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    Art As Scientific Exploration Why How Do Bees Make Honey

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    Bees make honey to eat in the winter months when flowers are less abundant. Worker bees collect nectar from flowers in their honey stomachs then pass it to house bees. The house bees take the nectar to the hive where they pack it into cells and use their wings to dry it into honey. They cover the honey cells with beeswax lids to store it for winter, as their primary food sources are honey for carbohydrates and pollen for protein.

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    Bees make honey to eat in the winter months when flowers are less abundant. Worker bees collect nectar from flowers in their honey stomachs then pass it to house bees. The house bees take the nectar to the hive where they pack it into cells and use their wings to dry it into honey. They cover the honey cells with beeswax lids to store it for winter, as their primary food sources are honey for carbohydrates and pollen for protein.

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    Bees make honey to eat in the winter months when flowers are less abundant. Worker bees collect nectar from flowers in their honey stomachs then pass it to house bees. The house bees take the nectar to the hive where they pack it into cells and use their wings to dry it into honey. They cover the honey cells with beeswax lids to store it for winter, as their primary food sources are honey for carbohydrates and pollen for protein.

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    Art as Scientific Exploration: Why & how do bees make honey?

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    I wanted to find out why and how bees make honey because I’ve often wondered what
    their goals were in making honey, and I’ve wondered how they actually make it.

    Answer
    The honey bees diet consists of nectar and pollen collected by the older worker bees with
    larger muscles for flight. Workers are the smallest of all the bees in the hive but have the most
    numbers and are all female’s incapable of reproduction. The drones are the males with one
    function, to fertilize a young queen bee. The queen bee is normally the only reproductive female
    in the colony. Some of the workers gather nectar and store it in their elastic pouch known as a
    “honey stomach.” Other workers gather pollen grains and store it in “baskets” on their rear legs.
    Anyway in the winter when all the flowers begin to die the bees turn to the honey that they made
    and eat that in the winter. Conclusion for the first question: Bees make honey to eat in the winter
    months because there are fewer flowers from which to collect nectar and pollen.

    As you probably know the most important ingredient needed to make honey is nectar
    which comes from flowers. To make honey workers will use a long straw-like tongue called a
    proboscis then they suck up nectar droplets from the flower’s nectar-making organ called the
    nectary. When the nectar reaches the bees honey stomach, the stomach starts to break down the
    complex sugars of the nectar into more simple sugars less prone to becoming solid. This process
    is called “inversion.” Once that worker returns to the hive it passes the nectar onto a young house
    bee. Then the house bees take the nectar inside the hive and pack it away in hexagon-shaped
    beeswax honey cells. By using a warm breeze made with their own wings they turn the nectar
    into honey. Right when the honey has dried they put a lid over the honey cell using beeswax.

    Artistic Representation
    I wanted to create this painting because bees, as pollinators, play a part in every aspect of
    the ecosystem. They support the growth of various plants, which serve as food and shelter for
    various animals. They even contribute to complex, interconnected ecosystems that permit a
    diverse range of different organisms to co-exist. So they deserve a painting. I painted the bee in
    the center to be the centerpeice and the honey beside showcasing their creation.
    SOURCES

    Why do bee’s make honey?


    https://www.newscientist.com/question/bees-make-honey/#:~:text=Honey%20bees%20make%2
    0honey%20to,bees%20are%20unable%20to%20forage.

    How do bee’s make honey?


    https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-how-do-bees-make-honey-143450#:~:text=House%20b
    ees%20take%20the%20nectar,breeze%20made%20with%20their%20wings.&text=Once%20the
    %20honey%20has%20dried,like%20a%20little%20honey%20jar.

    What do bee’s actually eat?


    https://knowablemagazine.org/article/food-environment/2017/whole-food-diet-bees#:~:text=Bee
    s%20feed%20on%20nectar%20and,baskets%E2%80%9D%20on%20their%20rear%20legs.
    Bees feed on nectar and pollen collected by foragers — older worker bees with
    beefy flight muscles. Some foragers gather nectar, which they store in an elastic
    pouch in the gut known as a “honey stomach”; others collect pollen grains,
    packing them in “baskets” on their rear legs.

    What do bee’s use honey for?


    https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/animal-health-literacy/helping-agricultures-helpful-
    honey-bees#:~:text=Bees%20harvest%20the%20nectar%20and,bees%27%20main%20so
    urce%20of%20protein.
    Bees harvest the nectar and convert the sugary liquid to honey, the insects'
    primary source of carbohydrates. Honey provides the bees with the energy for
    flight, colony maintenance, and general daily activities. Pollen, often called “bee
    bread,” is the bees' main source of protein.

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