Drone bee

Drone bee

Drones’ mere role is their reproduction abilities, indeed their only duty within the hive is to fertilize their queen. They are by no mean useful to the hive or their peers. Their lives is fairly short. They live from spring to autumn if the food resources allow it,...
Bees’ sense of smell

Bees’ sense of smell

Bees use their sense of smell to communicate. They detect a lot of different smells, both inside and outside of the hive, to spot an enemy or locate flowers. If you look at a bee, the fist thing you notice is their always-moving antennas. It is their most essential...
The secret of a healthy hive

The secret of a healthy hive

Bees need clean water, nectar but above all a rich and diverse pollen. In addition to a good diet, beekeepers can keep their hives healthy by having a young queen and regularly changing its frames. As for all living beings, healthy food equals healthy bees. The queen...
Bees’ sense of direction

Bees’ sense of direction

Bee’s sense of direction remains a scientific mystery. Indeed we know foraging bees can leave their hives to find flowers and come back to the exact same location, but we don’t really understand how ! Karl Von Frisch, in 1967, is the first one to understand that bee’s...
Bees’ sense of taste

Bees’ sense of taste

Thanks to taste receptors, bees can identify different types of sugar and their contents in digested substances. Their developped sense of taste helps them carefully select the plants and flower they forage from. Here are the answers to a few questions on the topic....