Some Real Facts About Bees
Some facts about bees can be completely amazing. We have put a list of such facts that will help you discover these insects. You will see that these creatures, who have been serving the needs of mankind for a very long time, have a very unique way of living.
One of the first interesting facts is about speed. It can fly up to 15 miles per hour. This allows a bee to move rapidly from one flower to another and produce a total of 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey during its lifetime. There is a large amount of work to be done in a bee hive. This is why approximately 60,000 bees can live in a bee colony at peak times.
The queen bee, which lives for about 3-4years, plays a major role in the colony. To keep her ability to mate, she has to mate within the first 20 days of her life. She can then store a lifetime supply of sperm in her theca, which she uses to fertilize eggs.
The queen bee can lay up to 1,500 eggs per day and approximately 1 million eggs in her lifetime. The only job of queen bee is to lay eggs throughout her life. The worker bees take care of all her grooming and feeding.
Bees use the most complex symbolic language in the animal kingdom. The drone bees have only one purpose that is to provide the sperm to the queen. Drone bee is the only male bee and it dies immediately after mating with the queen. They can mate about a week after emerging from their cells.
Throughout the year, the bee hive's temperature is kept at 93 degrees Fahrenheit. During hot periods, the worker bees will cool the temperature by using their wings as fans. This keeps the queen cool and is the reason why we often hear a humming noise when close to a bee hive. During cold periods, the bees get close to each order to preserve their temperature. The queen is always put at the center to ensure that she stays warm.
The young worker bees are responsible for producing beeswax. This is done using special glands on their abdomen. The bee workers then use the beeswax to build the honeycomb.
Worker bee can visit close to 2000 flowers daily to carry pollen from one to another. They produce wax droplets with the eight paired glands that they possess on the underside of their abdomen. The wax droplets become flakes when they get in contact with air. This is just a short list of some real and impressive facts about bees.
Not all bees are honey bees in hives. One variety is ground bees, who bury their homes in the ground. Also some bees may not be welcome with their bees nest, and it may be necessary to move it. Check out useful tips from Alan Stables, an amateur bee keeper.
