Indeed, Spring and Summer times are the peak of bees visiting our backyard, but we may see few bees in early Autumn.
As reported by Gees Bees Honey Company (2022: What Do Honeybees Do in the Fall?) that they noticed “Even after the first frost, the bees bringing pollen into the hive, presumably from aster flowers.”
The number of bee species is quite great, it is estimated about thousand different species both in the world and in North America:
- 4,000 species in North America.
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Of thousands, I wonder why one species only to produce honey called honeybee with scientific name Apis mellifera.
Another species, bumble bees produced honey as well, but just small amount for their own used only. Hence, the honey can’t be collected by beekeepers for commercial purposes.
Moreover, Honeybees live in collective for years, while wild bees live collective for short period, one season.
Honeybees live in the hives which have honeycomb.
# To be continued to part 2
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