Anatomy of Bees

[tmatthews]

I am in the process of starting beekeeping. This may seem like a silly question but exactly how many legs do honey bees have? I've googled it and some sites said four others six, I'm a bit confused..

 

[Finman]

I am in the process of starting beekeeping. This may seem like a silly question but exactly how many legs do honey bees have? I've googled it and some sites said four others six, I'm a bit confused..

4 wings and 6 legs

All insects have 6 legs.

 

[tmatthews]

Thank you I wonder why some of those sites sites 4 legs?

 

[Quis Custodiet]

Thank you I wonder why some of those sites sites 4 legs?

Finman is correct; six legs and four wings. Now just a wee question which is too easy, why do bees have four wings (two pairs) when many insects of a similar size have but one large pair?

 

[Millet]

Finman is correct; six legs and four wings. Now just a wee question which is too easy, why do bees have four wings (two pairs) when many insects of a similar size have but one large pair?

Because they do .. they also have three parts to there body, why is that..

 

[masterBK]

The default is two pairs of wings for winged insects (some insects never ever had wings eg silverfish and some like Braula and some flightless midges are secondarily wingless) . diptera (flies) appear to ony have one pair (the other pair have been modified to become halteres). You sometimes get mutant fruit flies with two pairs of wings. The forewings of beetles are hardened and used as wing cases (elytra) protecting the hind wings which are used in flying. Dragonflies have two pairs of wings which operate independently while moths, butterlfies and bees hook the hind and front wings together in flight

 

[Uncle Betty]

Question answered.

 

[Quis Custodiet]

Question answered.

Actually it is not answered, or perhaps it has been, or perhaps it could have been, Paisley on a good would not even come close to the above, now we know there is a God

 

[Uncle Betty]

Actually it is not answered, or perhaps it has been, or perhaps it could have been, Paisley on a good would not even come close to the above, now we know there is a God

William, have you been partaking of the devil's buttermilk ?

 

[Finman]

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Next question: How many times honeybee wraps its wings in one second?

How long five honeybees take time to flye one kilometre.

 

[REDWOOD]

230

 

[Quis Custodiet]

William, have you been partaking of the devil's buttermilk ?

You can call me Will.

 

[alldigging]

http://articles.extension.org/pages/21754/anatomy-of-the-honey-bee

and

http://www.coloss.org/documents/beebook-pdfs/jar-52-4-03-3.pdf

Way more technical than you need as a beginner but you might enjoy!

 

[Easy Beesy]

Be interested where you saw/found it said that bees have 4 legs?