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Behavior & Facts

Learn the why behind bee behaviors—how they communicate, build hives, honey bee foraging patterns, and how they defend their colonies. Discover interesting facts that make bees truly amazing.

  • Worker bee that has come out to forage on early spring flower.

    When do Bees Come Out?

  • Honey bees grouped on comb inside a colony.

    What is a Group of Bees Called?

  • Worker bees fanning wings to communicate

    Bees Fanning

  • Honey bee sleeps in red flower image.

    Do Bees Sleep?

  • Honey bees inside hive exhibit cooperative behavior by fanning wings.

    Honey Bee Behavior

  • Underside of spaced honey comb showing the bee space between the comb.

    Bee Space

  • Products made by bees honey, beeswax, pollen and propolis image.

    Products from Bees

  • Honey bee cluster inside a beehive during a cool day.

    Honey Bee Cluster

  • Honey bee on comb responds to brood pheromones for feed.

    Honey Bee Pheromones

  • Honey bees bringing nectar back to the hive.

    Facts about Bees

  • Worker honey bee eats honey from a comb image.

    What do Bees Eat?

  • Honey bees washboarding on front of a beehive image.

    Bees Washboarding

  • Pussy willow flower and honey bee collecting pollen.

    What do Bees do With Pollen?

  • Worker bee travels distance to forage image.

    How Far do Honey Bees Travel?

  • Empty beehive with only a few workers after colony absconded image.

    Absconding in Honey Bees

  • Honeybees gathered together in a hive.

    Honey Bee Characteristics

  • Bees forage for pollen on pink flower.

    Foraging Bees

  • Honey bee visits flower as night begins.

    Do Bees Fly at Night?

  • Worker bees and queen on comb with sound bars around queen.

    Queen Piping

  • Hexagon shaped wax cells in a beehive.

    Why Honey Bees Use Hexagons

  • Honey bee drones in hive.

    Drone Congregation Areas

  • Numerous nurse bees on frame in brood nest of a hive.

    Nurse Bees

  • Words associated with endangered species with honey bee graphic overaly.

    Are Honey Bees Endangered?

  • Bees bearding at the top and bottom entrance of a beehive image.

    Bee Bearding

  • Worker bees in festooning position on frame image.

    Bees Festooning

  • Worker bee pollinating an apple blossom.

    Bee Pollination

  • Worker bees dance on wax comb in hive image.

    Bee Dances: Why Bees Waggle?

  • Black mourning ribbons on beehives in snow.

    Tradition of Telling the Bees

  • Honey bees doing orientation flights at hive entrance.

    Bee Orientation Flights

  • Wet honey bee worker can not fly during a rain storm image.

    Bees Flying in Rain

  • Scout honey bee flies to look for food.

    Scout Bees – Why They are Important

  • Natural materials being collected by honey bees.

    Essential Resources Bees Collect

  • Individual honey bee on wax comb

    How Much Honey Does a Bee Make?

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