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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288683339_The_courtship_behavior_of_the_bee_fly_Meomyia_vetusta_Walker_Diptera_Bombyliidae Ferguson, D.J. and Yeates, D.K. 2013. The courtship behavior of the bee fly Meomyia vetusta Walker (Diptera: Bombyliidae). The Australian Entomologist 40, 89-92. When a foraging bee flies from the hive, she will be light weight and fast. As she gathers pollen or nectar from flowers, her flight weight increases. Honey bees can travel miles from their hive if necessary. Evenhuis N.L. (1991). "Catalog of genus-group names of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Bishop Museum Bulletins in Entomology. 5: 1–105.

Many dipterans serve roles that are useful to humans. Houseflies, blowflies and fungus gnats (Mycetophilidae) are scavengers and aid in decomposition. Robber flies (Asilidae), tachinids (Tachinidae) and dagger flies and balloon flies (Empididae) are predators and parasitoids of other insects, helping to control a variety of pests. Many dipterans such as bee flies (Bombyliidae) and hoverflies (Syrphidae) are pollinators of crop plants. [34] Uses Diptera in research: Drosophila melanogaster fruit fly larvae being bred in tubes in a genetics laboratory Belfiore, Elizabeth S. (2000). Murder among Friends: Violation of Philia in Greek Tragedy. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p.47. ISBN 978-0-19-513149-9. Yes, honey bees sleep between 5 and 8 hours a day mostly at night when darkness prevents them from going out to collect pollen and nectar.We know this thanks to a researcher called Walter Kaiser who in 1983 observed bees in his hive which had stopped moving. He discovered that honey bees sleep. As he watched, Kaiser noted how a bee's legs would first start to flex, bringing its head to the floor. Its antennae would stop moving and, in some cases, a bee would fall over sideways as if intoxicated by tiredness. Many bees held another bee's legs as they slept.This was the first record of sleep in any invertebrate. a b c Stagman, Myron (11 August 2010). Shakespeare's Greek Drama Secret. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp.205–208. ISBN 978-1-4438-2466-8.Although they generally crawl around plants and vegetation, destroying foliage, the bugs can fly. Swarms of the bugs may fly to new locations. You may also see the large bugs flying around light fixtures in the evening. Haag, Juergen; Borst, Alexander (2002). "Dendro-dendritic interactions between motion-sensitive large-field neurons in the fly". The Journal of Neuroscience. 22 (8): 3227–33. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.22-08-03227.2002. PMC 6757520. PMID 11943823.

Papavero, N. (1977). The World Oestridae (Diptera), Mammals and Continental Drift. Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-010-1306-2. ISBN 978-94-010-1308-6. S2CID 43307061. Diane's recipe for a honey celebration cake for those special occasions and for any other time that you can't resist baking a fabulous cake! Godfray, H. C. J. (1994). Parasitoids: Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology. Princeton University Press. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-691-00047-3. Wasps are generally balder and more brightly-coloured – but telling them apart from bees simply by appearance isn't easy. Some bees, like Nomad bees, have even evolved to mimic wasps. They usually have an evenly curved or sloping face (hoverflies often have prominent bulges of the facial cuticle and/or beak- to knob-like facial projections).Gibb, Timothy J.; Oseto, Christian (2010). Arthropod Collection and Identification: Laboratory and Field Techniques. Academic Press. p.189. ISBN 978-0-08-091925-6. The honey bee has four wings in total. The front and rear wings hook together to form one big pair of wings and unhook for easy folding when not flying.

So, all bugs are insects—but not all insects are bugs. This is similar to how ants are insects, but referring to all insects as ants is not correct. However, it gets confusing because some insects have the common name bug—but they are not true bugs. For example, ladybugs and June bugs are types of beetles. The abdomen and thorax hardly ever have large glossy areas formed by exposed cuticle (hoverflies often have glossy cuticular body surfaces). As well as two large compound eyes on either side of its head, the bee has three 'ocelli' on the top of its head. The ocelli can detect the transition from darkness to light. They use them to detect where the horizon is. If the horizon moves up it means the bee is flying down so it can rotate the angle of its wings to compensate. In this way the bee can make sure it is flying along a flat plain to achieve a greater distance over a shorter space of time. The distance a bee flies in its life is astonishing. It is possible for bees to fly as far as 5 miles for food. However, an average distance would be less than a mile from the hive. A strong colony of around 60,000 bees therefore flies the equivalent distance from earth to the moon everyday! Let’s look in more detail at the identification traits of common bugs and insects with wings and that can fly. Bees ( Anthophila )Most honey bees have a normal flying speed of 15mph to 20mph. Laden with pollen, nectar, or when wet, this will drop to around 12mph. Forbes Irving, Paul M. C. (1990). Metamorphosis in Greek Myths. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p.315. ISBN 0-19-814730-9. a b Becerril-Morales, Felipe; Macías-Ordóñez, Rogelio (2009). "Territorial contests within and between two species of flies (Diptera: Richardiidae) in the wild". Behaviour. 146 (2): 245–262. doi: 10.1163/156853909X410766. Marquez, J. G.; Krafsur, E. S. (1 July 2002). "Gene Flow Among Geographically Diverse Housefly Populations (Musca domestica L.): A Worldwide Survey of Mitochondrial Diversity". Journal of Heredity. 93 (4): 254–259. doi: 10.1093/jhered/93.4.254. PMID 12407211. Dodson, Gary; Yeates, David (1990). "The mating system of a bee fly (Diptera: Bombyliidae). II. Factors affecting male territorial and mating success". Journal of Insect Behavior. 3 (5): 619–636. doi: 10.1007/BF01052332. S2CID 25061334.

Beekeepers are often approached about winged, flying creatures, especially in the spring and summer period, when they are their most active simply working and are no cause for alarm. We can only help if they are honeybees. Like bees and hoverflies the adults are pollinators. But they're not called parasitic for nothing. They lay their eggs on other insects, such as caterpillars which the resulting larvae then feed on. If the bees are not honey bees please leave them alone if possible. All bees are valuable pollinators and many are becoming endangered. Bumblebee nests will normally die out in Autumn. Most bumblebees live in small colonies, are not aggressive, do not sting unless provoked and so present a low risk. If you have a bumblebee nest with an entrance that is causing problems, it is sometimes possible to redirect their flight path. Owen, James (10 December 2015). "World's Biggest Fly Faces Two New Challengers". National Geographic . Retrieved 21 July 2016. Ladybugs have a pair of hardened wings (called elytra) that protect the pair of flight wings underneath

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Chapman, R. F. (1998). The Insects; Structure & Function. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-57890-5. Fly larvae can be used as a biomedical tool for wound care and treatment. Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) is the use of blow fly larvae to remove the dead tissue from wounds, most commonly being amputations. Historically, this has been used for centuries, both intentional and unintentional, on battlefields and in early hospital settings. [111] Removing the dead tissue promotes cell growth and healthy wound healing. The larvae also have biochemical properties such as antibacterial activity found in their secretions as they feed. [112] These medicinal maggots are a safe and effective treatment for chronic wounds. [113] If the bees have been identified as honey bees you can enter your postcode to find our nearest volunteer swarm collectors. Egelhaaf, Martin (1985). "On the neuronal basis of figure-ground discrimination by relative motion in the visual system of the fly". Biological Cybernetics. 52 (3): 195–209. doi: 10.1007/BF00339948. S2CID 227306897.