Click here to learn what old, and modern beehives look like. They occur widely throughout the world. They can survive to a large extent, on 'natural' resources for food For these reason, bees and humans have for a long time been closely associated, as human societies have exploited the industrious activity of honeybees. Other honeybee products include such things as pollen, propolis, royal jelly and even bee venom extracted from their stings. Honeybees are insects.
Honeybees feed on the nectar and pollen produced by flowers.
Nectar is a sugary liquid secreted by special parts of the flower called nectaries. It is produced by the flowers to attract insects, such as honeybees, to the flower to feed on it. As they do so, they pick up grains of pollen on their body hairs, and these are transferred to the next flower which the bees visits. This transfer of pollen is essential in order for the flower to produce seeds, but many flowers produce far more pollen than they need for this purpose. This excess pollen is also gathered by the bees for food.