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Subject : How do honey bees get their job ?

 Collaborative Insects
- Definition : Bees working together in a hive to build the nest and exist the colony
 Live in a colony
 Each bee has a specific role to play
- Take care the larvae
- Build a honeycomb etc.
 Genetic Factor of each bee
-Definition : Each bee knows its own job based on its genetic factor
 Three types :
- Queen Bee :
o Has a capital role in colony
o Produces the bees colony
o Can produce female bee with fertilization
o Can produce male bee without fertilization
- Male Bee :
o To mate with queen bee
- Female Bee :
o As a worker in the colony
o Care the larvae
o Feed the queen and male bees
o Store the honey
 Bee’s job phases
-Definition : There are four phases of job before dying
 Phase 1 :
- Work immediately after doing metamorphosis
- Clean the cells
 Phase 2 :
- Feed the young breed
 Phase 3 :
- From Worker become general handy man :
o Build the nest
o To store the food
 Phase 4 :
- The most dangerous phase (Forging Phase)
- Find the pollen outside the honeycomb
Source : National Geographic Documentary Video on Youtube
Published on March, 26 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ePic3dtykk&t=6s