Bees Bees Africanized bees, also known as killer bees, are hybrids of the African honeybee, Apis mellifera adansonii (or by other reports A. m. scutellata), with various European honeybees such as the Italian bee Apis mellifera ligustica. They have come to be the preferred type of bee for beekeeping in tropical areas of South America and in Central America because of improved productivity. ...more on Wikipedia about "Africanized bee"
The Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee (megachile rotundata) is a species of bee cultured solely for pollination purposes. As a solitary but gregarious bee species, it does not build colonies or store honey, but is a very efficient pollinator of alfalfa seed, carrot seed, and some other vegetables. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alfalfa leafcutter bee"
The Apidae are a large family of bees, comprising the common honeybees, stingless bees (which are also cultured for honey), carpenter bees, and bumblebees. Honeybees and bumblebees are colonial, though they are believed to have developed this independently, and show notable differences in such things as communication between workers. Carpenter bees are solitary, though they tend to be gregarious. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apidae"
Apis is the genus of bees from which the honeybee and most other honey producers originate. The genus at the moment of writing has nine species. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apis (genus)"
Apis cerana, or the Asiatic Honeybee or the Eastern Honeybee, are small honeybees of southern and southeastern Asia, such as China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apis cerana"
Bees (Apoidea superfamily) are flying insects, closely related to wasps and ants. They are adapted for feeding on nectar and pollen, the former primarily as an energy source, and the latter primarily for protein and other nutrients. Most pollen is used for food for the brood. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bee"
Blueberry bee (Osmia ribifloris) is native to the coastal mountains of southern California. This solitary bee normally gathers pollen from manzanita, but will pollinate blueberries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blueberry bee"
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The Buckfast hybrid bee was a honeybee developed by "Brother Adam", (born Karl Kehrle in 1898 in Germany), who was in charge of beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey. ...more on Wikipedia about "Buckfast bee"
Bugonia is the mistaken belief that bees are produced from the carcasses of dead ox. The word is Greek in origin, meaning "born of an ox". It was described in two places by Virgil in the fourth book of the Georgics. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bugonia"
The bumblebee is a flying insect of the genus Bombus in the family Apidae. Like the common honeybee, of which it is a relative, the bumblebee feeds on nectar and gathers pollen to feed its young. These creatures are beneficial to humans and the plant world alike, and tend to be larger than other members of the bee family. Most, but not all, bumblebee species are gentle. From this comes their original name: "Humblebee". ...more on Wikipedia about "Bumblebee"
Some flowers are pollinated using buzz pollination. In some plants, the pollen in the anther is less accessible. The anther is typically tubular, with only an opening at one end and the pollen is inside, smooth-grained and firmly attached. With self fertile plants such as tomato, wind may be sufficient to shake loose the pollen through pores in the anther and accomplish pollination. Visits by bees may also shake loose some pollen. However, the most efficient pollination is accomplished by a few species who specialize in sonication or buzz pollinated. ...more on Wikipedia about "Buzz pollination"
The Carniolan honeybee (Apis mellifera carnica) is a subspecies of Western honeybee. It originates from Slovenia, but can now be found also in Austria, part of Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carniolan honeybee"
Carpenter bees (Xylocopinae subfamily) are important pollinators, especially of open-faced flowers, though the larger species are also known to "rob" nectar by boring holes in the sides of flowers with deep corollas (thus not accomplishing pollination). The smaller species tunnel into pithy stems to build their nests. Some of the larger species bore holes in wood dwellings and can become minor pests. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carpenter bee"
The Caucasian honeybee is a sub-species of the Western honeybee. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caucasian honeybee"
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Drones are male honeybees. Male honeybees develop when the queen bee lays unfertilized eggs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Drone (bee)"
(Euglossinae) There are about 200 described species, distributed in five genera: Euglossa, Eulaema, Eufriesea, Exaerete and Aglae. ...more on Wikipedia about "Euglossinae"
The European dark bee (Apis mellifera mellifera) was domesticated in modern times, and taken to North America in colonial times. These small, dark-colored honeybees, sometimes called the German black bee, have the reputation of stinging people (and other creatures) for no apparent reason. Some colonies are very "runny" on the comb and so excitable that beekeepers consider them difficult to work with. This characteristic is, however, not original to dark bee breeds, which was indeed known for its rather easy handling characteristics (though not as placid as the Carniolan honeybee, but a result of declined breeding standards. There are 3 main breeds, namely mellifera (brown bee), lehzeni (heathland bee) and nigra (black bee), which have local variants, such as the Pomeranian Brown or the Alps Black. ...more on Wikipedia about "European dark bee"
For bees, their forage or food supply consists of nectar and pollen from blooming plants within flight range. The forage sources for honeybees are an important consideration for beekeepers in determining where to locate hives for maximum honey production and/or feed for themeselves and brood in the off season, when there are no pollination contracts or honey flows. Forage is also significant for pollination management with other bee species. ...more on Wikipedia about "Forage (honeybee)"
Honeybees are a subset of bees which fall into the Order Hymenoptera and Suborder Apocrita. Of the approximately 20,000 known species of bees, there are eleven species within the genus Apis, all of which produce and store honey to some degree. Four species have historically been cultured for or robbed of honey by humans: Apis mellifera (Western honeybee), Apis florea (Dwarf honeybee/little bee), Apis cerana and Apis dorsata. They have been domesticated at least since the time of the building of the Egyptian pyramids. ...more on Wikipedia about "Honeybee"
Honeybees are social insects that live in a colony. As such, the honeybee life cycle depends greatly on this social structure. ...more on Wikipedia about "Honeybee life cycle"
A honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal wax cells built by honeybees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen. The term is also used for manmade materials that resemble it in appearance or structure. ...more on Wikipedia about "Honeycomb"
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Hornfaced bee (Osmia cornifrons) is used commercially for several decades in Japan to pollinate apples, as it is now in the US. A single hornfaced bee can visit 15 flowers in a minute. This solitary bee nests in reeds, tubes and holes in wood. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hornfaced bee"
Apis mellifera ligustica is the Italian bee which is a sub-species of the Western honeybee (Apis mellifera). ...more on Wikipedia about "Italian bee"
The Koschevnikov gland is a gland of the honeybee. It is located near the sting shaft. The gland produces an alarm pheromone which is released when a bee stings. The release of the alarm pheromone may entice more bees to sting at the same location. ...more on Wikipedia about "Koschevnikov gland"
The Large Earth Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) is a bumblebee. Its a social insect and one of the most numerous bumblebee species in Europe. The queen is 2-2,7 cm long, while the workers are 1,5-2 cm. ...more on Wikipedia about "Large Earth Bumblebee" You are visiting www.shortopedia.com Bees
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