And of course bees play their part in pollinating the flowers that make our gardens come ... what would we do without them? An illustration of what all honey bees, and a colony of honey bees ...

Similar to the familiar European honeybee, stingless bees form colonies consisting of one queen tended by multiple foraging workers that make and store honey from the nectar that they gather.

the United States made over 89,000 metric tons of honey. China, the world's top honey-producer, created more than 140,000 metric tons of honey in 1997. While foraging for nectar and pollen, bees ...