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Honey bee carrying pollen. Pixabay photo

bee biology

Why honey bee lives are so short

9 months ago

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queen bees

A virgin queen’s fertility window

11 months ago

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Drones arise from haplodiploidy so they have no father.

quiz

What is the lifespan of a drone honey bee?

5 years ago

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bee biology

All buzz, no bite: the fascinating truth about male...

7 years ago

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Multiple eggs require laying-worker remediation.from laying workers.

bee biology • how to

How to fix a laying worker hive

9 years ago

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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay

absconding • honey bee management

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

9 years ago

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honey bee behavior

Don’t miss the Varroa train

10 years ago

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honey bee behavior

The mystery of the dead drones

11 years ago

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miscellaneous musings

Essence of dead drone

12 years ago

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honey bee behavior • predators

Bee abortion

12 years ago

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honey bee behavior

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

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.

Tag - drones

Why honey bee lives are so short

A virgin queen’s fertility window

A honey bee drone quiz

What is the lifespan of a drone honey bee?

All buzz, no bite: the fascinating truth about male...

How to fix a laying worker hive

Drones under house arrest

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

Bee ready to bite a nest mate

Don’t miss the Varroa train

The mystery of the dead drones

Essence of dead drone

Bee abortion

Drone eviction in July?

Bees of a different color

Queen rearing methods