Bee communication


BEE COMMUNICATION

Bees have two antennae coming out of their heads. These have small holes that serve as nostrils and can sense the odors of flowers, enemies and bees in the colony, and special pheromone odors. Some important examples are:

Alarm pheromones:

These compounds have low molecular weight, are highly volatile and appear to be specific to all pheromones. If a person or animal disturbs the hive, the defender will sting it and leave its alarm scent, which will attract other bees to sting it and leave its alarm scent, which will attract bees to sting or attack.

Orientation pheromones:

If the bees swarm, they will leave to make a new nest and spread their scent around the nest, start flapping their wings rapidly and, at the same time, open the nasanof glands on their abdomen.

Dances:

These dances indicate the place with respect to the sun and the distance from the flowers. If a forager finds a place that has a lot of nectar or pollen, she will communicate it to others through dance. Bees use these dances to indicate water sources.


Smell of beehives:

Because of the mixture of odors of the flowers and their queen, each bee colony has a particular scent. If a thief tries to break into the hive to steal honey, the defender bees will recognize him and will not let him enter the hive.









Comentarios

Publicar un comentario

Entradas más populares de este blog

Impact of bees on the environment

Imagen
Bees are very important for the environment, If bees went extinct, humans would die in a matter of months. However, it would not only affect us. If bees did not exist, plants could not survive., on the food side. If bees didn't produce honey, humans wou ldn't be able to consume honey.  
Leer más

Bee Life Cycle

Imagen
BEE LIFE CYCLE Bees are arthropods, invertebrate insects with jointed legs and exoskeleton, which go through a life cycle with metamorphosis, in which they have to go through several physiological and morphological changes to become a completely different animal. There are different types of metamorphosis, as it can be complete or incomplete, but in the case of bees, it's complete. Egg laying Bees start in an egg state stored in an apiary cell. These eggs receive multiple attentions from the community because each one will give rise to a newly hatched bee. For this, solitary bees have all their food supplies in their cell, while social bees bring the food they need to their eggs. If the bees didn’t take care of the eggs, the whole hive would be in danger. Larva 3 days after laying the eggs, a larva emerges from them. These larvae must molt to increase their size to the desired size. During this phase they reach their maximum size (between 5 and 6 centimeters). Even so, the bee has...
Leer más

Pollination

Imagen
POLLINATION The bee is one of the insects that occupy the largest regions of the planet. Therefore, it falls into the category of so-called "pollinating insects". Pollinating insects are insects that promote the pollination of flowers. They move from one flower to another in search of food. In this way, they bring the pollen from the stamens into contact with the pistils and ensure the pollination process. Bee pollination is the most important in this category. It is estimated that 90% of wild plants and 75% of crops for human consumption depend on this activity. Therefore, if there were no pollination, we would have no food . Pollination is the process that takes place from the moment the pollen leaves the stamen in which it was generated until it reaches the pistil where it will germinate, a journey that will allow the appearance of new fruits and seeds. Bees face several dangers that threaten their survival, such as the fact that if humans continue to deforest, bee habita...
Leer más