All About Honey Bees

About honey bees

Honey bees are highly social insects making them "superorganisms." The hive is a group of individuals acting as a whole. This means that each and every bee in the hive cannot survive by themselves and need each other in order to survive. Honey bees are kept mainly in langstroth hives and, under natural conditions nest in cavities, caves, and hollow trees. There are 3 different types of honey bees found in the hive: worker bees, drone bees, and a queen bee. You will find 20,000-80,000 worker bees, hundreds of drone bees, and one queen bee in a typical hive. Each type of bee has its very own jobs to handle throughout the hive and as part of the colony. Different tasks and duties change as different needs for the colony changes. Honey bees are looked at as very small and tiny, but they are surprisingly very intelligent!

Why are honey bees so important?

Without honey bees, it would be very hard for humans to survive. They are responsible for many different resources we use in our everyday life and sometimes it may be hard to recognize them. Here are some ways that they affect us:

Honey bees play a huge role in numerous different types of industries including the agricultural industry, the farming industry, the honey industry, the cosmetic industry, the beekeeping industry, and many many more.
Honey bees are crucial for processing fresh food we eat. We wouldn't we able to eat all the food we have without their jobs of pollinating. In fact, 1 in every 3 bites of food you eat is created with a crop pollinated by honey bees.
Honey bees pollinate an estimated total of $15 billion of crops each year. In other words, the cycle of food would be extremely hard to produce without them.
Without honey bees, we wouldn't have honey, wax, or comb to make products with. Surprisingly, there are many different uses for these resources that are provided for us from the hive. These items are turned into soaps, candles, lip balm, and more.

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