Western honey bee and Africa", making conservation of wild-bee diversity important. They further argue that the difficulty of controlling drones for mating is a serious handicap and a sign that domestication is not complete, in particular as "extensive gene flow usually occurs between wild/feral and managed honeybee populations". The honey bee is a colonial insect which is housed, transported by and sometimes fed by beekeepers. Honey bees do not survive and reproduce individually, but as part of the colony (a superorganism). Honey bees collect flower nectar and convert it to honey, which is stored in the hive. The nectar, transported in the bees'
Honey to the Bee Honey to the Bee "Honey to the Bee" is a song from Billie Piper released in 1999. It was released on March 22, 1999 and debuted at number three on the UK Singles Chart, which also became its peak position. It wasn't a hit in mainland Europe, but became one of Piper's most popular hits in Australia and New Zealand, reaching number six in the former country and number five in the latter. In Australia, it was the 48th best-selling song of 1999. In January 2007, the song was championed by Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles as part of an