Bees navigate using the sun. It doesn’t really seem that they make a map, but more seem to know where they are by the process of directions that got them there. If you stand in front of the entrance to a bee hive for a few minutes then turn around to face away from the hive, you will see a swarm of bees flying in a holding pattern waiting for you to move. Once you move the entrance to the hive gets really busy. They don’t seem to know to go around you, they just wait till the path is clear!
Here’s another for the road: mites are a big problem for bees. They latch on to the bees and the bees don’t feel them. One way bee keepers can encourage bees to clean themselves and knock off the mites is by covering the bees in powdered sugar! This makes it look like there are a bunch of powder white bees flying around for a while.
Leeks@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Bees navigate using the sun. It doesn’t really seem that they make a map, but more seem to know where they are by the process of directions that got them there. If you stand in front of the entrance to a bee hive for a few minutes then turn around to face away from the hive, you will see a swarm of bees flying in a holding pattern waiting for you to move. Once you move the entrance to the hive gets really busy. They don’t seem to know to go around you, they just wait till the path is clear!
WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You realize I would have you posting bee facts all day if I could, right?
Leeks@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Here’s another for the road: mites are a big problem for bees. They latch on to the bees and the bees don’t feel them. One way bee keepers can encourage bees to clean themselves and knock off the mites is by covering the bees in powdered sugar! This makes it look like there are a bunch of powder white bees flying around for a while.
WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Love it! (Not the mites)
kerntucky@infosec.pub 2 days ago