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Honey Bee
SIZE: Workers: 2/5 to 3/5 inches (5-15mm)
COLOR: Covered with golden brown and black hair
DESCRIPTION: The honey bee is covered with short, dense hair,
usually golden-brown and black, and its abdomen is striped. There
are three castes of honey bees in the colony: workers (2/5 to
3/5 inch long), drones (3/4 to 5/8 inch long), and the queen (3/5
to ¾ inch long).
HABITAT: Around flowers and flowering trees
LIFE CYCLE: The queen is responsible for reproduction. The drones
are fertile male bees that mate with new queens. The workers are
sterile females responsible for feeding the queen, maintaining
the hive, gathering the pollen and nectar, and protecting the
hive.
TYPE OF DAMAGE: Honey bee workers have a barbed stinger that
becomes detached along with a venom sac after the sting.
CONTROL: When stung by a bee, immediately remove the stinger
and venom sac by gently scraping or flicking the stinger with
a fingernail or knife. Do not use tweezers or try to squeeze out
the stinger- this pushes more venom into the wound. Next, wash
the sting site with soap and water. Apply ice to minimize pain
and swelling. For normal sting reactions, a solution of ½
teaspoon meat tenderizer dissolved in 1 teaspoon water (or commercially
available sting solution) can be applied to the skin to relieve
discomfort. If you experience anything more than a localized,
normal reaction, seek medical attention immediately. Sting victims
should be kept calm, quiet and inactive. In some cases, an allergy
specialist may advise a series of injections to lessen sensitivity
for persons with case histories of severe allergic reactions to
insect stings.
PREVENTION: Wear proper clothing and use caution when worker honey
bees are foraging around houses on flowering trees and plants.
When flowers finish blooming, the danger will decrease. It is
best to allow swarms of honey bees to leave on their own. A swarm
of bees will remain clustered until scout bees have located a
suitable site for permanent nesting. In two days or less, the
swarm will usually break the cluster and fly away. If it is necessary
to remove a swarm, be sure to contact a local beekeeper, who usually
will be happy to get the bees.
REMOVAL FROM BUILDINGS: When honey bees establish a nest in your
house or other undesirable places, you can either hire professional
help (certified pest control operator or beekeeper) or do the
job yourself. Remember that after the honey bees are killed, they
must be removed with their comb nest along with honey. Untended
honey soon begins to decompose and/or seep out of the comb, causing
odor problems, staining walls or ceilings, and encouraging secondary
pest infestations by ants, cockroaches, wax moths, flies, and
dermestid beetles.
INTERESTING FACTS: Most people see only the workers because these
are the bees that regularly fly in and out of the nest.
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