bees

     

Anrenidae Apidae Colletidae Dasypodaidae Halictidae Megachilidae Meganomiidae Melittidae Stenotritidae

Trivia about bees

  • Unlike these honey makers, most butterflies don't eat the pollen they collect
  • These "that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails."
  • Buzz in if you know that apiology is the study of these
  • When sexually aroused, the carpenter species of this insect will chase jet liners
  • Just thinking about a "grist" of these insects gives me hives
  • The Mayans domesticated turkey, ducks, dogs & these insects
  • Eva Crane became interested in apiculture when she received a swarm of these as a wedding present
  • Imported into Brazil from Africa, these "killer" insects escaped the lab & bred with locals
  • Mason, miner & killer are 3 types of these insects
  • Killer,honey,bumble
  • Jed Shaner set a Guinness record in 1991 by covering himself with some 343,000 of these insects
  • Karl von Frisch won a Nobel Prize for work on animal behavior patterns, largely using the "dance' of this insect
  • nytimes.com calls these insects "the angels of agriculture"
  • Karl von Frisch figured out that these insects point in a given direction while dancing, to show where food is
  • These creatures of the genus Apis have a strict caste system with male drones, female workers & a queen on top
  • You might not want to tell your honey if you've got apiphobia, a fear of these
  • A 1976 game in Cincinnati between the Giants & the Reds was stopped for 30 minutes when players were attacked by these
  • Sue Monk Kidd's debut novel is called "The Secret Life of" these insects
  • The A-crowd knows that types of these include quilting & spelling
  • Bergamot is also called the "balm" of these creatures to which it's highly attractive
  • There was a lot of buzz over Sue Monk Kidd's debut novel, "The Secret Life of" these
  • Merops apiaster is an "eater" of these insects
  • Melissophobia isn't the fear of Joan Rivers' daughter but the fear of these insects, honey
  • Scientists are scrambling to find out the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder, which is occurring with this insect
  • There are 20,000 known species of these insects, including social, parasitic & "killer" types
  • Monkshoods are pollinated only by these
  • "Did Hannah see" these stinging insects? "Hannah did"