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• How Do Bees Make Honey? How Do Bees Make Honey? Why do they make it? What is honey anyway? Lots of information about honey and honey bees
  
  
  
• Honey Bee Facts - 50 Things You Never Knew About Honey Bees! Quick, fun snippets of information about amazing honey bees with links to further information.
  
  
  
• Why Do Bees Need Nectar And Pollen? And how do they use it? A look at this question from the perspective of different types of bees.
  
  
  
• Why Do Beekeepers Feed Sugar To Bees? Do honey bees like sugar water? When do beekeepers feed sugar water to honey bees

More articles about bees and plants

• Bees Foraging On Eryngium (Sea Holly) Eryngium: A magnet for bumble bees, honey bees and various solitary species. It is fairly hardy.
  
  
• Bees & Poppies Bees love foraging on poppies for pollen - especially the Opium Poppy - Papaver somniferum
  
  
• Pulmonaria Officinalis - A Wonderful Early Flowering Plant For Bees Pulmonaria Officinalis attracts bumblebees and hairy footed flower bees and is easy to grow
  
  
• Bees love lupins – but so do slugs and snails, so what can you do? Bees love lupins – but so do slugs and snails, so what can you do? Here's a way to protect your lupins....using garlic!


• Bees And Bee Balm Bee Balm (Monarda) - also known as 'Bergamot) is a herbaceous perennial which is attractive for bees.

More information about bees

• How Bees Carry Pollen On Different Parts Of Their Bodies Images illustrating different methods used by various species for pollen collecting and carrying.
  


• Bee Facts Quick snippets about the different types of bees, with links to further information, and facts about honey bees
  
  
• Why Do Bees Buzz? And how do they make that buzzing sound? Find out here!


• Where Do Bees Go In Winter And Do Bees Hibernate? About winter activity of honey bees, and overwintering or hibernation of bumble bees and solitary bees.
  
  
• How Long Do Bees Live? It depends on the type of bee, and the role in the colony. A look at the lifespans of honey bees, bumble bees and solitary bees.

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• The Ashy Mining Bee - Andrena cineraria  Identification, photos, habitat and nesting habits, parasites and flowers visited by this lovely bee.
  
  
• Painted mining bee - Andrena fucata - A medium-sized mining bee, with females around 9mm long, and males a little smaller. They are univoltine.
  
  
• The Chocolate Mining Bee - Andrena carantonica/scotica  Images of 2 Chocolate mining bees mating, plus their habitats, nesting and foraging preferences.
  
  
• Grey-patched mining bee - Andrena nitida Images and description.
  
  
• Orange-tailed Mining Bee - Andrena haemorrhoa About the Orange-tailed Mining Bee: photos, habitat, foraging habits. Look out for the bright orangey hairs on the tip of the tail.

More honey articles

• Honey Articles information about honey and general articles.
  
  
• Honey And Ancient Medicine Examples of bizarre ways honey was used in ancient medicine, such as mixing honey with a pig’s eye, then pouring it into the ear ..... to cure blindness!
  
  
• Toxic Honey ("Mad Honey") The earliest form of chemical warfare may date back to Turkey, 65 BC. Surprisingly, honey bees played a role, producing toxic honey, also known as ‘mad honey’.

Honey articles

• Health Benefits of Honey A summary of the health claims and research around honey for healing wounds and burns, nutritional benefits, plus home remedies.
  
  
• Honey Nutrition A breakdown of the nutrient values of honey, with links to further information about its health benefits, energy values and more!
  
  
• Honey And Diabetes Is It Good To Eat Honey If You Are Diabetic?
  
  
• Honey For Burns - Is there clinical evidence to support its use? A look at a review of 26 clinical papers examining the use of honey to treat over 3000 patients with burns
  
  
• Honey For Cold Sores (Herpes) Given that honey has been used in wound healing and burn treatment, can honey be used for herpes?
  
  
• Does Honey Increase Blood Sugar Levels? What is the GI of honey? Whilst honey is made by honey bees, nevertheless, it is primarily comprised of different sugars.
  
  
• Is Honey Bad For Your Teeth? A balanced overview: effects of honey on tooth enamel and general oral health, and potential to cause or prevent cavities, with reference to scientific studies.
  
  
• Why Babies Can't Have Honey: Honey And Infant Botulism Why babies under 12 months old can't have honey (even if cooked). How and why honey can cause infant botulism. When is it okay to give a child honey?
  
  
• Honey And Eczema Is there any clinical evidence to support the use of honey for treating eczema (atopic dermatitis)? A summary of a number of clinical papers.

Read more about bumble bees

• Is It Bumble Bee Or Bumblebee? Is It Written As One Word Or Two? Although both are used widely, here's an explanation as to why, according to the Entomological Society of America, it should be written as two words.
  
  
• The Bumble Bee Life Cycle - A Description, Photos And Video The bumble bee life cycle starts with an impregnated queen when she emerges from her nest from her winter snooze. She feeds and seeks a suitable place to nest.
  
  
• Bumble Bee Nests: Nesting Preferences Of Different Bumble Bees, and challenges in finding suitable locations for nesting. 


• Bumble Bees All about bumble bees - their life cycles, pollination, and answers to common questions.
  
  
• Do Bumble Bees Make Honey? Bumble bees store nectar in little wax pots for feeding the colony as it grows, but it is not really quite the same thing as honey made by honey bees.

More information about bumble bee nests

• Bee Nests FAQS About Bumble, Honey And Solitary bee Nests Information about bee nests, types of habitat. Making a nest site for bees in your garden. Advice if you are concerned about finding a nest on your property.
  
  
• Bee Nest Removal and Bumble Bee Nests - Information And Advice How to identify a bumble bee nest and how to go about removing one if absolutely necessary. Links to a variety of nest scenarios, and alternative solutions.
  
  
• 5 Reasons To Protect Bumble Bee Nests Bumble bee colonies do not last long, and they are not aggressive.
  
  
• Disturbed A Bee Nest? What Should You Do? Disturbed a bee nest, or want to help a nest that has been damaged? How about a nest in an inconvenient place? Here is some advice about what to do.

Articles about bees and foraging

• Why Do Bees Need Nectar And Pollen? A look at this question from the perspective of different types of bees.
  
  
• Plants Toxic For Bees It may surprise readers to learn that some plants produce nectar which is toxic or at least harmful, to bees.  Here is a list of plants detrimental to bees, and discussion as to the theories about why plants might produce nectar that would harm potential pollinators.
  
  
• Why do bees visit some flowers and not others? Here are 6 reasons Reasons include: Food reward offered, nectar refill rate of the flower, foraging preferences of the bee species, seasonality, and peak nectar production.
  
  
• Which Lime Trees Are Toxic For Bees? Which Lime Trees Are Toxic For Bees - some species may be great for bees whilst others are not.


• Nectar Robbing And Secondary Robbing Comfrey Films of different bees nectar robbing and secondary robbing comfrey.  


• Do Bees Visit Yellow Flowers? Examples of yellow flowering plants and shrubs visited by bees.

More articles about bees

• Do bees have ears? Can bees hear? How do bees pick up sounds? No, bees do not have ears, however, they are able to pick up sounds, so in a sense they can ‘hear’ but not through the use of the ears.
  
  
• Do Bees Have Knees? Answer: 'Yes'. Here's an explanation and diagram You've heard of the saying 'the bee's knees', but do bees have knees? The answer is 'YES'. Here is an explanation and diagram showing the location of the knee
  
  
• Why Do Bees Have 5 Eyes? A bee has 5 eyes: 2 compound eyes & 3 simple eyes on the top of the head, but what for? Plus things you didn't know about bee vision.
  
  
• Why Do Bees Have Hair? Why Are Bees Furry?  Here are 4 important reasons, plus some examples of ways in which particular species make use of specially adapted hairs.

More articles

• Where Do Bees Go In Winter And Do Bees Hibernate? About winter activity of honey bees, and overwintering or hibernation of bumble bees and solitary bees.
  
  
• How Far Do Bees Fly For Food? A look at research to find out what is the foraging range of honey bees, bumble bees and solitary bees?
  
  
• Do Bees Sleep? Do they sleep at night, and if so, where and how do we know they are sleeping?

More articles about bees and plants

• Bees And Brambles: The Value Of Brambles To Bees Also known as blackberry bush, research shows each bramble flower secretes lots of nectar for bees!
  
  
• Bees And Bee Balm Bee Balm (Monarda) - also known as 'Bergamot) is a herbaceous perennial which is attractive for bees.
  
  
• 30 Fantastic Garden Flowers For Bees Flowering plant recommendations for the perfect bee garden.
  
  
• Bees love lupins – but so do slugs and snails, so what can you do? Here's a way to protect your lupins....using garlic!
  
  
• Plant Oregano For Bees (Marjoram) It's rich in nectar, and attracts bees, butterflies and hoverflies in summer. Here's how to plant it.
  
  
• Fennel Pollen And Nectar Bees love fennel! How to grow it, gather it, and the many uses of fennel seeds and pollen.

Articles about bees and foraging

• Why Do Bees Need Nectar And Pollen? A look at this question from the perspective of different types of bees.
  
  
• Plants Toxic For Bees It may surprise readers to learn that some plants produce nectar which is toxic or at least harmful, to bees.  Here is a list of plants detrimental to bees, and discussion as to the theories about why plants might produce nectar that would harm potential pollinators.
  
  
• Why do bees visit some flowers and not others? Here are 6 reasons Reasons include: Food reward offered, nectar refill rate of the flower, foraging preferences of the bee species, seasonality, and peak nectar production.
  

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