BEES

HONEY BEES (Apis mellifera).

Drones are male bees. Drones have no stingers. Drone bees do not collect food or pollen from flowers. The purpose of the Drone is to mate with the queen bee.

Undeveloped females are the Worker bees in the colony. A colony usually has about 60,000 worker bees. A worker Bee can live as long as 35 days. Worker bees gaurd the hive, feed the queen and larvae, collect nectar to make honey.

Honey bees produce wax combs that provide spaces to rear young and to store honey. Honey bees can stroke their wings over 11,000 times per minute.



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