Bees 5/31/2012

On our last day of instruction for our Natural history class we went through our last set of tours. The bees group was stationed at the UW farm where the honey bees are kept in their 3 boxed hives. Bees eat nectar and are vital for cross pollination. One of the interesting things I took from the bees groups short presentation was that while the worker bees are making the honey, they flap their wings in order to evaporate the moisture. Thus with all the wing flapping to keep them up in the air, the temperatures in the hive can get up to 98 degrees F as the tour leaders mention. They also cleared up a good distinction about bees whereas solitary bees don't have to produce honey or work because they aren't part of the colony like honey bees.

Posted on June 5, 2012 03:26 PM by jinam22