Thee bee's colony consists of:
A honey bee's colony consists of a single queen bee, the worker bees and the drones. Put your knowledge to the test with the following quiz:
Queen Bee
- The largest of the bees.
- Can't collect pollen. - Doesn't produce wax unlike the worker bee. - Doesn't use its stinger agains humans. - Lives 3-5 years. - She can leave the hive twice during her lifetime. - Every beehive has got only one queen. - Its main mission is to lay eggs and to regulate the beehive. |
Drones
- Is the male bee of the bee hive.
- It doesn't have stingers, it doesn't gather nectar and pollen and it doesn't produce wax. - When nectar is not in abundance the worker bees remove the drones from the beehive and let them starve to death. - Life expectancy 2 months. - Main mission is to inseminate the queen. |
Worker Bees
- The smallest bee in the hive.
- They have a stinger. - They collect and transfer water, nectar and pollen. - They produce royal jelly and wax. - During spring and summer their life span is 45 days at the most, because they get tired ,whereas in the winter it is up to 6 months. - Their main mission is the function of the beehive. |
The wondrous society of bees
- The largest bee is the ...............?
- Queen bee
- Worker bee
- Which bee has a stinger?
- The queen bee
- The worker
- The drone
- They can't produce wax ................
- The queen bee and the drones
- The queen bee and the workers
- The drones and the workers
- How many queen bees are there in a beehive?
- One
- Two
- Many
- She conducts all the work in the hive.
- The queen bee
- The worker
- Which bee lives the longest?
- The queen bee
- The worker