Fascinating facts about honey bees, advantages, characterstics
FACTS ABOUT HONEY BEES Honeybee (Apis indica) Honeybee is an arthropoda. Body of honeybee is divided into head, thorax & abdomen as other insects. The head bears mouth parts after sucking nectar of flowers. The thorax consists of three pairs of jointed appendages and two pairs of wings. It has elongated and segmented stomach. It is a social insect. They produce honey which is very nutritious food for human being. Honeybee have organized colony with strict discipline and sharp division of labour. They always remain busy in their own work. Organization of colony There are three kinds of bees in the colony of honeybee. They are queen, drones and workers. Drones are males and all rest bees are females. Facts of queen bee The queen is only the egg laying female. All the members of colony are her offsprings. Queen is created at the decision of workers bees by feeding larva only royal jelly throughout its development. A queen bee may live for 2 to 5 years. The queen is...