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Why Do Bees Buzz? : Fascinating Answers to Questions about Bees
Twenty-five thousand species of bees certainly create a loud buzz. Yet silence descended a few years ago when domesticated bee populations plummeted. Bees, in particular honey bees, are critical links in the vibrant chain that brings fruits, vegetables, and nuts to markets and dinner tables across t...
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Rutgers University Press
2010.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover13;
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- ONE Bee Basics
- 1 What are bees?
- 2 What is special about honey bees?
- 3 How many species of bees exist?
- 4 How are bees classified?
- 5 What is the earliest evidence of the existence of bees?
- 6 Where in the world are bees found?
- 7 Do all bees make honey?
- 8 Are there different types of bees within one hive of honey bees?
- 9 What is the role of the workers?
- 10 What is the role of the drones?
- 11 What is the role of the queen?
- 12 Why are bees important?
- TWO Bee Bodies
- 1 How does a honey bee develop from an egg to an adult?
- 2 What do larvae eat?
- 3 What do bees eat?
- 4 How long do bees live?
- 5 Are bees intelligent?
- 6 Does a bee have a heart?
- 7 Do bees bleed?
- 8 How do bees breathe?
- 9 What do bees see?
- 10 Do bees have bones?
- 11 How do bees8217; wings work?
- 12 What are the antennae used for?
- 13 How do bees hold onto slippery surfaces?
- THREE Bee Behavior
- 1 Can a bee hear?
- 2 Is taste important to a bee?
- 3 How do hungry bees share food?
- 4 How do bees keep themselves clean?
- 5 Why do bees buzz?
- 6 How do bees communicate?
- 7 What is the waggle dance?
- 8 What is piping behavior?
- 9 Can bees tell time?
- 10 Do bees sleep?
- 11 Do bees perceive magnetic fields?
- 12 How do bees navigate?
- 13 How do bees sense and use polarized light?
- 14 Do bees ever get fooled by predators?
- FOUR Bee Love
- 1 How does a bee attract a mate?
- 2 Do all bees mate?
- 3 How do bees mate?
- 4 Why does a queen mate with more than one drone?
- 5 How many eggs does a honey bee queen lay in a day?
- 6 How is the sex of a bee determined?
- 7 What is royal jelly and how does it produce a queen?
- 8 How is the queen bee chosen?
- 9 Can bees of one species mate with another species?
- 10 Can bees be artificially inseminated?
- FIVE Bees in the Hive
- 1 How many bees are in a colony?
- 2 How do bees construct their nest?
- 3 What do bees do all day?
- 4 Do any bees forage at night?
- 5 How does the queen control the hive?
- 6 What is meant by 8220;balling8221; the queen?
- 7 What is honeycomb?
- 8 What is propolis?
- 9 What is a brood comb?
- 10 Is there a yearly cycle in the hive?
- 11 What happens if the bees run out of honey?
- SIX Bees at Work13;
- 1 Why do bees pollinate flowers?
- 2 Which crops are pollinated by bees?
- 3 How do flowers attract bees?
- 4 Are there any flowers that bees prefer or avoid?
- 5 How do farmers make sure there are enough bees to pollinate their crops?
- 6 How much weight in pollen can a bee carry?
- 7 Do bees ever stop collecting nectar?
- 8 What is buzz pollination?
- 9 How do bees make beeswax?
- SEVEN Honey
- Question 1: What is honey?
- Question 2: How does nectar become honey?
- Question 3: Why are there so many different kindsof honey?
- Question 4: Is honey good for you?
- Question 5: What is fl ea honey or honeydew?
- Question 6: How much work does it take for bees tomake a jar of honey?
- Question 7: How much honey is gathered in the UnitedStates every year?
- Question 8: Can honey be toxic to humans?
- Question 9: What is mead?
- EIGHT Bees on the Move
- Question 1: Do bees ever move out of their hive?