04/22/2023
Happy Earth Day! 🌎
Did you know that bees sleep on flowers?
🐝 bees require a temperature of at least 50°F to fly without using up their nectar stores. If the temperature drops below 50, their muscles will become temporarily paralyzed. In the mean time they will find a flowerhead or a deep flower such as a squash blossom where the temperature can be up to 18° warmer close to the nectar source. They will sleep there until their body temperature rises.
🐝 in some species of bees, the males leave the nest a few days after hatching and are not welcome to return. They will spend their lives drinking nectar and searching for a queen to mate with. Their favorite place to sleep is on a flower!
🐝 bees, just like humans, need 5-8 hours of sleep. They achieve this by taking several naps a day.