How exciting... We have a bee obsession this month!
Next up in our bee posts? Weird but true facts!
1. Male bees only live to mate with the queen bee. If there is a lack of food, the female worker bees kick out the male bees!
2. When the males mate with the queen they die afterwards. Their abdomen's rupture.
3. Honeybees can be trained to recognize faces!
4. Honey can never, ever spoil.
5. Bees can fly at an average 15 mph.
Find these facts and others at http://discovermagazine.com/2007/mar/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-bees#.UgJfvW0pgXc
Friday, August 16, 2013
Friday, August 9, 2013
Wasps and Hornets!
As promised, here is my wasp/hornet post!
Just like last time, if there is a wasp/hornet you would like more information on, leave a comment and I'll do a whole post dedicated to them!
1) Yellow Jackets
These are the wasps that cause the most sting injuries. They are able to sting repeatedly and will most often be around when there are a variety of meats and sweets available to them. This food is fed to their young. They can nest in the ground or above the ground in paper nests.
2) Bald Faced Hornet
These are black hornets that have white markings on the head (like the one in the picture) or at the base by the stinger. These hornets can be extremely aggressive. They build huge paper nests where they rear their young and the female hornets will fly outside the nest and sting repeatedly when attacked. There are around 400 wasps inside each fully formed nest.
3) Organ Pipe Mud Dauber Wasp
These wasps are among the "best" type to have around. The males will stay inside the mud tube that they've build to live in. The females will go around collecting spiders. These wasps will never sting unless they are squeezed, at which point they sting only in self defense. They keep spider populations down.
Hope you enjoyed! :)
Just like last time, if there is a wasp/hornet you would like more information on, leave a comment and I'll do a whole post dedicated to them!
1) Yellow Jackets
These are the wasps that cause the most sting injuries. They are able to sting repeatedly and will most often be around when there are a variety of meats and sweets available to them. This food is fed to their young. They can nest in the ground or above the ground in paper nests.
2) Bald Faced Hornet
These are black hornets that have white markings on the head (like the one in the picture) or at the base by the stinger. These hornets can be extremely aggressive. They build huge paper nests where they rear their young and the female hornets will fly outside the nest and sting repeatedly when attacked. There are around 400 wasps inside each fully formed nest.
3) Organ Pipe Mud Dauber Wasp
These wasps are among the "best" type to have around. The males will stay inside the mud tube that they've build to live in. The females will go around collecting spiders. These wasps will never sting unless they are squeezed, at which point they sting only in self defense. They keep spider populations down.
Hope you enjoyed! :)
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Wow...
....It's really hard to keep up with blog posts during the summer! Who knew?! I feel like no one told me that and it's upsetting. Summer is supposed to be the time that I can write a whole ton of blog posts on all the annoying pests that show up... Not my time to work and do other exciting things. Weird.
Anyway, lets do a post on bees shall we? We'll look at a few different kinds of bees and do some quick info on them. Make sure you comment here or on the facebook page to let me know if there's a specific bee you want more information on!
1) Bumble Bee
Bumble bees are very social and they collect pollen and nectar in order to feed their young. Queen and worker bees can sting and they will sting if provoked. These bees can sting you repeatedly!
2) Carpenter Bee
Carpenter bees look like bumble bees but the most major difference is that the yellow on their body is ONLY by the head, not lower by the stinger and in bands. They build burrows in dead wood. These bees are solitary and contrary to popular belief, they do not eat the wood, just move it to the side so they have a place to live.
3) Sweat Bees
Sweat bees are those tiny little annoying bees that buzz around you and don't seem to do much but annoy you. They are usually a 1/4 to 1/2 inch long and are black, brown, red, or metallic green. They are attracted to the salt in human sweat and will sting if squished against your skin.
Next blog entry we'll look at wasps! Yay!
Anyway, lets do a post on bees shall we? We'll look at a few different kinds of bees and do some quick info on them. Make sure you comment here or on the facebook page to let me know if there's a specific bee you want more information on!
1) Bumble Bee
Bumble bees are very social and they collect pollen and nectar in order to feed their young. Queen and worker bees can sting and they will sting if provoked. These bees can sting you repeatedly!
2) Carpenter Bee
Carpenter bees look like bumble bees but the most major difference is that the yellow on their body is ONLY by the head, not lower by the stinger and in bands. They build burrows in dead wood. These bees are solitary and contrary to popular belief, they do not eat the wood, just move it to the side so they have a place to live.
3) Sweat Bees
Sweat bees are those tiny little annoying bees that buzz around you and don't seem to do much but annoy you. They are usually a 1/4 to 1/2 inch long and are black, brown, red, or metallic green. They are attracted to the salt in human sweat and will sting if squished against your skin.
Next blog entry we'll look at wasps! Yay!
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