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Technically I think they do eat nectar but they turn it into honey in their stomachs. They then spit it back up to eat then or store in the cell walls to eat in the long winters. Hope this helps!!!
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Honey bees feed on pollen and honey. They make the honey out of flower nectar that they collect by sucking it out of flowers; they then store it in a special storage stomach and bring it back to the hive. There they pass it over to other worker bees, who make it into honey by mixing it with enzymes as they chew it. They spread the treated nectar into the honeycombs, and as the water evaporates from it, it becomes thick. When it is thick enough, they seal off the honeycomb cells with wax and store the honey until they need it.
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Why do bees take flowers pollen?
Bees take pollen to make honey.
What does a honey bee make honey from?
Honeybees collect sweet nectar from flowers and bring it back to their hives. There it is stored for future use, because its sugar provides honeybees with the energy they need. The nectar is stored as honey, which is a thick, concentrated form of nectar that has been converted in the bees' digestive tracts. Honey is stored in little compartments or cells in the hive, which the bees seal over with beeswax which they also produce. We call this honey-filled wax honeycomb. Beekeepers take honeycomb from the hive (leaving enough behind for the bees), using the wax for candle making and the honey to sweeten all kinds of foods.they collect pollen.
Do bees have mouths?
Bees do have mouths. The bees mouth consists of mandibles and a proboscis. They use the mouth parts to chew up food and also to suck up nectar.
How do you think the hive of bees survive the winter when there are no flowers to feed on?
Foraging bees will fly up to three miles (five kilometres) from the hive to find sources of nectar, but when nectar is not available bees will feed on their stored honey. A bee colony will normally store more than enough honey during the summer to see them through the following winter. When a beekeeper takes honey from the hive, he will make sure the bees survive the winter by providing sugar syrup for them to feed on.
What waves to insects use to find nectar?
Some insects use ultraviolet waves to find nectar. The ultraviolet light leaves marks on flowers, and the insects can sense them and find the nearby nectar.
What is sweet liquid made by flowers bees use it to make honey?
Nectar.It comes from flowers.Most bees like honeysuckle nectar.
Does sugar attract bees?
Yes, they are. If you leave honey out with bees around they will find it and feed.
What do honeybees collect?
If you might have noticed a recent answer, which was pollen, that answer is wrong. Bees collect nectar, which they turn into honey. pollen sticks to their legs and falls onto other flowers. this is called pollination.
Do bees make flowers die?
No, bees don't make flowers die .Bees use flowers pulp to make honey.
How does the survival of honey badger depends on bees?
Bees use nectar from flowers to produce honey, the honey badger then feed on the honey that the bees produce.
Do lilies have nectar?
YES! They have a lot of nectar, because the "head" of a sunflower is made up of 4,000 tiny flowers.
Do bees have tongues?
Yes, bees do have tongues which they use to extract nectar from flowers. The length of the tongue depends on the species of bee.
Do bees drink from flowers?
no actually butterflys do it too. Moths do it. pretty much every insect or bug does, BUT only bees use it to make honey
What jobs do honey bees do?
Pollinating flowers and producing honey are the jobs that honey bees do.Specifically, the insects in question (Apis spp) drink the nectar of certain herbaceous and wood plants. In the process, they move pollen around so that flowers can reproduce. They use the nectar to make honey when they return to the hive.
What do bees use nectar for?
Male bees use nectar for food. Female bees use pollen for feeding the larvae, and nectar and pollen for own food.
Why do magnolia bushes attract bees?
Bees are attracted to most plants and trees as a source of nectar. Magnolias do not produce nectar, instead have pollen enriched with proteins, which bees use as food. The magnolia flowers release a sugary scent that attracts the bees.
Do bees make honey using pollen?
No, they use nectar.
