Why (and How) Do Bees Make Honey?
Quick Questions explains how some bees can transform flower nectar into the liquid gold that you use to sweeten your tea. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support...
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[Intro]Hank: We all know that bees make honey, that sweet, thick liquid gold prized by tea-drinkers,bears, and honey badgers alike, but not all bees make honey. Insects like bumble bees,sting-less bees, and even honey wasps can produce small amounts of honey, but the stuffyou're familiar with is the product of one of the seven species of true honey bees.Simply put, bees make honey as a source of food security, sometimes to eat during timesof scarcity, safely stored within the hive, and the responsibility for making this stockpilefalls to the female worker, or forager bees. They're the ones that buzz from flower toflower, sucking up sugary nectar with their long, tubular tongues, and they're also theones who build and defend the hive and take care...
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[Intro]Hank: We all know that bees make honey, that sweet, thick liquid gold prized by tea-drinkers,bears, and honey badgers alike, but not all bees make honey. Insects like bumble bees,sting-less bees, and even honey wasps can produce small amounts of honey, but the stuffyou're familiar with is the product of one of the seven species of true honey bees.Simply put, bees make honey as a source of food security, sometimes to eat during timesof scarcity, safely stored within the hive, and the responsibility for making this stockpilefalls to the female worker, or forager bees. They're the ones that buzz from flower toflower, sucking up sugary nectar with their long, tubular tongues, and they're also theones who build and defend the hive and take care...
