Colony Life

Life in the colony is entirely dependent upon the time of year.  Honeybee colonies can get all of their resources from flowers and as a result, the life cycle of the colony follows the life cycle of flowering plants in the environment.  At the end of the cold season, honeybees start to build up their work force in preparation for the bloom of flowers. In the warm season, honeybees ramp up resource collection and are at their largest and most active.  Towards the cold months of the year, honeybees start to slow down collection of stock as the temperatures start to get cooler and flowers start to become less abundant.  Honeybees survive the cold seasons, by eating the honey they made during the abundance period, where flower nectar was in plenty.