Honey bees are one of the most beneficial animals for human life. Many humans know that the fluid produced by this type of insect can cure various diseases suffered by humans. In fact not only that, the new facts mention that the sting is owned by bees now also used for healing therapy for myocardial diseases.
Not only has many benefits for human life. Bees also have unique habits in their daily lives. What are the uniqueness of the honey bee. Here's the Summaries.
1. It is one of the animals mentioned in the Holy Qur'an because its kindness
Honey bee is one of the animals mentioned by Allah SWT in the holy book of the Qur'an. They are mentioned in the scriptures because of the many benefits they have for the lives of all living beings on this earth. And one of the letters explaining the benefits of bees is the An-Nahl letter, the 16th letter of the holy book of the Qur'an.
2. Have a total of five unique eyes
Honey bees have five unique eyes. Two of them are between the two heads and commonly referred to as large eyes consisting of thousands of small lenses and is the main eye of bees to see. While the other three eyes are called ocelli (primitive eye) which is above the head of the bee and serves as a regulator of light that exists.
3. Able to see ultraviolet light
Despite having 5 eyes, but the bees can not see the red color clearly. However, bee eyes have other advantages that insects do not have in common. If most insects are particularly susceptible to ultraviolet light, the bee's eye is able to see clearly the rays that the human can not see.
4. Honey bees use the sun as a compass
Although honeybees have small bodies, and have a brain size that is only the size of the grain. Bees have a remarkable intelligence. Based on research done by some scientists, it turns out the bees while going foraging, they use the sun as a compass or direction on the way.
5. Work hard honey bees in getting honey fluid
Honeybees are hardworking insects. Evidently, to collect 1 auns of honey alone, the bees must travel as far as 6 miles or about 9600 meters (9.6 km), and to get 2 pounds of honey, bees must wander with a distance of 4 times around the earth.
6. Apply the bee's wings
The phenomenon of bee wing remains a mystery to scientists worldwide. In fact, the greatest scientists in the world still can not solve this phenomenon. But we know, bees are able to flap wings approximately 230 times every one second and 11,500 times in one minute. A stunning mechanism phenomenon is not it. ?
7. Drone honeybee
Drones are a type of male honey bee that has a smaller body than the queen bee queen (queen be) but larger than the worker honeybees. These honey bees have no sting and are not required to work for honey. His daily duties are just to keep and accompany queen bee honey (queen be) in the nest.
8. Each bee colony has its own odor
Bees have many colonies scattered throughout the world. Therefore, bees have their own way of recognizing their colony, the way it is by recognizing the odor of the bee colony they come to. Because in every bee colony, it has a different smell from other colonies. therefore, bees can determine which bee colonies and where the bees are not colonies.
9. Communicate with other bees through a dance
The unique way of bees to be able to communicate with other bees is to use a dance. The dance is performed especially by the worker bee when it finds the nectar (bee food) and wants to tell it to the other worker bees. And if the distance to nectar far enough, then the nectar inventor bee will perform a different dance.
10. Bees are the only food-producing insects for humans
Unlike the other insects. Bees are the only type of insect that can produce food that is very useful for humans. that's why bees are so-called insect animals-the only animals that have many uses and benefits compared to other animals on earth.
