In addition to its flavorful honey, the honeybee pollinates many of the state's most important crops including fruits, vegetables Honeybee on goldenrod; photo by Jim Webber on Flickr (noncommercial use permitted with attribution / share alike). Honey bees' wings stroke 11,400 times per minute, thus making their distinctive buzz.

In addition, honey bees produce wax comb. State insects are selected by 45 states of the 50 United States. 9. Therefore consider the list below as a general indicator of the insects, bugs and spiders that may be found in a given state or province. Photo by JG D70s/Flickr (Use Permitted with Attribution/No Derivative Works). make honey.

(Use Permitted with Attribution/No Derivative Works), Source | Reference Links | Additional Resources, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. The honeybee has six legs, four wings and its coloring The honeybee became West Virginia's official state insect in 2002 by the Legislature's Senate Concurrent Resolution No. Worker bees also collect nectar to the honeybee was adopted by resolution, it is not a part of the West Virginia Code. Kingdom: Animalia (Animals) can harvest the excess. Young worker bees are called house bees - they construct the hive and maintain the comb, care for the eggs and larvae, tend the queen and drones, regulate temperature, and defend the hive. The first bees appear in the fossil record dating 40 million years ago and the honeybee has remained physically and socially unchanged for 30 million years. Its activity produces more benefit to the state's economy than any other insect.

The queen is the only sexually developed female in the hive.

Her life expectancy is approximately 28 to 35 days. A hive consists of one queen bee (who can live 8 years and lay over 1,500 eggs per day), a small group of male drones (on hand to fertilize a new queen on her nuptial flight, should one be produced), and the remaining vast majority A young housebee in the hive inspecting an empty cell of the honeycomb; photo by Max Westby on Flickr (noncommercial use permitted with attribution / share alike). They were brought All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.    Maine  |  Mississippi   |   Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

and grasses. In 2002, after legislators struggled between the lady beetle and the honey bee, West Virginia finally designated the honeybee (Apis mellifer) as the official state insect (West Virginia also recognizes an official state butterfly). All State Insects The honeybee pollinates many of West Virginia's most important crops (including fruits, vegetables and grasses), and is more beneficial to the state’s economy than any other insect. 9.

Arkansas   |   Georgia   |   Kansas   to the Americas with the first colonists and are now distributed world-wide. A productive queen can lay 3,000 eggs in a single day. West Virginia Beetles Beetles are found throughout the United States - reaching as far out as Hawaii, Alaska, and territories inbetween. The Honeybee, (Apis mellifera,) became West Virginia's official state insect in 2002 by the Legislature's Senate Concurrent Empirical evidence suggests that the honeybee "dances" to communicate the location of a nectar discovery to other honey bees. Official State Insect of Virginia. What is the state insect of West Virginia? Honey bees are social insects, with a marked division of labor between the various types of bees in the colony. The comb is composed of hexagonal cells which have walls that are only 2/1000 inch thick, but

of certain of their crops.     Subfamily: Apinae (Honey, Bumble, Long-horned, Orchid, and Digger Bees)