In Africa, the most common bee is the Africanized bee, or "Killer Bee". These bees do not need as much honey or water, which allows them to survive for long periods of time without either of those things. Although one disadvantage to this is because there is no winter, these bees need water and honey all year round, so if there is a shortage of food or a drought, the hive may struggle. The hives will be made in mainly buildings, or the occasional cactus, if there are no buidlings or trees in the area. They may also live in the ground.
In the northern parts of the world such as the northern U.S. or even Canada, honey bees are able to survive. In the Spring, Summer, and Fall, the bees will be gathering pollen and nectar to make honey, and easily find water sources. But when the weather begins to turn chilly, the bees will go into a state of hibernation, where the bees will cluster up in a ball around the queen, and ride out the wonter eating the honey they stored throughout the seasons. Unfortunately, some hives will not survive the more harsh winters of Ohio, not due to he temperatures or snow, but the length of the winter, in which the hive runs out of honey, starving to death. The hives of this climate
You will find most beehives in more mild weather. These are the hives that thrive the most, and will have the greatest chance of surviving due to the mild winter, and warm summers. You will find hives of this climate made inside trees in forests, or hives hanging off of trees in the forest. Making the hive in the tree allows the bees to easily defend the hive due to one entrance, and give the bees a large space to expand.