Honey bee

There are more than 20,000 species of the bee known. Bees are flying insects and the close relative of wasps and ants. It has six legs and two compound eyes. They construct honeycomb having hexagonal cells in which honey is stored.



Honey Bees are mostly three types Queen bee, Worker bee, and the drone bee. All these three types of bees live together to form a colony. A colony of bee consist of 20,000 to 70,000 honeybees. Queen bee and the worker bee both are female, and the drones are male. Only queen bee reproduce and its main role is to fill the hive with eggs, while worker bee collects pollen and nectar to form honey to feed the colony, it also clean the hive.



Only female bee has a stinger. Queen bee don't leave the hive. Worker bee uses its sting to protect the colony. While male honey bee (drones) do not have a stinger and their main purpose is to mate. Bees can see all the colors except the red color. Honey bees have highly developed sensory organ that can detect the presence of flowers from quite a large distance. It can also detect a variety of the smell. Their sense of smell help to find flowers and pollen.



The lifespan of a worker bee is about 40 to 50 days, while the queen bee can live up to 5 years. It is the only insect that product is eaten by human beings. A Honeybee travels over thousands of the flower to collect a spoon of honey.