“Get your house cleaned and save the bees”
Pollinator Partnership
We at Busy Bee Housekeeping strive to make the world a better place. Busy Bees Housekeeping’s goal is simple. We want to provide people with affordable cleaning services catered to your specific needs, all while saving the bees. Busy Bees Housekeeping donates to Pollinator Partnership. You can find out more about this non-profit at www.pollinator.org
Why We Love Bees?
Awesome Bee FAQs
Almost 90{108de2fb20df9bc01b6d4e0d7c932521e26e0bbb92cc40014fcd88944624c101} of wild plants and 75{108de2fb20df9bc01b6d4e0d7c932521e26e0bbb92cc40014fcd88944624c101} of leading global crops depend on animal pollination. One out of every three mouthfuls of our food depends on pollinators such as bees. Crops that depend on pollination are five times more valuable than those that do not.
Why Bees?
Bees are beneficial insects that pollinate flowering plants by transferring pollen from one flower to another. This is
important for plant reproduction and food production. In
fact, pollinators are responsible for 1 out of every 3 bites of
food you take. While the honey bee gets most of the credit
for providing pollination, there are actually about 500 bee
species in Ohio!
Honey Bee
Light to dark brown body with pale and dark hairs in
bands on abdomen. Pollen basket present. Abdomen
barrel‐shaped. Head heart‐shaped.
Bumble Bee
Black body, extensively covered with black and
yellow hairs on all body segments. Pollen basket
present. Robust body. Long face.
How to Identify Bees
All bees have three body segments, a head, thorax, and abdomen. The head is where large multi‐faceted
eyes, long slender antennae, and cutting mouthparts are found. The thorax is the middle segment where the wings and legs attach. Last is the abdomen, which for female bees ends in a sting.
Cool fact about Honey Bees?
A honey bee can fly up to 15 miles per hour. A honey bee worker only makes an average of 1/12 of a teaspoon in her lifetime. One ounce of honey would fuel a bees flight around the world. A pound honey is made by 2 million flower visits.
What is Honey composed of?
Honey is 80{108de2fb20df9bc01b6d4e0d7c932521e26e0bbb92cc40014fcd88944624c101} sugars and 20{108de2fb20df9bc01b6d4e0d7c932521e26e0bbb92cc40014fcd88944624c101} water.
What's life like for a queen bee?
The queen may lay 600-800 or even 1,500 eggs each day during her 3 or 4 year lifetime. This daily egg production may equal her own weight. She is constantly fed and groomed by attendant worker bees
Where can I donate or find more bee info?
Busy Bees Housekeeping donates to Pollinator Partnership. You can find out more about this non-profit at www.pollinator.org
