What bees eat – turning pollen and nectar to honey | Bee Keeping How To Secrets

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Title: What bees eat – turning pollen and nectar to honey | Bee Keeping How To Secrets
Description: The basic facts about what honey bees consume and how they make that delicious honey.
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Bee Keeping How To Secrets – Welcome! Contact Privacy What Bees Eat To Make Delicious Honey or “Do you really want to know how honey is made?” Most people know what bees eat, don’t they? I thought so until I had some people ask me that question. So here’s some basic facts about honey bees and what they consume in order to produce that delicious honey that we all love. Honey bees forage for nectar and pollen. They will fly up to six miles away to find plants that they can gather pollen and nectar. They do this in several ways. Bees are furry little creatures with lots of hairs on their bodies. They even have hairs on their eyes. These hairs help trap pollen when they move among the plants. The pollen sticks to the hairs and are then transferred onto the back legs where they rest in a pollen “basket”. When they return to the hive they can be seen carrying large yellow or greenish balls of pollen that hang from their hind leg area. (As seen in the photo at left.) Worker bees move from flower to flower,  inadvertently spreading pollen to different plants as they go. Many plants depend on honey bees to pollinate them so they can grow. Without bees pollinating plants we would not have vegetables such as squash and cucumbers; fruits like watermelon, plums, apples, or sweet cherries; or nuts like almonds and sunflowers, to mention just a few. A yellowish/greenish powder-like substance, pollen can e quite sticky, and contains the male contribution to the next generation of plants. The pollen is mixed with nectar to form “bee bread” that is a rich protein food that is used to feed the growing larvae and other members of


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