The queen bee lives for about years. She is the busiest in the summer months, when the hive needs to be at its maximum strength, and lays up to eggs a day.
The queen may mate with up to 17 drones over a day period of mating. The queen may lay or even 1, eggs each day during her 3 or 4 year lifetime. This daily egg production may equal her own weight. She is constantly fed and groomed by attendant worker bees Worker honey bees live for about 4 weeks in the spring or summer but up to 6 months during the winter.
When I was young, I remember going on walks with my family in the summer. In the field there were an assortment wild flowers. Little splashes of color in the long grass. They were always so busy; but where were they coming from? And where were they rushing back to? Below are some commonly asked questions that I also had about the flight behaviour of those busy little bees. Bees can fly roughly 2 miles in any direction from their hive.
However, the shorter the flight, the better, as bees will avoid wasting energy traveling long distances whenever they can. So, while bees prefer to fly only two miles at most, it seems the true limit lies around the four-mile mark. Beyond that, it seems the energy used to fly and retrieve resources outweighs the return.
While the above statistics are generally agreed upon, there are always exceptions, including some variations for temperature tolerance between different species of bee. For example, many beekeepers note that European Dark Bees are willing to fly in much colder weather than the other species they keep. Bees can fly in light rain but will avoid it if possible. Rain weighs down bees, making their wings heavy, causing them to waste energy attempting to stay in the air.
Numerous studies have shown that Bees are very capable at predicting the weather, sometimes even more so than us humans. Not only can they detect when a storm is coming, they also seem to be able to gauge the severity as well. The researchers found that honey bees displayed increased defensive behaviour in reaction to environmental influences such as weather conditions, humidity, temperature, UV Rays, air pressure, and wind speed.
The bee was moving fast. The Hive and the Honey Bee , the "Bible" of beekeeping, indicates that a bee's flight speed averages about 15 miles per hour and they're capable of flying 20 miles per hour.
If they're not carrying nectar, pollen, water or propolis plant resin , they'll fly much faster! You are currently not signed in. If you have an account, then sign in now! Anonymous users messages may be delayed. Name required. E-mail required. Bug Squad. Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey.
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