Bees Play Vital Role in Food Chain, Will Emerge Again in the Springtime

Bees play vital role in food chain, will emerge again in the springtime

Today's Bug of the Week is possibly the most important bug on the planet. Today we feature a good, old fashioned honey bee. Kelly Koski snapped a picture of a bee near Summerland recently. Bees are found throughout the world and play a vital role in the food chain and the survival of the us humans. ...

Shelter in place — like the bees

November is here, and the temperatures are going to range from the low 30s at night to high 40s in the day this week. What does that mean for bees? No one leaves the hive without great danger to themselves. Bees will venture out and forage short distances on sunny and windless days when the temps are in the low 50s, but they physically cannot stay out in cooler temperatures. Studies have shown that worker bees need a thorax temperature of at lea…