Bee insect bees flower flowers 59. This post 12 ways to attract bumble bees to your garden contains affiliate links. The western honey bee or european honey bee apis mellifera is the most common of the 712 species of honey bees worldwide. Buckwheat is not a perennial. Our line of birding and backyard habitat products are made of quality materials and are designed to be functional as well as attractive.
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. The genus name apis is latin for bee and mellifera is the latin for honey bearing referring to the species production of honey. Grown for its many medicinal benefits the flat flower clusters of yarrow are a favorite landing spot for butterflies as well as beesits an easy to grow low maintenance perennial that tolerates heat and drought well too. A lthough honey bees and bumble bees are very closely related their winter behaviors are very different.
Like all honey bee species the western honey bee is eusocial creating colonies with a single fertile female or queen many. 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. Planting pollen and nectar rich flowers is a very important way to help counter the decline in pollinator populations. Although a winter colony is much smaller than a summer colony it will nevertheless contain thousands of individuals.
She fashions exquisite nests out of mud and pollen that resemble pieces of jewelry. They eat and work all winter longactivity which requires a large. In fact its a very fast to bloom annual thats kaput in just a couple of months. Goldenrod is one of those plants that everyone knows but no one can identifyor so it seems.
A colony of honey bees will live throughout the entire winter actively keeping the nest warm and safe. Attract bees butterflies and other beneficial insects with our unique accessories for backyard wildlife. To learn more visit my about me page. You might not believe it when i say my kids have never been afraid of bumble bees.
Bee stings have been a nuisance long enough to have appeared in prehistoric cave paintings in spain. And in the process she helps us.