The honey bee's contribution to North Carolina is the same as it is to the rest of the world. Apart from the obvious of producing honey, they pollinate plants, which is arguably more important.
Honey bees live everywhere in the world except for the Arctic and Antarctic.
The honey company in "The Secret Life of Bees" is called Black Madonna Honey. It is run by the Boatwright sisters in South Carolina.
Honey bees aren't native to North America but were taken there by the early settlers about 400 years ago.
Africanized honey bees started in Brazil and have gradually worked their way north to as far as Texas.
honey hence the name honey bees Honey bees also produce bees wax by converting honey.
There were no honey bees (Apis Mellifera) living naturally in North America or Australia so the early colonists brought bees with them to produce honey.
Fruit trees attract bees when in bloom. Bees are also attracted to the sweetness of the fallen fruit. Apple, peach, pear, and cherry for example. Threr are always millions of honey bees that visit my plum and crabapple trees to collect pollen. (I live in North Carolina.)
Honey comes from Bees like Honey Bees.
Do honey bees produce WHAT? If the question is "honey", then yes, HONEY bees produce HONEY. If the question is NOT "honey", I'm afraid I can't help you.
Honey bees were first introduced to the eastern coastal areas of North America by early settlers in 1622. Prior to that there were no native honey bees in the Americas. The native Americans first called bees 'white man's flies'.
No, honey bees are not the only bees that make honey. The bees in question (Apis spp) just happen to be the most famous of the world's natural honey-makers. Other apian examples include bumble and stingless bees.
No honey bees for the honey.