6 October 2024
With fewer flowers, nectar and pollen accessible, bees are rapidly consuming what they’ll in early October. Although it seems just like the honey bees and bumblebees are doing the identical factor they’ve totally different methods for coping with winter.
Honey bee employees are nonetheless busy gathering nectar and pollen to help their hive and queen by means of the winter. We see them foraging when the temperature is at or above 55°F (13°C).
These bumblebees, then again, are very busy however their lives are quick. Solely their queen will survive the winter. After she mates with accessible males the queen will retreat underground to attend for spring.
The flowers they love are grape leaf anemone in a backyard close to Carnegie Library and Museum.
