaller than fruit flies, tiny specs with four wings, most do not make honey and wax or live together in nests as family groups headed by a queen (Buchmann). In the united states there are 4,000 different kinds of bees. European bee, which are the commonly seen yellow and black bumble bees more types of bees include sweat bees, mining bees, cuckoo bees, leafcutters, masons, squash, and guard bees (Buchmann). Around the world there are around 25,000 different types of bees. This huge number is divided into over 4,000 genera of bees which are subdivided into just 9 families of bees (Tucker). Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the male part of the flower, to the stigma, which is the

Honey bees thrive under the care of humans, enabling them to outnumber and endanger the feral bees in the wild. Bigger populations of honeybees competes with the smaller variety of feral bees for nectar and space. The favoritism and popularisom of honeybees and the U.S. to the world our shadows lesser known bees or the old traditions of other

Honeybees occur naturally throughout Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, however, they are not as common in tropical and subtropical areas, such as South America. In the late fifties, Dr. Warwick Kerr bred the two species of naturally occurring honeybees, per request of Brazilian government,

Bees are kept for several reasons. Honey bees are mostly kept for commercial use or just a hobby. These bees are called Apis mellifera, or European honey bees. These bees have a presence all over the world. They produce honey as well as pollinate crops. The most popular subspecies are Italian bees, A. mellifera ligustica. These bees are usually orange or bright yellow and can amass a sizeable population in the spring. Their way of feeding is to rob other colonies of their honey. Another popular bee is named Apis mellifera scutellata, or the killer bee as most people know it, it is also known as the Africanized bees.

Bee's need a queen in order to survive. While there are thousands of worker bees per successful hive, the queen, lays the eggs and the thousands of bees worship her; August teaches Lily, “'...they all depend on her to keep [the system] going…

African bees back in sub-Saharan Africa did not have much of an impact on the organisms there because the conditions were harsh and the bees were heavily predated.

I chose this topic because of how important it is. Despite our fears and allergies to this species of insect, they have so much meaning and impact on our lives.Their appearance frightens many of us and leas to us shooing them away as if they have no affect on our world and the nature that surrounds us; when, in fact, that have a whole lot to do with not only what we eat but our society as well. Our strong usage of pesticides and insecticides have extremely harmful effects of the bees, causing for their population to decline.So, what exactly do honeybees do? The most commonly known and important job of these insects is pollination; the act of bees and other pollinators transferring pollen from the anther of the flower of a plant to the stigma,

Honey bees are a non-native species in both North and South America. European honey bees (EHB) were first introduced as a relatively mild species. The EHB, however, is not well suited for tropical climates. After comparing the honey yields of EHB in the Americas to the yields of honey bees in Africa, Brazilian

There are about 4000 different species of bees in the USA but I’m going to focus on the honey bee because it is the bee in the news (USDA).

Bees have what are known as colonies that they live in as part of their hives. They produce honey to feed their young and nurture themselves during the winter (Pest World for Kids, n.d.). The hive consists of worker bees which job

We know that European honey bee is subject to diseases, parasites, and predators coming from Asia and Africa and it is unable to control it by itself. In these cases, the beekeeper developed a sort of symbiosis with the bees, taking some products and in return ensuring the survival of the colonies, controlling diseases, parasitic infestations, and providing nourishment during bad seasons where there is

Wild honey bees make hives in rock crevices, hollow trees and other areas that scout bees believe are appropriate for their colony. Similar to the habits of domesticated honey bees, they construct hives by chewing wax until it becomes soft, then bonding large quantities of wax into the cells of a honeycomb. When worker

A bee is an insect that lives in every part of the world except the North and South Poles. Bees are one of the most useful of all insects. There are 20,000 species of bees in the world (154, B: Bees). Bees get their food from flowers through pollen and nectar. They collect tiny grains of pollen and nectar from flower blossoms. Sticky nectar gets attached to the tiny hairs that cover their bodies and is distributed when bees travel from flower collecting nectar (201, B: Bees). Bees make their honey from nectar and use both honey and pollen as food. When bees are collecting nectar for food, they spread pollen from flower to flower. The process of pollination allows plants to reproduce as well as feeds the bees. Bees have become completely dependent on flowers for food. Flowers, in turn, rely heavily on bees to

The honeybee’s scientific name is Apis mellifera, Apis meaning “swarm”, and Mellifera meaning “honey-bearing”. Bees are widely known and appreciated for their ability to make honey. To make honey, they go through an intricate and devoted process.

There are different types of bees around with some that produce better quality honey than others. A bee breed that produces good honey is the Italian Honey Bee. Other types of bee breeds to