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There were 2.78 million colonies producing in 2016, an increase of 4% from 2015. North Dakota has the most honey producing colonies in the country, with 485,000 colonies that produced 37,830,000 pounds of honey in 2016. The average yield per colony in honey productions with more than five colonies was 58.3 pounds in 2016.
Honeybees on yellow ironweed. Followed by segment at one tenth speed. A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus Apis of the bee clade, all native to mainland Afro-Eurasia. [1][2] After bees spread naturally throughout Africa and Eurasia, humans became responsible for the current cosmopolitan distribution ...
up to day 3 up to day 8½ day 7½ day 8 until emergence 16 days day 23 and up 18–22 mm (0.71–0.87 in) nearly 200 mg (3.1 gr) Worker: up to day 3 up to day 9 day 9 day 10 until emergence (day 11 or 12 last moult) 21 days (range: 18–22 days) N/A 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in) nearly 100 mg (1.5 gr) Drone: up to day 3 up to day 9½ day 10
Native bees outperform honeybees with a phenomenon known as “buzz pollination,” which involves vibrating flowers at a certain frequency to release more pollen from each plant.
Perennial. Western US – One of the best spring forage sources for honeybees. Blooms 45–60 days and continuously produces nectar throughout the day. Can be seeded several times per year. Prefers 3 ft of topsoil. 180–1,500 pounds honey per acre, depending on soil quality and depth; 300–1000 pounds of pollen.
A bee forages on a swamp milkweed in the wetlands just south of Lawrence. BeeMachine identified it with 100% confidence as a Southern Plains bumblebee, a dwindling species currently under review ...
Apis mellifica mellifica silvarum Goetze, 1964 (Unav.) The western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bees worldwide. [3][4] The genus name Apis is Latin for 'bee', and mellifera is the Greek for 'honey-bearing' "μέλι (honey)-φέρω (bearing)", referring to the species ...
Say, 1837. Osmia lignaria, commonly known as the orchard mason bee or blue orchard bee, [1] is a megachilid bee that makes nests in natural holes and reeds, creating individual cells for its brood that are separated by mud dividers. Unlike carpenter bees, it cannot drill holes in wood. O. lignaria is a common species used for early spring fruit ...