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The honey bee is a very unusual kind of insect. ___1___ other insects together 
which live alone, the honey bee lives as a ___2___ of a community.   in
These bees live ___3___ in what is known as a bee colony. collect  
Unlike 
The head of the colony is called the queen bee. She is larger than
member   
the___4___ of the bees. Her main task ___5___ the colony is to lay eggs.
  hatched  
Most of the ___6___ bees are the worker bees. These bees ___7___
other 
nectar and pollen from flowers. The nectar ___8___ is carried by the
into rest
worker bees is deposited on the hive and then converted ___9___ honey.
with  
The worker bees also help look ___10___ the young bees. as soon as the
that  
eggs are ___11___, the worker bees feed the young bees ___12___
span
pollen and nectar. The third type of bee found in the colony is the drone
latter
or ___13___ bee. The main task of ___14___ a bee is to mate with a new
after  
queen.
  During  
over  
The queen bee has a life ___15___ of about three years. ___16___ this
laid  
period, she would have ___17___ more than half a million eggs.
such
___18___ the queen bee is dying, a new queen would be groomed. This
When  male   
new queen would eventually take ___19___ the 'duties' of the old queen
when the ___20___ dies.
  
  
The honey bee is a very unusual kind of insect. Unlike other insects which live alone, the honey bee lives as
a member of a community. These bees live together in what is known as a bee colony.

The head of the colony is called the queen bee. She is larger than the rest of the bees. Her main task in the
colony is to lay eggs. Most of the other bees are the worker bees. These bees collect nectar and pollen from
flowers. The nectar that is carried by the worker bees is deposited on the hive and then converted into
honey. The worker bees also help look after the young bees. as soon as the eggs are hatched, the worker
bees feed the young bees with pollen and nectar. The third type of bee found in the colony is the drone or
male bee. The main task of such a bee is to mate with a new queen.

The queen bee has a life span of about three years. During this period, she would have laid more than half a
million eggs. When the queen bee is dying, a new queen would be groomed. This new queen would
eventually take over the 'duties' of the old queen when the latter dies.

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