How Do Bees React to Seasons?
Honeybees are a joy to behold. Raising them and studying them is a great hobby. Beekeeping has been common for hundreds of years. Just for the record book, here is a definition from Wikipedia: “Honey bees (or honeybees) are a subset of bees in the genus Apis, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of perennial, colonial nests out of wax.” Most of the honey making and gathering takes place during the spring and summer. This is when the hive is the most active. But what happens to our little friends during the cold weather? The colony survives the winter inside the hive by population control. They do this by giving the guy honeybees the ole bee-boot, thus reducing the population. This works because there is no function for the males during cold weather. Their basic job is gathering nectar and pollen during warm weather. Sorry guys, ya gotta go! But don’t worry, it is nature’s way. The remaining inhabitants in a man-made and maintained hive fee
