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Honey Bee Information

and Honey Bee FAQs





Looking for Honey bee information? Thousands of people each day seek the same. They want to know all about bees and this article provides you with the most popular honeybee FAQs.

If you have any questions to ask then please don’t hesitate to write in and ask. I’ll do my very best to help you answer these for you. If you read only one page please make it this one: it is I promise a real eye-opener!

What are the best bees for making honey?


Of course there are so many types of bees it pays to check out the types there are if you want to take up beekeeping in order to harvest your own raw honey. Most beekeepers prefer Italian bees Further Reading......

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How do bees make honey?


By collecting nectar from different flowers and plants and adding their own special source of enzymes. They evaporate this mixture by beating their wings really fast and place it in honeycomb cells Further Reading about honey bee information......

How many wings, legs
and eyes do they have?


Honey bee biology is the page for you if you want to learn how this fascinating little insect is formed. They have five eyes, and four wings which come in very useful Further Reading about honey bee information......

How long have honey bees been around?


This is a great question and the answer is for more than a million years. Honey Bees will teach you more than you ever realised possible about these wonderful insects and how they evolved from solitary bees around 200, 000,000 years ago Further Reading about honey bee information......

What kind of plants do they like?


Honey bee plants are a good source of information here. The flowers they choose have a really good nectar source and they are fussy about the color preferring yellow, white, blue and purple although red appears to be their least favourite. It’s worth bearing this in mind when planting your own honeybee garden Further Reading......

I want to take up beekeeping,
how and where do I start?


Beekeeping will provide you with information you need if you wish to take up this wonderful hobby or even as a profitable business. Read some tips here to get you started Further Reading about Honey Bee Information......

How should I feed them?


It is important to let them eat their own honey, this is the reason they make it. There are bad practices in the beekeeping world where some feed their bees with high fructose corn syrup. Please don’t do this as this is typically poisonous to them Further Honey Bee Information......

Why are our bees disappearing?


Sadly nobody has come up with a complete answer yet although there are many theories which include the use of pesticides and even mobile phones. You can check this out on my disappearing bee’s page Further Reading......

Are Honey bees responsible for
all plant pollination?


Not all but most. There are many creatures responsible in part for pollination which include bats, butterflies and birds although the honey bee is responsible for pollinating at least a third of all our food crops and even the cotton plants which we need for clothes and things like our bed sheets and towels.

If the honey bees died out there would be severe consequences for us all. Perhaps my plant pollination page provides the answers you seek Further Reading......

What other fascinating facts
are there about honey bees?


I have written a page for you which will teach you many honey bee facts and interestingly although they are responsible for most fruit tree pollination, they really don’t like bananas! Further Reading......

Why do bees make honeycomb?


This is where all the action takes place deep inside their homes. They live, eat, sleep and even dance here. Thousands of them at a time because they are such social insects. Perhaps you would like to read about this honeycomb action Further Reading......

Is the pollen bees collect
useful to us?


Pollen has many benefits of us humans too. Bees keep our flowers and plants growing with their pollination efforts and we can use pollen to enhance our health also Further Reading......

Where do they live?


In beehives if you wish to keep them however many of them live in trees, cracks in rocks, trees and even derelict buildings. They could actually set up home wherever they feel like it Further Reading......

How long do they live?


While a worker may live up to one hundred and forty days, depending upon the weather, a drone will generally have a shorter lifespan and a queen a much larger one. Take a look at their lifecycle Further Reading......

Are Swarms Dangerous?


Not as dangerous as you think but try not to get yourself caught up in one if you can help it and should one be flying over you just stand as still as you can because they don’t set out to attack or sting you unless you start one off by frightening them Further Reading......

How do they and
why do they make wax?


Check out my beeswax page and discover that female workers produce the wax from glands that are contained in their abdomens in order to build the elaborate honeycomb cells that house and protect the queen's eggs and the colony's young. It has been used by us humans throughout the centuries in trade, art and commercial products Further Reading......

Do they make anything else?


Oh yes, they make the marvelous Propolis which they collect from tree and plant saps They clean their hives with this and plug any holes and gaps to keep their homes sterile and safe. This product is fascinating in as much as it acts as a powerful and natural anti-biotic for us too Further Reading......

I do hope you found this honey bee information helpful but please don't hesitate to contact me if you have further questions which I will be happy to answer for you.



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