Insect
Honeybee
Scientific name: Apis mellifera
This is a honeybee. Honeybees make honey from flowers!
Quick facts
- Size
- Length: 1–1.5 cm (0.4–0.6 in)
- Food
- Plant eater
- Awake
- Active by day
- In the wild
- Data deficient
- Scientists need to learn more about them.
All about the Honeybee
Honeybees are small, busy insects that live together in big families, each with one queen. Worker bees fly from flower to flower collecting nectar and pollen, and back at the hive they turn the nectar into honey. Honeybees are very important pollinators that help many plants grow fruit and seeds.
Fun facts
One star is easy, three stars are for big explorers.
- Easy
Each honeybee family has just one queen.
- Medium
Honeybees dance to tell other bees where to find food.
- Medium
Honeybees help plants make fruit by carrying pollen from flower to flower.
- Hard
A queen bee can lay as many as 1,000 eggs in one day.
- Hard
In winter, honeybees huddle together to stay warm and eat the honey and pollen they saved.
Where does it live?
The coloured places on the map show where the Honeybee lives in the wild.
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- South America
- Oceania
What does the Honeybee eat?
- NectarFavourite food
- Pollen
Play and learn
Games with this animal and its friends.
