Ms. Meredith's nursery class frequently spends time observing the bees and came up with a few questions regarding the bees and their, well, poop.
Question 1: Do bees poop?
Yes they do! Any animal that eats has to rid its body of wastes. Honey bees are no exception. They eat pollen, digest out the proteins and need to get rid of the indigestible outer husk.
Question 2: How do bees poop?
Like most organisms their poop exits the body at the tip of the abdomen near the stinger.
Question 3: If they poop what does it look like?
It's not solid, but more of a mustard colored liquid. Here's a picture of it on black cardboard.
Question 4: Do you clean it up when you look for honey?
This is the coolest part! Honey bees don't poop in the hive. They hold it until they are outside and then go while they fly. That explains the poop on the cardboard and the clean hive!
