Finally! Earlier last week I finally I saw my first honey bee out here in the middle of the grasslands this season. I was really getting worried! It's already been well enough into the warm weather for me to be seeing honeybees and I hadn't seen one! I was so thankful to see them hanging out on one of the rose bushes.
Zoom in, take a close look at the tip of her wings. See how they're real tattered? Means she's an older bee and has been working a real long and hard time for her colony. She has literally beat her wings to death in servitude for her fellow sisters. It's no wonder since their wings stroke about 12,000 times per minute and they can fly up to 15 miles an hour!
Did you know?
- Honey bees are the only insect that produce food for humans.
- Honeybees have five eyes, 3 small ones on top of the head and two big ones in front.
- They also have hair on their eyes! (ew)
- The honey bees that are in the USA now, are not native to North America.
- One bee will only make 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in its entire life.
- Honeybees are the only bees that die after they sting.
- Male honey bees (also called drones), have no stinger and do no work at all. All they do is mate - once. Then they die. However, the males that do survive, are kicked out of the nest by the females before winter or when food becomes scarce.
- Worker bees are ALL female.
This rose bush has been a crazy attractant to bees and wasps of all kinds. I was so pleased to see these honey bees. It gave me a little bit of hope for this summer!
Sources from my brain (I am a part of a local beekeeping club) and:
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