Just like you need a good rest, bees need it, but bee sleep is shorter and different from human sleep.
Honey bees work day and night and sleep in shifts in the hive. These are relatively short sleeps for us. Young bees sleep less. Older forager bees, who collect pollen and nectar and bring them to the hive, sleep longer and more regularly.
Be sure not to disturb a bee colony at night thinking they are sleeping. :)
Bees do not have eyelids, so we cannot watch bees when they close their eyes. By watching them carefully and for a long time, we can see that honey bees stop moving their antennae and in some cases, they fall sideways.
Where exactly a bee sleeps depends on where it lives. There are known to be more than 20,000 species of bees in the world.
Do bees sleep? How long do bees sleep?
It is difficult to say exactly how long they sleep, but scientific observations suggest that older bees sleep between 30 minutes and an hour and a half each night.
Researchers have observed that older honeybees need sleep because it helps their memory. Yes, bees can learn and remember things too.
Not all bees live in hives or colonies. Some species of bees sleep by hanging from the tip of a flower or plant branch with their jaws.
Seeing a sleeping bee
Now that you know that bees sleep, if you have one around you that you will be able to spot a bee taking a nap, let it rest.
5 Facts About Bees and Sleep
While young bees prefer short naps, older bees tend to sleep longer and more regularly.
Male bees usually sleep outside the nest.
Some species of bees sleep by hanging on to the tip of a flower or plant branch with their jaws.
Some solitary species return to the same sleeping spot each night.
Male bumblebees usually sleep alone. However, males of different solitary species sleep alone, sometimes with others, or huddled together in groups inside flowers.
Do bees sleep? Yes :)
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