The honey bee

 

Talking about bees, people usually refer to the Western honey

bee, which has been domesticated for honey production and can

be found all over Europe. Honey bees are only a small number of

the roughly 20,000 known species of bees. In Europe, there are

about 700 species of which about 500 can be found in Germany.

The honey bee is one of nine species of bees which live socially in

colonies, whereas the other species are solitary bees. 

Bees feed on nectar and pollen. They produce honey as an energy

source during the winter. This is what humans make use of. Beekeepers take the honey and give the bees sugar water as a substitute.                        

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