Bee, common name for a winged, flower-feeding insect with branched body hairs.

Honeybee, (tribe Apini), also spelled honey bee, any of a group of insects in the family Apidae (order Hymenoptera) that in a broad sense includes all bees that make honey. In a stricter sense, honeybee applies to any one of seven members of the genus Apis —and usually only the single species, Apis mellifera, the domestic honeybee. GloryBee is your source for Beekeeping, Honey, Royal Jelly, HoneyStix, Bulk Ingredients, and more. You'll love our organic raw honey and beekeeping supplies.

Characteristics
Bees are dependent on pollen as a protein source and on flower nectar or oils as an energy source. Adult females collect pollen primarily to feed their larvae. The pollen they inevitably lose in going from flower to flower is important to plants because some pollen lands on the pistils (reproductive structures) of other flowers of the same species, resulting in cross-pollination. Bees are, in fact, the most important pollinating insects, and their interdependence with plants makes them an excellent example of the type of symbiosis known as mutualism, an association between unlike organisms that is beneficial to both parties.

Most bees have specialized branched or feathery body hairs that help in the collection of pollen. Female bees, like many other hymenopterans, have a defensive sting. Some bees produce honey from flower nectar. Honey bees and stingless bees commonly hoard large quantities of honey-a characteristic that is exploited by beekeepers, who harvest the honey for human consumption.

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There are about 20,000 species of bees worldwide. Some species may not yet have been discovered, and many are either not named or have not been well studied. Bees are found throughout the world except at the highest altitudes, in polar regions, and on some small oceanic islands. The greatest diversity of bee species is found in warm, arid or semiarid areas, especially in the American Southwest and Mexico. Bees range in size from tiny species only 2 mm (0.08 in) in length to rather large insects up to 4 cm (1.6 in) long. Many bees are black or gray, but others are bright yellow, red, or metallic green or blue.

Social Structure and Nesting Habits
Bees have diverse nesting and social habits. This diversity has provided scientists with a natural laboratory for the study of evolution and social behavior in insects.

Solitary Bees
The primitive bees, like their relatives the wasps, are solitary. Each female makes her own burrow, in which she constructs earthen chambers to contain her young. She deposits pollen moistened with nectar or oil into individual cells until enough food has accumulated to provide for the young bee from egg hatching until the larva reaches full size. She then lays an egg on the pollen mass and seals the cell before going on to construct another cell.

Welcome to the LCBA website!

This is the official website for the Lane County Beekeepers Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to the field of bees and beekeeping.
For more information check out our 'About Us' page

Beekeeping 101 Classes - Beginning Beekeeping

IMPORTANT VARROA INFORMATION from Honey Bee Health Coalition
Tools For Varroa Management - (p. 11 contains Videos on Treatment and Management)
Varroa Management Decision Tool -when and how to treat for Varroa
Best Management Practices for Bee Health - click on download the .pdf
Video - Why Did My Bees Die? Informative video from Michagan State University
LCBA Winter Loss Report 2019 -2020

LEGAL and LABELING Information and Forms
Oregon Beekeeper Legal Info and Forms

Residential Beekeeping:
Best-practice guidelines for nuisance-free beekeeping in Oregon

Save The Bee - What GloryBee Foods is doing to help our bees

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-Past LCBA presentations are found in the LCBA Talks Section.
-Suppliers and Equipment sites are in the Supplies Section.
-LOTS of Educational sites are in the Reference Section.

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