July 11, 2018

Do bees sleep inside flowers?

Perhaps one of our biologists can answer this question during 2018 Docent Training beginning September 8.

…we have read and heard that … some young bees sleep as much as their elders and were as easy to wake when the lights went on, but the older bees had a well-defined sleep pattern that the youngsters lacked. So young bees do sleep, despite their 24 hour lifestyle, usually in the hive but perhaps inside flowers that close up at night…

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