Bee insect bees flower flowers 25. A lthough honey bees and bumble bees are very closely related their winter behaviors are very different. Bees do the work of pollination which is required for you to be able to enjoy much of whats on your breakfast lunch or dinner plate. Experts estimate that between 50 and 80 of the worlds food supply is either directly or indirectly linked to honey bee pollination. Although a winter colony is much smaller than a summer colony it will nevertheless contain thousands of individuals.
Goldenrod is one of those plants that everyone knows but no one can identifyor so it seems. You might not notice them unless they are buzzing around you but bees are a vital part of your gardens ecosystem. Because of this high degree of sociality and permanence western honey bee colonies can be considered superorganismsthis means that reproduction of the colony rather than individual bees is the biologically significant unit. Unlike most other bee species western honey bees have perennial colonies which persist year after year.
The genus solidagoto which all the goldenrods belongis extremely variablethe flowers the leaves even the general silhouette of the plant can vary markedly depending on where you live. From the pollination of apple trees to the seeds used to grow livestock grain honey bees are a major link in our food chain. Hey my name is jeremy when i was a kid i got stinged by a wasp i felt scared because every time i see a bee flying around it scares me but i know that it doesnt bother me as long as i dont bother the bee i mean i know theyre here on earth for a reason but bees are good insects at making the flowers grow with nectar and pollen. They eat and work all winter longactivity which requires a large.
Bees are some of the most studied creatures and written about animals. There is always something new to learn about honey bees and their impact on our society over the years. Honey bees are tied to so many facts and historical events. Hope you can use it in your next project.
Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants known for their role in pollination and in the case of the best known bee species the western honey bee for producing honey and beeswaxbees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily apoidea and are presently considered a clade called anthophilathere are over 16000 known species of bees in seven recognized biological. This video shows a bee pollinating a heath flower.