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When temperatures drop, the usual buzzing of bees disappears. Where do they go? How do they survive winter – or do they survive at all? The answer varies and actually depends on the bees’ social lives. From social honeybees to solitary carpenter bees, the way the insects survive greatly depends on their colony or solely on themselves. Social Social bees, such as honeybees, tend to live in large colonies in hives. Honeybees, in particular, live in colonies containing a queen and between 10,000 and 50,000 workers. “They live intricately together,” said Juliana Rangel, associate professor of apiculture in the Department of Entomology at Texas A&M University. “Imagine each little bee acting as like a cell in a body, and everyone is part of that body, and the body moves on its own.” One of the abilities of this colony is the ability to thermoregulate. According to Rangel, as soon as temperatures drop below 45-50 degrees, the bees will create a cluster and move together to form into a ball. Then, they start shivering to produce enough body heat to stay warm – sometimes 20 degrees warmer than the temperature outside. The honeybees will remain in this ball throughout the entire winter. Rangel said they will not leave the colony to forage for food and will instead survive off of the honey stores in their hive. Also, bee colonies, particularly those living in tree cavities, will winterize their hives as the temperatures drop. According to Rangel, the bees will seal all crevices and holes in the cavity with a special glue they produce. She added that the bee will also choose homes with smaller openings. In addition to it being a better line of defense, the smaller opening will ensure that less cold air will enter the hive during winter months. Semi-social bees Bumblebees and other bee species are considered semi-social in that they move back and forth between leading social and solitary life stages. In the winter, bumblebees live as solitary individuals. Without the help of a colony, they survive winter by creating little burrows for themselves underground and remaining dormant for months. “Their physiology just goes to the very lowest point of survivorship,” Rangel said. “They’re not dead. They’re just hibernating to withstand the cold temperature.” Come spring, the warmer temperature cues the bees to reactivate their bodies again. They leave their burrows and make new colonies of between 100 and 200 individuals. They become social individuals until cooler temperatures return in the fall. Solitary bees Mason bees, carpenter bees (weren't they both porn stars in the 80s?) and other bee species live their entire lives on their own. According to Rangel, these bees either survive winter by being dormant underground – similar to the survival mechanism of bumblebees – or die within a year. https://nypost.com/2023/02/06/where-do-bees-go-in-the-winter/ What say thee about the bee?

I'm pretty sure I searched everywhere yesterday. And it's happened to me once or twice before.

Anybody who chooses to live in Buffalo worries me! 😁😇😝😇😁

Sometimes the search function just doesn't work. Yesterday I searched for Mysterious Skin and it told me there were no results. Then I searched for skin and it told me that there were no results for that word on this site. Today there are multiple results for Mysterious Skin.

Missing Missouri children found in Florida grocery store nearly a year after abduction Child Protective Services to aisle 6! Were they there the whole time? Those kids must really love shopping for bargains!

Somebody should think about making a movie about all those rich Asians. Some of them are probably crazy.

not if you were a tourist.

Says the man who didn't know who Tarek and Christina are.

It drives me nuts that decorating shows now use the term 'principal' bedroom because 'master' bedroom is un-PC. Can you imagine if somebody said they wanted to decorate their master bedroom Oriental style? The world would end from all the hullaballoo it would cause.

I like her when she guests on REAL TIME W/ BILL MAHER.

I wonder what his SHARK TANK cohorts think of Mark Cuban's latest basketball business decision. Does trading for Kyrie make Cuban a maverick (see what I did there?) or a moron?

Was it a Disney production?

He was 86.

Viola Davis won a Grammy for her recording of her autobiography, making her the 18th EGOT winner, & 4th black person, along with John Legend, Jennifer Hudson(-River), & The Whoopster. Congrats!

Imaging on Curry’s left leg on Saturday night revealed that he partially tore his superior tibiofibular ligaments and interosseous membrane, in addition to incurring a lower leg contusion Wanna kiss it & make it better?

I've gone the last 4 days thinking today was Stupor Bowl Sunday. That shows you how into the game I am.

Doesn't it depress you to see the works of your contemporaries being displayed so prominently?

Nope. Picked a college without visiting any. I had no idea the university had been so damaged in the Revolutionary War that its business school was still war torn 200 years later. Or did the Germans bomb it in WWII? Or was it the guy who tried to mug @dbar123?

I made a similar comment to a female friend in college and she set me straight (so to speak). She was also the person who informed me that the actress who played Phyllis on THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW told a talk show host she had been called Clorox Bleachman, and from that day forward I never called her anything else. It might have actually been the same conversation.

Just a crack 😁😝😁😝

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I prefer a similar, though slightly different, version.

DEAR ABBY: During a trip to Las Vegas, I kind of had a one-night stand. How do you ‘kind of’ have a one-night stand? I’m in a relationship. I felt bad afterward. Bully for you! Problem is, I started having feelings for this guy, “Leo.” We would message back and forth, more on my end than his. I guess you could say I was hung up on him. And I could say you were stalking him. I have since mended my relationship with my partner. Poor guy! (or gal) My issue is, Leo is best friends with my best friend’s husband. All Together Now! It’s a small world after all… When he visits, I am excluded, which means I can’t hang out with her. I tell her we are all adults, we are not in high school and can be in the same room with each other. It’s not fair to me. BOOfuckingHOO! Are my feelings justified? No, they’re moronic. Any advice? Yes… tell your partner to find someone better than you. — FEELING SHUNNED ON THE WEST COAST DEAR FEELING SLUT: This isn’t all about YOUR feelings. You stated that you feel you can be in the same room with your best friend, her husband and Leo socially. Hasn’t it occurred to you that Leo may not be as open-minded about that fling as you are? Seeing you may make him feel guilty. This may be a case of “what happens in Vegas” not only not staying in Vegas, but also having repercussions. See your best friend when Leo isn’t around. NEVER REPRODUCE!

The most boring day of the year will soon be upon us again. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!