Honey bee foragers perform the dance when they return to the hive to share the location of valuable food sources with other foragers; bumble bees do not. "So higher patch fidelity of honey bees ...

A study has found that the honey bee is particularly loyal to the patches they frequent. While many animals often return to previously visited locations or specific patches within locations ...

but keep observing it—young bees will emerge the following spring. Around the flower patch: • Play close attention to the bees that buzz around the flower patch. Is there a particular flower ...

(KXAN) – A study by Agricultural Research Service, which is the in-house research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, showed honey bees revisit the same flower patch more often than ...

Honey bees are more faithful to their flower patches than bumble bees when it comes to returning to collect more pollen and nectar, according to a study by U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural ...