How The Heck Did This Honey Bee Get Into My Attic?
Honey bees are a familiar sight in gardens, orchards and fields of wildflowers, as they go in search of nectar and pollen within the flower blossoms. The world would be in bad shape without them, as many of our foods would not exist without the honeybee to pollinate their flowers. Honeybees are essential to the survival of the ecosystem that includes many of the crops humans rely on for food.
The honeybee is a social bee, living in colonies with between 30,000 and 80,000 bees. There are three distinct types of honeybees. The queen produces all of the eggs and can lay over 1,000 eggs a day. The only job of the drones, another type, is to fertilize the eggs the queen lays. Most colonies contain hundreds of drones.
The worker bees are all females, but are smaller than the queen bee. The typical hive has several thousand worker bees. Some workers guard and protect the hive, or help to ventilate it. Still others look after the pollen, nectar, honeycomb, and eggs.
Honey is made for the bees to eat, but humans and animals enjoy it as well. Honey has several nutrients, and has antibacterial properties.
Honeybees are docile bees, and will not sting unless very agitated. They should never be killed, as we need them to help us. Swarms and hives near or in a home can be dangerous of course, and can attract rodents and other animals.
Spraying and killing the bees is not a good idea, as there may be pounds of honeycomb and honey within the walls where they were located, which will remain and probably attract more bees. It’s best to call in the experts for proper swarm or hive removal and relocation.
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