ALL ABOUT THE BEES

It’s that time of year again when bees and wasps fly around and nest in the ground. To stay protected, we recommend that campers wear shoes with closed toes and socks – this not only protects your feet from stings but allows you to participate better in active sports and run around keeping your feet well supported and free from injury.

We see wasps nests sometime around camp – our great maintenance staff get rid of them right away as soon as we see a nest starting to form. If you get stung by a wasp it may hurt but they will not leave a stinger in you.

Ground bees are the ones that live in the ground and can sting our feet if we step on them by accident. Bees leave their stinger in you and it has to be taken out.

If you are stung at camp Robin Aid will take care of you!

There are many types of bees – bumble bees, honey bees, ground bee, wasps, hornets, carpenter

Here are a few fun facts about bees:

• The honey bee has been around for 30 million years.
• It is the only insect that produces food eaten by man.
• Honey bees are environmentally friendly
• They are insects with a scientific name – Apis mellifera
• They have six legs, two eyes, and two wings, a nectar pouch, and a stomach
• A honey bee can fly for up to six miles and as fast as 15 miles per hour,
• The bee leaves its stinger and venom pouch behind and soon dies after it stings
• Honeybees communicate with one another by “dancing”
• Ground bees will not sting unless they are stepped on or bothered
• One worker honeybee lives about four weeks in spring and summer.
• The queen bee is the most important bee in the hive

Check out these links for more fun facts about bees:

https://www.pestworldforkids.org/bees.html
https://www.ontariobee.com/index.phpaction=display&cat=38

Read about them and BEE Happy!

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