Photo Album: Honey Bees Pollinating in Freehold, NJ
Facts About Honey Bees
As I inspected the other side of the home, I found several honey bees near a flower garden. Honey bees have little hairs on their bodies that brush against the pollen as they fly in and out of flowers.
Close Up
Honey bees then rub their bodies with their hind legs to collect the pollen and store them in "pollen sacs." When the pollen sac is full, it will fly back home to stock the nest with this carefully gathered food. Honey bees are the only social insects whose colony can survive many years.
Pollination
The most important thing that honey bees do is pollinate. Pollination is needed for plants to reproduce. As honey bees gather pollen and nectar for their survival, they pollinate crops such as apples, cranberries, melons and broccoli. In fact, honey bees pollinate more than 100 crops in the U.S.
What Did We Do
In this type of situation, we did not harm or touch the honey bees. We will only treat for honey bees if it is a life-threatening situation for the homeowner. In this case, even though there was a number of them present, it wasn't a life threatening issue. Instead, we called up a local beekeeper who will humanely and safely handle the honey bees.