The exact composition of honey varies from one location to another and depending on the nectar sources used to make it. It is a carbohydrate composed of roughly 80% sugars with a few minerals, vitamins, pollen and proteins. The water content of honey should be below 20%. In most cases, ...
To explore the difference in pollen harvest between the western honey bee Apis mellifera and a native eastern honey bee A. cerana in the Zoige alpine meadows in the northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, we investigated species diversity of th
Bee: Pollen and nectar are the main sources of food for bees. Pollen is the fine powdery stuff found in the heads of flowers and nectar is produced by plants. Wasp: Both wasps and hornets are predators. Adults consume a liquid diet and are attracted to sugary substances (which is why th...
They typically have bright colors, sweet fragrances, and produce nectar to attract insects. 14 What defines insect-pollinated flowers? Insect-pollinated flowers, or entomophilous flowers, are designed to attract insects for the transfer of pollen between flowers. 10 Why are insect-pollinated flower...
Bees feed on nectar and pollen from flowers, occasionally getting food from trash in the form of sweet leftovers. Wasps are carnivorous predators that capture other insects to feed to their young in the nest. Adult wasps, however, feed on nectar, honey dew and rotting fruit. ...
Wasps and bees not only differ in their appearance but also in their diets. While bees feed on nectar and pollen, wasps largely consume other insects, such as flies, caterpillars, and aphids. However, adult wasps are attracted to sugar, particularly later on in their adult life. This is wh...
However, closer examination of both their appearances and their behavior reveals some key differences. Unlike honeybees, which sport a light coat of downy hair—some of which assists in collecting pollen for later consumption by attracting it with static electricity as they sip nectar from flowers...
Bees are not meat eaters and do not consume prey insects or spiders. Rather, they consume plant pollens and nectar from flowering plants. For most of the year, wasps are predators and feed other arthropods and insects to their young, but in late summer and fall, when queens stop laying ...
there are thousands of endemic plant species in the mountains that provide a large array of pollen for the bees. The elimination of Varroa infestation and disease issues, coupled with the copious nutrition availability creates...
Both bumblebees and carpenter bees frequent flowers for nectar, and both kinds of bees become active as soon as the weather starts to warm up in the spring. Because both bumblebees and carpenter bees are large and share similar markings, it's easy to mistake one bee for the other. ...