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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
bees and agriculture

Infographic: 21 buzzworthy facts

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feeding bees

A shortage of pollen for bees

8 years ago
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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
beekeepers

Quote of the day

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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
bee biology • infrequently asked questions

Do honey bee eggs just sit in the cell and do nothing?

9 years ago
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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
wild bees and native bees

Do bumble bees hibernate or estivate?

9 years ago
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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
honey production

Can I extract honey from sugar syrup if they are mixed?

9 years ago
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Drones arise from haplodiploidy so they have no father.
bee biology

Is it true a drone has a grandfather but no father?

9 years ago
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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
honey

How long does it take bees to change sugar syrup to...

10 years ago
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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
honeycomb

Is it safe to eat beeswax with honey in it?

10 years ago
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pollination

Do brussels sprouts need pollination?

10 years ago
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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
absconding

My bees swarmed right after installation

10 years ago
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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
bee biology

My teacher says bees have five eyes. She’s...

10 years ago
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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
neighbors

Is it a good idea to feed my neighbors’ bees in...

10 years ago
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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
honey bee behavior

How long before a new beehive begins to forage?

10 years ago
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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
hive placement

How close together can I put my hives?

10 years ago
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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
pests

Do mice eat bees?

10 years ago
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Bee Wise

Go to the bee, thou poet: consider her ways and be wise.

—George Bernard Shaw

Bee-yond Bees

Bees are more than a hobby; they are a life study, in many respects a mirror of our own society.

—William Longgood

Why Honey Bee is Two Words

Regardless of dictionaries, we have in entomology a rule for insect common names that can be followed. It says: If the insect is what the name implies, write the two words separately; otherwise run them together. Thus we have such names as house fly, blow fly, and robber fly contrasted with dragonfly, caddicefly, and butterfly, because the latter are not flies, just as an aphislion is not a lion and a silverfish is not a fish. The honey bee is an insect and is preeminently a bee; “honeybee” is equivalent to “Johnsmith.”

—From Anatomy of the Honey Bee by Robert E. Snodgrass

State Insects

The non-native European Honey Bee is the state insect of:

  • Arkansas
  • Georgia
  • Kansas
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Nebraska
  • New Jersey
  • North Carolina
  • Oklahoma
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin

Not one native bee is a state insect. The closest relative of a North American native bee to make the list is the Tarantula Hawk Wasp, the state insect of New Mexico.

Minnesota now has a state bee as well as a state insect. Bombus affinis, the Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee, has been so honored. Good work, Minnesota!

Connecticut’s state insect is the European “praying” mantis. Although they are beneficial insects, they are not native to North America.

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