WHY BEES GO BANANAS

Banana may be full of potassium and good for your health but there’s a problem if you’re a banana loving Beekeeper. As bananas ripen, their skins give off a chemical called Isopentyl Acetate (C7H14O2), a chemical also produced in the sting glands of the honeybee. It’s their ‘Alarm Pheromone’!

In the event that a guard bee uses their sting against an enemy (or, bizarrely, gets squished by a clumsy Beekeeper), a chemical signature containing Isopentyl Acetate becomes airborne and attracts nearby guard bees to the source of highest concentration. So, beekeepers who eat bananas near your hive, beware, you may upset the locals.

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