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Learn More About Bees
Bees are flying insects that are extremely important for humankind and closely related to ants, wasps, and hornets. About 20,000 species of bees exist on the earth. Every continent apart from the Antarctica have bees populations. Bee in all over the world plays are important pollinators to flowers and vegetables.
List of some of the food they pollinate for us are blueberries, cherries, apples, nuts, cranberries, avocado, cucumber. Without their existence, our crops would be much smaller in size and of poor quality. Pollination is a crucial part for the life cycle of most plants. Insects, birds and the wind take or collect pollen found in between flowering plants.
This means they can make seeds after reproducing to keep their line alive. Pest control company have various safe ways to manage and rid of bees including infestation. Hiring experts for bee hive removal is the best way to permanently solve your pest problem.
Lifecycle, Diet & All
Bee Characteristic
The Bee Lifecycle
The queen bee starts with laying eggs, range equivalent to the size of a grain of rice. They do not crack open like a chicken egg instead when it is time to hatch the soft membrane dissolves. And the tiny larva will absorb the nutrients. In the larval stage, the helpless grub must eat a tremendous amount of food.
Mothers are in charge of collecting a supply of pollen and nectar so that it's young have the energy to grow. Larva will shed its skin five times before entering its final period of development: the pupal stage. However, some of these species spend months or even years in a larva state before going through a metamorphosis.
Just like the caterpillar of a moth, the larva spins a cocoon before transforming itself. Inside the cocoon, the larva develops a head, legs, and body before finally sprouting its hair and wings. Once the change is complete, the young lives by chewing its way out of the cocoon and commences its adult life.
The Bee Anatomy
The Ocelli, are the three eyes on top of its head use for navigation. They also have two large compound eyes made up of thousands of tiny lenses. It shows them their surroundings as little dots of colours. Most all the worker gets information pertaining the entire surroundings comes from the two trusty antennae.
The male bees may have long or short tongues, depending on the type of flowers their species tend to visit. They have two pairs of wings that interlock and beat in a figure-of-eight pattern. As they fly, they make a buzzing sound. They can beat their wings at around 230 beats per second.
Their legs have adapt to perform many different tasks and segmented to be flexible. They have tarsal claws on their feet to help them grip. And display a preference for petals with conical cells that act like velcro. Only female bees have the sting in the tail, as their stinger has evolved from their egg-laying tube.
Bees have openings called spiracles, and they breathe through it.
The Bee Pollination
Around 90 percent of the world wildflowers rely on pollination by animals, rather than wind or water. They are not the only creatures doing the work, butterflies, moths, wasps, beetles, and even some birds and bats help out. They are natures prime pollinators and are completely dependent on nectar and pollen for royal jelly and survival.
They are unusual in that they feed pollen and nectar directly to their larvae too, so they need a good food source supply. Honeybees are famous for their waggle dance and can visit up to 100 flowers every time they leave the hive. And may do this 15 or more times a day. They prefer to be solitary and live to outperform their social cousins in gathering pollen.
With no “pollen baskets” on their legs, they end up scattering much more pollen around. An enormous number of these species have evolve to support the world huge variety of plants. And that is the reason to maintain a diversity and avoid killing the bees at all cost. Losing one type of plant or bee can mean the loss of the organism it has adapted to support.
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Signs of Bee Infestation
Although infestations do not often happen in the island, there is still a possibility for it to happen. Their stings can cause an allergic reaction and the buzzing sounds can also be irritating.
Watch out for these signs:
Residual Stain
Beehives are remarkable and can survive in surprising places. When honey bees species produce and store honey, they can leave dark patches on ceiling walls. Contact Professional Bee Pest Control Services when you see the bees nesting or sign is the best solution. This can attract other unwanted pests.
Sighting
Depending on the species, they live in colonies and can grow quite large in United States North America. Some may have as many as one hundred thousand members. The guard defend nest entrance of the hive from intruders. Stay indoors and away as they might sting if threatened.
Nest
Social worker bees require more space and will nest in sites with a variety of cavities. From abandoned rodent burrows and hollow logs to more creative spots such as compost bins and barbecue grills. In cooler climates, worker and queen honey bees live and build wax combs in open air hives and use their bodies to heat the nests. Please do not attempt to remove it with bee repellant or DIY methods as the result could be fatal.
Bee Sting
When felt threatened, honeybees will sting and dies immediately after. Most species have a barbless stinger that can be multiple times. We highly recommend a visit the nearest doctor when stung for further professional assistance.
These are the types of Bees commonly found in Singapore
Types Of Bees
Bumble Bees
Fat furry bumblebee, black but thorax a striking tawny orange, brown or reddish, and tail tip bright white. Length 15-20mm, wingspan 25-35mm.
Carpenter Bees
Incredibly massive, shining blue-black bee. Large, heavy, and stout. Body all-shinning, inky blue-black. Large wings iridescent blue-black with legs black and stout. Length 35mm, wingspan 65mm.
Malayan Bees
This species apis have long-oval, rather stout flying insect. Brown or black, marked with bands of lighter chestnut, red or orange-yellow abdomen. Light covering of short hairs, often in bands. Often confused with fat, fluffy, brightly marked bumblebees.
Honey Bees
The genus apis are long-oval, but a rather stout flying insect. Brown or black, marked with bands of lighter chestnut, red, or orange-yellow across the abdomen. A light covering of short hairs, often in bands. Length 12-15mm, wingspan 25-30mm.
Sweat Bees
Stout and moderately hairy bees with abdomen or thorax often wholly lighter colour. Dark brown, but variously tufted with bands of brown or metallic with yellow markings. Wings cleared, legs of yellow hairs. Length 4-9mm, wingspan 20mm.
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