“A Common Misconception Is That They Hibernate”: Beekeepers Explain What Bees Do During Winter

Bees are one of the most important insects of our ecosystem, pollinating nearly three quarters of plants that produce 90% of the world’s food. The data of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN showed that a third of global food supply depends on bees.

Moreover, bees have been around since the dawn of time, with our ancestors in ancient Egypt blowing smoke into hives and collecting the honeycombs. And as the practice is so old, everything about keeping bees should be crystal clear by now, but that’s not, in fact, the case.

This post shared by the Bell Farm in Runnells, Iowa has been going viral on Facebook with 13k likes and impressions, because it debunked a common belief that bees hibernate during winter.

“One common misconception is that they hibernate. In reality, they are very much awake inside their hives,” posted the farm and went on explaining what bees are up to during the cold winter season. Let’s read the whole post right below that is a perfect example of the wonders of nature we often know so little about.

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Beekeepers from Bell Farm in Runnells, Iowa revealed that honeybees are not only awake in winter, but they also have a way to generate warmth

Image credits: Bell Farm

Image credits: Latrobe Valley Beekeepers

And people were totally amazed by it

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