Honey bee

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Honey bee scientfic name
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Apis
 Honey bee have 4 stages
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Egg
Larva
Pupa
Adult
Honey bee eggs
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 Development time of a bee
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Queens are develop in 16 days
Drones bees develop in 24 days
Workers are develop in 21 days
 Queen life span
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The average life
span of a queen is 3
to 4 years
 A bee become a queen
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Any fertilized egg has the potential
to become a queen
All bee larvae are fed some royal jelly
for first few days only queen larvae
are fed the jelly exclusively
As a result of difference in diet the
queen will develop
 Drones life span
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Drones usually die
upon mating or are
expelled from the hive
before the winter.
 Worker bee life span
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Worker may live for a
weeks in the summer and
several months in areas
with an extended winter
 Worker bee
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Worker bee that are born in
summer season live for a period of
6 to 7 weeks.
Worker bees that are born autumn
season live for a period of 4 to 6
months.
Did bees come back to their home every
time?
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Honey bee (Apis) are the
only bees to construct
nests that last for longer
then one year
 Can bee hear ?
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Bee can’t hear but they
notice the sound with their
body especially with their
antennas and their sensitive
body hair
How long can a bee live?
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Western honey bee(122_125 days)
Early bumblebee(28 days)
Western honey bee
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Early bumblebee
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 How many queens in a hive?
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Each of our hives has 50’000
bees
Each hive has one queen
and 100 female worker bees
for every drone bee
What are the job,s of queen and drones?

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The queen,s only job is to lay
eggs
A drone,s job is to mate with
the queen
Africanized killer bee
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Africanized killer bee
venom is more dangerous
then regular honey bee
(pest world.org)