Talk:Honey bee
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See also: other honey-producing hymenoptera? How many, and which ones?[edit]
Honey wasps (Brachygastra) and a few other hymenopteran species produce honey, but not in the kind of surplus that honeybees do. I sort of remember a bee researcher (Thomas D. Seeley?) writing about harvesting a few spoonfuls of honey from a bumblebee nest, and describing the flavor. Also dimly remembered are the ants who store honey in the distended abdomens of some of the workers, esteemed as a tasty snack by people living nearby. As User:Waspbeehybrid pointed out on their talk page, the ability to create honey may merit mention in this article.
What do other editors consider appropriate for this article's "See also" section? Just plain Bill (talk) 11:34, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
- bee are the closest relative of wasp. So this is a theories that this honey wasp are the evolutionary link between wasp and bees Waspbeehybrid (talk) 13:24, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
- All non-parasitic bumblebees and stingless bees produce honey. A few wasps do, as you note. What ants store is not honey, as honey is generally defined. That aside, I would say this article is already cluttered enough without tacking on a bunch more "see also" links. Dyanega (talk) 17:28, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
Bees in the Sahara[edit]
According to some articles from 2010 there's a current Apis Mellifera presence in southwest Lybia, which is a bit beyond the distribution map shown on the page. passcod (talk) 08:52, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
Informational[edit]
This article had a lot of informational detail right away at the beginning of the article. This draws in the readers and encourages them to read more. JulesJ2024 (talk) 03:28, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
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