#beefacts

Are bees endangered? Yes! 🚨 Bees face habitat loss, climate change, and pesticides. Honey bee decline affects our food supply. But there's hope: Stingless bees thrive. Learn bee conservation and join us to protect vital pollinators!

Beekeepers are advised not to eat bananas due to their smell which makes bees aggressive because it releases the same pheromones that alert bees to attack. #FACT

The fear of honey bees has an effect on their livelyhood and their populations. Threats to Honey Bees: Fear - "The most common concern about honeybees is bee stings. Honeybees are not aggressive by nature and are unlikely to sting. Only 0.4% of Americans report an allergy to insect stings in the U.S., and almost none of these are caused by honeybees." (JustFood.org)

We are partnering with @thehoneybeeconservancy for a memorial fundraiser to support native bee research and build a carpenter bee habitat on Governor's Island in memory of Beetrice! If you would like to donate please go to paypal.me/BeetriceMemorialFund to donate to this worthy cause! We are hoping to raise at least $1,000 to support a study coming in March of 2020 to catalogue the many species of native bees on Governor's Island. Understanding which species of bees exist on this island is a first step to conservation of our native bee populations. Raising $1,000 for this research project will not only allow The Honeybee Conservancy to study native bees, it will also allow them to install Beetrice's Air Bee 'n Bee in their native bee garden on Governor's Island. Many carpenter bees visit our space, and I'm sure many of them would love to make it their permanent dwelling. Reaching our stretch goal of $1,500 would allow us to install Libbee's Candy & Confectionary next door, where more carpenter bees will eventually call home. We look forward to honoring our Beetrice with this project, and hope you'll join us in doing so by donating at paypal.me/BeetriceMemorialFund (link in our bio for you Instagram folks) So, can we show our native bee friends what The Pipsqueakery is all about and raise some funds for the bees? P.S. If you live in the greater NYC area and you would like to donate your time to the study as a citizen scientist, reach out to [email protected] you can learn about citizen science training periods and opportunities! #bee #carpenterbee #sanctuary #rescue #love #beefacts https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz8OJwtn39-/?igshid=8sstyuaucv4k

See all those little grains of rice? Those are little bee eggs, which turn into larvae after 3 days, and eventually an emerging bee after 21 days. Great shot from @the_beecharmers. ----- #honeycrate #myhoneycrate #subbox #subscription #subscriptionbox #monthlysubscription #beefact #beefacts #honeybox #beebox #bees #honeybee #beeegg #larvae #newbee #babybees #repost #tweet

@Regrann from @666yashka - ШукачШукач | Памятник пчеле в Тернополе Тернополь в октябре 2010 г. установил памятник пчеле. Памятник установлен на бульваре Шевченко, возле областного академического драматического театра. - #regrann savethebees #beekeeper #honeybees #beekeeperlife #bees #hive #honey #apiary #nature #biavl #biavler #honning #beekeeperman #beethinking #workerbee #honeybee #bees #beekeeping #beekeeper #beefacts #savethebees (at Shakhovskoy District)

Bee honeycombs are in a hexagonal pattern. Surely there are shapes that are easier for bees top make, so why are they so insistent on them being hexagonal shaped? Well, the answer is in that video ;)

Bees sleep between Five and eight hours a day, and some sleep with other bees while holding each other's feet.