by The Bee Effect | Jun 9, 2017 | Honey Bee Facts
[row] [col span=”6″ span__sm=”12″] Honey is magical in this way too. Only the worker bees develop special wax-producing glands on their abdomens – and when they eat honey these glands convert the sugar into wax. The wax is then extruded...
by The Bee Effect | May 26, 2017 | Honey Bee Facts, News
Over 100 years ago, Karl von Frisch proved that bees can see colour, and the brilliant colour in flowers is a way of attracting them to nectar. Even though humans can see more colours, bees have a much broader range of colour vision, and their ability to see...
by The Bee Effect | May 19, 2017 | Honey Bee Facts
To collect one kg of honey, a hive of bees will fly just over 140 000 kilometers. That is around the same distance as it would take to orbit the earth 3 times! Every teaspoon of your honey is precious, liquid gold, made by thousands of tiny...
by The Bee Effect | May 4, 2017 | Honey Bee Facts
In winter when there is very little nectar around as there are no flowers, the honey bees eat the honey they have stored just for this purpose. Because they only need a small amount, there is normally enough honey free for beekeepers to harvest. And that is the honey...
by The Bee Effect | Apr 10, 2017 | Honey Bee Facts
Ever wondered how honey bees seem to all gravitate to a few delicious flowers? How do they tell their other bees where to go, how far it is from their hive, how good it is? Well they dance of course! Each dance is a series of moves, all changing...
by The Bee Effect | Apr 4, 2017 | Honey Bee Facts
Once back in the hive after collecting nectar, the honey bees drop the honey into the comb. Because nectar is 80% water and honey is between 14 and 18% water, the honey bees then fan their wings to evaporate the water, thickening the honey and enhancing its...
